127 Second Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-505-8065
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 This vestige of the theater district once known as the Jewish Broadway is also one of the few kosher dairy restaurants remaining in town. Their dreamy soups--mushroom barley, borscht, cabbage, and vegetable, in descending order of preference--come with two thick slices of buttered challah bread... More >> |
| East Village |
Kosher |
Kosher |
$ |
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97 First Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-477-5956
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 Though the prices are 50 percent higher than surrounding Indian restaurants, the surcharge is well worth it. Among the usual curries, and tentative attempts to evoke regional cooking, is dumphakt, a magnificent round pie filled with nut-fragrant chicken chunks. The tandoori-fired lamb chops also... More >> |
| East Village |
Asian, Indian |
Catering, Delivery, Family Style, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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84 E. Fourth St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-979-2034
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 The green premises with antique bar and banquettes suggest a bistro, but Belcourt is slightly more. It offers such speculative bistro fare as oil-poached octopus with cardamom-pickled vegetables in an appetizer portion, and an entrée trio of roasted pork belly, sausage, and cheeks. Skip... More >> |
| East Village |
Bistro |
Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
$$$ |
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234 E. 4th St. : New York, NY 10009 : 212-995-8600
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 Though named for the state bird of North Carolina, a road-kill turkey is plastered on one wall, signaling the makeshift East Village décor of the place -- with an odd floor layout to match. The food remains true to the Tar Heel theme. Best of all is a smothered pork chop as thick as a Bible, s... More >> |
| East Village |
American, Soul Food, Southern |
Takeout |
$$$ |
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214 E. 10th St. : New York, NY 10003 : 866-602-8779
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 Curry-ya takes the most plebian of Japanese dishes and elevates it by gentle tweaking. Every order consists of a ring of rice, curry gravy, meat or chicken, and a selection of four substances to be strewn on top: pickled green-onion bulbs, daikon dyed red, raisins, and flakes of dehydrated... More >> |
| East Village |
Japanese |
Delivery, Takeout |
$$ |
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299 Bowery : New York, NY 10003 : 212-933-5300
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 Daniel Boulud's most populist restaurant yet is dedicated to homemade sausages and beer. And what sausages! There's boudin Basque, crafted from pork blood and pig's head that forms a black, sticky round on the plate and tastes completely wonderful; the Parisienne is composed of pale, plump links... More >> |
| East Village |
American, French, German |
Private Party, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$$ |
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239 E. Fifth St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-979-1012
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 The 15-item menu of small plates touches on the tropes of molecular gastronomy. Three or four make a meal. There's an egg cooked at 147 degrees (the temperature at which albumen coagulates), a squid body stuffed with lentils and chorizo, and a savory mussel broth topped with celery foam... More >> |
| East Village |
French, Spanish |
Private Party |
$$$ |
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122 E. Seventh St. : New York, NY 10009 : 212-254-3515
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 Desnuda looks like a typical upscale wine bar, but feels like a night in your stoner friend's basement ?? a friend who just happens to have a cooler full of fish, a rack of nice wine, and a head full of good ideas. The place specializes in South American wines and "new world ceviche" which... More >> |
| East Village |
Seafood, South American |
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$$$ |
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430 E. Ninth St. : New York, NY 10009 : 212-228-7732
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 The room looks a Pinkberry crossed with a submarine. The jalapeño hush puppies are marvelously well fried, the fried trumpet mushrooms on the Greek salad look like onion rings, and the carrot risotto is a shocking shade of orange - like carrot distilled to its essence. It"s all a bit trippy,... More >> |
| East Village |
New American, Vegetarian |
Vegetarian Friendly |
$$, $$$ |
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511 E. 5th St. : New York, NY 10009 : 212-687-3641
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 The unusual name suits the bistro: It was coined by Washington Irving to lampoon New York City, based on a translation of the Dutch name Gotham. The food hits all the usual local and sustainable notes, tendering an especially fine hamburger with homemade mayo, pickled purple onions, and... More >> |
| East Village |
Bistro, New American |
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$$ |
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29 E. 2nd St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-777-2502
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 Heartbreak is helmed by Ingrid Roettele, a German-born chef who once ran the kitchen at Roettele A.G. in the East Village. The food at the new venue is a collection of Teutonic fare from several nations, including Germany (sauerkraut soup with pretzel dumplings), Switzerland (multiple fondues),... More >> |
| East Village |
French, German, Swiss |
Wheelchair Accessible |
$$$ |
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78 E. 1st St. : New York, NY 10009 : 212-358-0160
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 It?s not much to look at but that?s how Café Himalaya?s regulars like it; spare, unpretentious and extremely affordable. The food here is from Nepal, a cuisine heavily influenced by the country?s neighbors, India and China. Ordering the mango lassi, a sweet, yogurt-like drink, is an absolute must. ... More >> |
| East Village |
Nepalese, Tibetan, Vegetarian |
Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$, $$ |
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109 St. Marks Place : New York, NY 10009 : 212-529-9198
