14 Stuyvesant St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-598-0403
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 Providing cut-rate virtual bentos that include soup, salad, nori roll, rice, entree, and tea, this stalwart has provided a comfortable environment and solid Japanese food for over a decade in the heart of Little Tokyo. More >> |
| East Village |
Japanese, Sushi |
Delivery, Takeout |
$$$ |
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188 Second Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-260-6303
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 A special oyster appetizer was a knockout: three delicate kumamotos doused with light and citrusy ponzu sauce and strewn with pickled daikon. This Japanese restaurant is the cousin to First Avenue stalwart Sapporo East. For chilly nights try oden;a steaming broth of tofu, fish cake, boiled egg,... More >> |
| East Village |
Japanese, Sushi |
Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
$$$ |
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91 First Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-614-9333
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 Named after a fifth-century garden city that's a wonder of urban planning, Sigiri is one of Manhattan's few Sri Lankan eateries, after the demise of midtown's Lakruwana and Taprobane. The menu reflects the diet of the island's Christian population, and the arcane appeal of a South Asian pork... More >> |
| East Village |
Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan |
Catering, Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$$ |
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229 E. Ninth St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-533-6966
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 Who would guess this elegant restaurant is a humble Japanese noodle shop? This East Village spot offers hot and cold assemblages featuring either udon (gluey wheat noodles) or soba (buckwheat noodles, almost a religion in Japan); you can even see the homemade noodles being cut at the front of... More >> |
| East Village |
Japanese |
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$$ |
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13 St. Marks Place : New York, NY 10003 : 212-677-5670
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 The real draw at this Asian dessert bar is the ice cream, which has an impossibly silken and dense texture, and is offered in flavors like Ovaltine and Vietnamese coffee. Esoteric toppings include something called "walnut soil," which turns out to be ground walnuts. Cupcakes avoid cliché with u... More >> |
| East Village |
Bakery, Ice Cream, Pan Asian |
Takeout |
$, $$ |
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24 E. 12th St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-488-5900
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 A recent rundown of new upscale burger establishments in Manhattan and Brooklyn left this place the winner--with a solid B plus. Made mainly from ground chuck, the seven-ounce burgers are juicy, meaty, and arrive cooked to order (mine a perfect medium rare, pink and warm in the middle). There... More >> |
| East Village |
American |
Catering, Delivery, Private Party, Prix Fixe, Takeout |
$$ |
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9 E. 16th St. : New York, NY 10003-3189 : 212-675-4700
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| East Village |
American, Brunch, Fine Dining, French, Steak House, Steakhouse |
Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party |
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13 E. 12th St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-328-0000
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 Decorated like a Victorian cathouse, this steak place isn't channeling Luger. With no porterhouse, your choice devolves to just the N.Y. strip, available in two sizes, and the hefty ribeye. Pick the former, which arrives charred and displaying the crumbly texture of the perfectly aged steak.... More >> |
| East Village |
Seafood, Steak House, Steakhouse |
Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$$$ |
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137 Ave. C : New York, NY 10009 : 212-529-0005
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 Barrimundi, a fish beloved of Aussies, is available few places in the city, but you can often find this toothsome firm-fleshed fish, which divides its time between salt water and fresh, at Sunburnt Cow, a place with a lively back porch that seems to have mistaken Avenue C for Sydney. More >> |
| East Village |
Australian, Seafood |
Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
$$ |
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4 Stuyvesant St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-598-3040
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 Walk down the aisles filled chock-a-block with ramen, soba, rice crackers and countless varieties of miso, and arrive at the prepared foods section, where you'll find gigantic bento boxes, all for about $5. Each little compartment harbors a different treat. In a single bento box you might get a... More >> |
| East Village |
Japanese |
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$ |
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85 Ave. A : New York, NY 10009 : 212-505-6524
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 Skip the elaborate nori rolls like dragon and spider, and go straight to the xeroxed daily specials, which often run to two dozen selections. The standout on a recent evening was a salad called aji carpaccio, featuring luscious hunks of horse mackerel heaped with shredded greenery and dotted... More >> |
| East Village |
Japanese, Sushi |
Delivery, Kid Friendly, Prix Fixe, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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149 First Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-253-1500
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 Only three sandwiches are available on the comically small menu: a Brooklyn-style Italian roast beef, gobbed with fresh mozzarella and brown gravy; a Philly-style roast beef hero laked with Cheez Whiz; and--odd man out--a modest pastrami sandwich piled with cole slaw on unseeded rye that also... More >> |
| East Village |
Deli, Sandwiches |
Kid Friendly, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$ |
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83 First Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-388-0059
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 The decor is Medieval/Occult, the food, modern Italian with a twist. The butter-dripping baked potato and the crostini with roasted garlic make good starters/snacks. You can top them off with a pizza from the wood-fired oven;like melanzane, made with fried eggplant on a crust nicely charred on... More >> |
