You are on page 1of 1

BEST DISHES ’10

(AND DRINKS)
100 IDEAS FOR THE BITE OF YOUR LIFE
BRONX  Mac and cheese  Provolone bread  Honey-rosemary ice cream WEST VILLAGE
 Jerk chicken Woodwork, 583 Vanderbilt Ave at Dean St Parisi Bakery, 198 Mott St between Kenmare DessertTruck Works, 6 Clinton St between E  Blood and Sand cocktail
Barry’s Jerk Delight, 769 Burke Ave at (718-857-5777) and Spring Sts (212-226-6378, Houston and Stanton Sts (212-228-0701, Highlands, 150–152 W 10th St between
Wallace Ave (718-994-1618) parisibakery.com) dt-works.net) Greenwich Ave and Waverly Pl (212-229-
RED HOOK 2670, highlands-nyc.com)
 Oysters  Zucchini and cheese pupusas  Three-mushroom rice casserole  Lasagna Cinghiale
Cosenza’s Fish Market, 2354 Arthur Ave El Olomega, Red Hook Park, Bay St at Clinton A-Wah, 5 Catherine St between Division St Apizz, 217 Eldridge St between Rivington and  Grilled lamb belly
between Crescent Ave and E 186th St St (elolomega.com) and East Broadway (212-925-8308) Stanton Sts (212-253-9199, apizz.com) August, 359 Bleecker St between Charles and
(718-364-8510) W 10th Sts (212-929-8727, augustny.com)
SUNSET PARK EAST VILLAGE  Pourover coffee
 Peanut punch  Torta de la casa  Anchor Punch Kickstand, Hester Street Fair (Saturdays only),  Lamb ragù sliders
Ali’s Trinidad Roti Sho p, 4220 White Plains Puebla Mini Market, 3908 Fifth Cienfuegos, 443 E 6th St between First Ave Hester St at Essex St (kickstandbrooklyn.com) Anfora, 34 Eighth Ave between Jane and W
Rd at 233rd St (718-655-2178) Ave between 39th and 40th Sts (718-435- and Ave A (212-614-6818, cienfuegosny.com) 12th Sts (212-518-2722)
3326)  Spicy pork meatballs
BROOKLYN  Build-a-Biscuit The Meatball Shop, 84 Stanton St between  Roasted rack of lamb with South
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT WILLIAMSBURG Peels, 325 Bowery at 2nd St Allen and Orchard Sts African flavors
 Hot chicken  Adult Cheese sandwich (646-602-7015) (212-982-8895, themeatballshop.com) Annisa, 13 Barrow St between Seventh Ave
Peaches HotHouse, 415 Tompkins Ave at Commodore, 366 Metropolitan Ave at South and W 4th St (212-741-6699,
Hancock St (718-483-9111, Havemeyer St (718-218-7632)  Carne asada tacos  Sweet bao fries annisarestaurant.com)
peacheshothouse.com) Dos Toros, 137 Fourth Ave between 13th and Baohaus, 137 Rivington St between Norfolk
 Banh mi sausage 14th Sts (212-677-7300, dostorosnyc.com) and Suffolk Sts (646-684-3835,  Tuna collar
BOERUM HILL The Meat Hook, 100 Frost St between baohausnyc.com) EN Japanese Brasserie, 435 Hudson St at
 Ruth Wilensky sandwich Leonard St and Manhattan Ave (718-349-  Classic Toast with condensed milk Leroy St (212-647-9196, enjb.com)
Mile End, 97A Hoyt St between Atlantic Ave 5033, the-meathook.com) Saint’s Alp Teahouse, 39 Third Ave between  Quark dumplings
and Pacific St (718-852-7510, 9th and 10th Sts (212-598-1890, Cafe Katja, 79 Orchard St between Broome UPPER WEST SIDE
mileendbrooklyn.com)  Behind God’s Back cocktail saintsalp.com.hk) and Grand Sts (212-219-9545, cafe-katja.com)  Chickpea fries
Dram, 77 South 4th St between Driggs Ave Peacefood Cafe, 460 Amsterdam Ave at 82nd
BUSHWICK and Roebling St (718-486-3726,  Duck confit poutine MIDTOWN EAST St (212-362-2266, peacefoodcafe.com)
 Sol with a shot of jalapeño- drambar.com) Brindle Room, 277 E 10th St between First  Hakata kuro ramen
infused tequila Ave and Ave A (212-529-9702, Hide-Chan Ramen, 248 E 52nd St between QUEENS
The Narrows, 1037 Flushing Ave at Morgan  Brandt Ranch beef brisket, brindleroom.com) Second and Third Aves (212-813-1800) ASTORIA
Ave (281-827-1800, narrowsbar.com) whole pig  Feijoada
Fatty ’Cue, 91 South 6th St between Bedford  Hete bliksem  Jidori karaage (fried chicken) Favela Grill, 33-18 28th Ave at 34th St