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 With admirable economy, this tiny restaurant concentrates on one foodstuff, and one alone. Luckily, the hummus is superb—creamy, garlicky, and paradoxically dense and light with alternating forkfuls. Of three configurations, the best involves the warm fava bean stew known as "fool" poured... More >> |
| East Village |
Mediterranean |
Catering, Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$ |
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101 Second Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-253-7848
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 When it opened in 2004, Jack?s was at the forefront of the micro-eatery and small plate movements, and, despite moving out of its narrow townhouse on East 5th and around the corner onto the avenue, the restaurant has stayed the course. This is not a place to go for a big feed, because the dishes... More >> |
| East Village |
Cajun, Creole, New American, Seafood |
Delivery |
$$$$ |
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43 E. Seventh St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-982-3006
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 Handily bridging the gap between a creative modern bistro and a beer bar with exotic pulls and bottles, Jimmy's strives to be underground in more ways than one. The menu changes daily, and the chef takes plenty of chances. We inhaled the sausage snack, the creamless corn soup, the heirloom... More >> |
| East Village |
Bar Food, Bistro |
Private Party |
$$$ |
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81 St. Marks Place : New York, NY 10003 : 212-979-9300
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 Is now going under "Seoul Station". Same owner and chef, but different concept. More >> |
| East Village |
Korean |
Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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28 Forsyth St. : New York, NY 10002 : 212-941-7678
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The name means ?happy? in Mandarin, and Kuai Le?s emblem is a smiling Buddha. Hand-pulled noodles in the Lanzhou style are the centerpiece of the menu, served in soups with a vast choice of other inclusions that run from oxtail to lamb stomach to roast duck to pork chops. If you can?t decide,... More >> |
| East Village |
Chinese |
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$ |
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93 E. Seventh St. : New York, NY 10009 : 212-387-8487
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 For the money, this is one of the best lobster rolls in the city??four ounces of sweet, large chunks of lobster meat stuffed into a properly squishy, buttered and toasted hot dog bun.There are also perfectly delicious crab rolls, and shrimp rolls. Order yours with mayo or butter, a mix of the... More >> |
| East Village |
American, Seafood |
Delivery, Takeout |
$$ |
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171 First Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-475-7899
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 There are a half-dozen Asian-noodle palaces in the East Village, but this one manages to do it with a twist. The focus is on ramen;the Japanese adaptation of Chinese lo mein;but with Korean flourishes. Thus you can get a fiery bowl of radish kimchi or a quintet of meat-stuffed dumplings as an... More >> |
| East Village |
Asian |
Order Online, Takeout |
$$ |
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78 Second Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-253-5410
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 The brik alone makes this new North African worth a visit, a half-moon turnover fashioned from flaky warka pastry, filled with tuna, capers, parsley, and an egg that gets cooked as the brik fries. Among entrees, the prune and lamb-shank tajine rules. Note that neither it nor the less desirable... More >> |
| East Village |
African |
Catering, Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout |
$$ |
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511 E. 12th St. : New York, NY 10009 : 212-228-5100
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 What makes Northern Spy (named after a native New York apple) different from all the other locavoric, market-driven restaurants popping up everywhere lately? Cheaper prices, for one thing, and a California perspective on the part of the chef and partners, whose experience comes from a pair of... More >> |
| East Village |
New American, Vegetarian |
Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$$ |
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21 E. 12th St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-255-3271
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 Num Pang means "sandwich" in Khmer; the restaurant is single-minded in its eponymous devotion to Cambodian sandwiches, offering six different versions and nothing else to speak of, although the blood orange lemonade is very tart and refreshing. The sandwiches are petite, about half the size of... More >> |
| East Village |
Cambodian, Sandwiches |
Delivery, Takeout |
$ |
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110 E. Seventh St. : New York, NY 10009 : 212-777-2151
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 This single-minded sandwich shop serves only one meat;porchetta, or Italian roast pork. The lush meat is garlicky and rosemary-scented. It's wonderful tucked into a ciabatta roll with a scattering of cracklings that are as crispy as potato chips. The place is tiny and sweet: blue and white tile,... More >> |
| East Village |
Italian |
Delivery, Order Online, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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39 Third Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-598-1890
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 Crunchy fried snacks are the way to go at this Taiwanese bubble tea and snack shop. Try the fried daikon radish cake?a crisp, generously salt-and-peppered batter that crunches into the soft, faintly pungent steamed radish. Enthusiasts of bubble tea will appreciate the large selection offered. More >> |
| East Village |
Taiwanese |
Delivery, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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55 Third Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-420-9800
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 Despite the dull-as-dishwater name, The Smith is among the finest gastropubs in the city. The lamb schnitzel sings with flavor, and you get two massive slabs poised on a potato salad zapped with French grebiche sauce, laced with mustard and capers. The joint pays special attention to vegetables,... More >> |
| East Village |
American, Traditional |
Delivery, Kid Friendly, Private Party, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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