| East Village |
Italian |
Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout |
$$ |
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68 E. First St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-979-5200
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 Tuck Shop is one of the city's burgeoning collection of Australian restaurants, which must number nearly a dozen by now. What's Aussie food? At the top end it's barrimundi (a freshwater fish), shrimp, and barbecue, but the lower end is English-style pies. As you might expect, the crust here is... More >> |
| East Village |
Australian |
Catering, Delivery, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$ |
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42 Ave. A : New York, NY 10009 : 212-254-1919
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 When it comes to pizza in New York, there's generally that which you compare to pizza in Italy, and then there's pizza-New York pizza. Two Boots is the small but fanatic third party of pizza. Many include Cajun flavors, and some are just "alternative." For traditionalists the Bayou Beast (BBQ... More >> |
| East Village |
Pizza |
Delivery, Private Party, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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11 St. Marks P : New York, NY 10003 : 212-353-3888
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 Forget about ramen and soba for a minute. This narrow walk-down den on the St. Marks tenderloin specializes in the white wormy pasta called udon-served cold or hot, mainly in soups. You can choose an additional ingredient to dump in your soup: freshly fried tempura, or wadded soy-flavored beef,... More >> |
| East Village |
Japanese |
Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$ |
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220 E. 14th St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-529-1329
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 Vanessa's delivers a slightly upscale rendition of a Chinatown dumpling stall, plus sushi. The pork-scallion potstickers, for example, are exactly twice the price you'd pay on Allen or Eldridge, and every bit as good, while the chicken-mushroom dumplings were even better. Delivered eight to a... More >> |
| East Village |
Chinese, Sushi |
Delivery, Takeout |
$ |
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103 First Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-777-6677
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 Forging into uncharted territory, Veloce Pizzeria invents the designer Sicilian pizza, with a crust midway between Neapolitan and neighborhood Sicilian, something like the crust you find in the finer Staten Island places like Denunzio's. We particularly adored the sausage pie, but found the... More >> |
| East Village |
Pizza, Vegetarian |
Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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64 3rd Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-979-2337
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 The Village Pourhouse touts itself as the "Best Sports & Beer Bar in NYC." Outside, grandiose sets of neon lights proclaim the bar's name, and rah-rah football fans perpetually spill onto the street; you can reach the place by dialing 212-979-BEER. There are more brews available here than in... More >> |
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8 Stuyvesant St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-598-3041
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 What a shame that so many people pass through this restaurant just to go to Angel's Share, the bar attached, and never stop for "Japanese tapas." The menu is large and certainly hit-or-miss, but favorites are of the weird-textured variety, like sea cucumber in ponzu sauce, natto (fermented... More >> |
| East Village |
Japanese |
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$$ |
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118 Second Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-253-0425
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 The decor at the spacious corner storefront is of zero interest, so we'll skip it. That the food is much more beautiful than the room is demonstrated by the Mediterranean vegetable platter, an eye-clobbering entrée crowned by grilled asparagus teetering on a lush selection of vegetables. There a... More >> |
| East Village |
Mediterranean, Nouvelle |
Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout |
$$ |
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179 Second Ave. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-420-8801
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 Against all odds, it works. Here's the list of ingredients of the slice known as Zen at Viva Herbal: green-tea-herbed miso-tofu, green-tea basil pesto, shiitake mushrooms, caramelized onions, sun-dried tomatoes, and roast garlic on a spelt (non-wheat) crust laced with green tea. A symphony of... More >> |
| East Village |
Eclectic, Pizza, Vegetarian |
Catering, Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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173 Ave. A : New York, NY 10009 : 212-677-2033
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 Spawned by a West Village updated diner the size of a postage stamp, the East Village counterpart is larger and more comfortable, but retains a similarly quirky menu. At its heart are junk-food staples-burgers, hot dogs, BLTs, and fish and chips-elevated a bit in quality, then joined by a... More >> |
| East Village |
American, Eclectic |
Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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97 St. Marks Place : New York, NY 10009 : 212-677-9001
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 For all practical purposes Yaffa is an East Village diner: it's "open always," pretty cheap, and has pleasant wait staff. Unlike a diner, though, if you forge through the dark and intimate dining room, you find a vast and nearly charming garden deck. The menu's expansive, but you won't find... More >> |
| East Village |
Diner, Eclectic, International, Israeli, Middle Eastern |
Delivery, Open 24 Hours, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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218 E. Ninth St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-979-9238
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 Billing itself as a Japanese rural steakhouse, Yakiniku features acres of polished woods, broad low tables with recessed legroom, and a trickling fountain at the end of the dining room, framed by a bamboo grove. In the center of each table is a ventilated barbecue grill, and you will be held... More >> |
| East Village |
Japanese, Steakhouse |
Private Party |
$$ |
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