FOOD ARCHIVES FiTR’s NYC Neighborhood Dining Guide
by Robert Sietsema
On the Upper East Side, where can you drink a digestif out of this crazy glass, which seems bent on demonstrating a scientific principle?
Four years ago Fork in the Road inaugurated the Our 10 Best guides, and we’ve never looked back. They’ve proved so popular that readers have asked for some sort of index to the series. Well, here it is: a reverse-chronological list of the neighborhood-based guides, most in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Click on each headline and be magically transported to the corresponding 10 Best list. Sometimes, you even get 11, or 13. Note that the most elderly of these guides is around three years old, so check to make sure a particular place is still open before you go. And look for future indexes to guides based on a single foodstuff or dining concept.
All photos by Robert Sietsema unless otherwise noted
Our 10 Best Upper West Side Restaurants
The goong chae nampla, a Siamese ceviche of raw shrimp, at Thai Market
Our Ten Best Tribeca Restaurants
Aamanns-Copenhagen’s stunning beef tartare, crunchy with tiny potato chips
My 13 Favorite Brooklyn Restaurants
The perfect Southern fried chicken at Mitchell’s
Our 10 Best Upper East Side Restaurants, 2013 Edition
Bread dumplings and goulash at Czech restaurant Hospoda
Our 10 Best Restaurants Near Brooklyn’s Barclays Center
Who doesn’t love a Bark’s hot dog with onion rings before or after the Nets game?
Our 10 Best Things to Eat Around Union Square
The coconut-laced shrimp baiano at the secretively Brazilian diner Coffee Shop
10 Best Eats in Carroll Gardens
How about a schnitzel or a steak at Prime Meats?
10 Best Hell’s Kitchen NYC Restaurants
The earthy chicken mole enchiladas taste of chocolate and chiles at Tulcingo del Valle.
Next: More guides! More restaurants!
Our 10 Best Cheap Eats for Tourists in the East Village
A dinner selection from secret Ukrainian kitchen Streecha
Our 10 Favorite Far Downtown Restaurants
Danny Meyer’s West End Bar and Grill
Our 10 Best West Village Restaurants, 2012 Edition
The wonderful sardines at Japanese gastropub Rockmeisha
Our 10 Best East Village Restaurants, 2012 Edition
The fiery chicken guajillo enchiladas at Downtown Bakery
Our 10 Best Upper East Side Restaurants, 2011 Edition
Comforting chicken and mashed potatoes at Jones Wood Foundry
Our 10 Best Things to Eat on 23rd Street
Mushrooms take center stage at Birreria
Our 10 Best Things to Eat on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village
Israeli mallawah press toast at Creperie
Our 11 Best Places to Eat in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
The mofongo de camarones comes poured over fried plantains at old-timer La Fe
Next: Tired yet? Many more guides and restaurants to follow!
Our 10 Best Things to Eat Between Houston and Delancey Streets
Sugar Sweet Sunshine’s banana pudding
Our 10 Best Bushwick Restaurants
The vegetarian arepa from Guacuco
Our 10 Best Things to Eat at Chelsea Market
Taco salad at vegan food stall One Lucky Duck
Our 10 Best and Cheapest Grand Central Terminal Eats
Junior’s fabled cheesecake is available at Grand Central Station
Birdbath’s twisted pretzel croissant
Our 10 Best and Cheapest Penn Station Eats
Grandma slice at Rosa’s Pizza
Our 10 Best Things to Eat in Manhattan’s Chinatown
Broth is served on the side with A-Wah’s Hong Kong lo mein
My 10 Favorite Queens Restaurants
Nepalese sel roti at Mustang Thakali Kitchen
Next: Phew! Almost done. One more page from the past
Our 10 Best Things to Eat on St. Marks Place in the East Village, NYC
The spicy miso ramen at Ramen Setagaya will set your mouth on fire.
Our 10 Best Red Hook Restaurants
You’re always a hero at Defonte’s
The 10 Best Things to Eat Around Times Square, NYC
The sirloin special at old-timer Tad’s Steaks
The 10 Worst Things to Eat Around Times Square, NYC
You could get a little something from the “salad bar” at Smiler’s
Our 10 Best West Village Restaurants
Some of the excellent sushi from En Japanese Brasserie
Our Ten Best Park Slope Restaurants
The Oaxacan tamale at Tacos Nuevo Mexico
Our 10 Best Lower East Side Restaurants
‘inoteca is a great place for a glass of wine and an Italian snack.