CARROLL GARDENS Ave and Berry St (718-599-3090, Vandaag, 103 Second Ave at 6th St Soba Totto, 211 E 43rd St between Second (718-545-8250)
 Fried bologna sandwich fattycue.com) (212-253-0470, vandaagnyc.com) and Third Aves (212-557-8200,
Seersucker, 329 Smith St between Carroll and sobatotto.com) FLUSHING
President Sts (718-422-0444,  Chicken biscuit  Liddabit beer-and-pretzel caramels  Gul ae man doo
seersuckerbrooklyn.com) Pies ’n’ Thighs, 166 South 4th St Northern Spy Food Co., 511 E 12th St  Venison nachos Han Shin Pocha, 40-03 149th Pl between
at Driggs Ave (347-529-6090, between Aves A and B (212-228-5100, Waterfront Ale House, Roosevelt and 41st Aves
 P&H sodas piesnthighs.com) northernspyfoodco.com) 540 Second Ave at 30th (718-886-1328)
Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain, 513 St (212-696-4104, waterfrontalehouse.com)
Henry St at Sackett St (718-522-6260,  Disco fries  Smoked herring on toast  Liang pi cold skin noodles
brooklynfarmacy.blogspot.com) St. Anselm, 355 Metropolitan Ave between Jimmy’s No. 43, 43 E 7th St between Second MIDTOWN WEST Xi’an Famous Foods, Golden Shopping Mall,
Havemeyer and Roebling Sts (718-384-5054) and Third Aves (212-982-3006,  Beef seven ways, seven-spice sour 41-28 Main St at 41st Rd, basement No. 36
COBBLE HILL jimmysno43.com) Má Pêche, 15 W 56th St between Fifth and (xianfoods.com)
 Wilkinsons  Egg-in-a-nest Sixth Aves (212-757-5878,
Henry Public, 329 Henry St between Atlantic Traif, 229 South 4th St between Havemeyer  Queso fundido de huitlacoche momofuku.com/ma-peche)  Shaved ice
Ave and Pacific St (718-852-8630) and Roebling Sts (347-844-9578, traifny.com) Hecho en Dumbo, 354 Bowery between Great Ice Fire Land, 135-11 40th Rd between Main
Jones and E 4th Sts (212-937-4245,  Chef’s ma pau tofu and Prince Sts (718-886-8600)
DITMAS PARK  Kyoto coffee hechoendumbo.com) Szechuan Gourmet, W 39th St between Fifth
 Chicken adobo Blue Bottle Coffee, 160 Berry St between and Sixth Aves (212-921-0233,  Wonton with hot sauce (#6)
Purple Yam, 1314 Cortelyou Rd between North 4th and 5th Sts (bluebottlecoffee.net) GRAMERCY/FLATIRON szechuangourmetnyc.com) White Bear, 135-02 Roosevelt Ave, entrance
Argyle and Rugby Rds (718-940-8188,  Bow-tie pasta with veal on Prince St between Roosevelt Ave and 40th
purpleyamnyc.com)  Morir soñando meatballs  Gold Rush cocktail Rd
Reben Luncheonette, 229 Havemeyer St at ABC Kitchen, 35 E 18th St between Broadway The Lambs Club, 132 W 44th St between (718-961-2322)
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN Broadway (718-388-7696) and Park Ave South (212-475-5829, Sixth Ave and Broadway
 Fish tacos abckitchen.com) (212-997-5262, thelambsclub.com) JACKSON HEIGHTS
The Loading Dock, 170 Tillary St between  Radish salad  Gulab jamun
Flatbush Ave Ext and Gold St (646-355-7518, Radish, 158 Bedford Ave between North 8th  Gujarati thali  Great White Way concrete Al Naimat Restaurant & Sweets, 37-03 74th
loadingdocknyc.com) and 9th Sts (718-782-2744, radishnyc.com) Bhojan, 102 Lexington Ave between 27th and Shake Shack, 691 Eighth Ave at 44th St St at 37th Ave (718-476-1100)
28th Sts (212-213-9615, bhojanny.com) (646-435-0135, shakeshack.com)
DUMBO  Scuttlebutt sandwich LONG ISLAND CITY
 Red Wattle country pork chop Saltie, 378 Metropolitan Ave between  Hazelnut-and-mushroom crostini  Homemade NY-style pretzels  Egg-sausage sandwich
Vinegar Hill House, 72 Hudson Ave between Havemeyer St and Marcy Ave (718-387-4777, Pure Food and Wine, 54 Irving Pl between Ardesia, 510 W 52nd St between Tenth and M. Wells, 21-17 49th Ave at 21st St
Front and Water Sts (718-522-1018, saltieny.com) 17th and 18th Sts (212-477-1010, Eleventh Aves (212-247-9191, ardesia-ny.com) (718-425-6917, mwellsdiner.com)
vinegarhillhouse.com) purefoodandwine.com)
MANHATTAN  Modern liverwurst WOODSIDE
FORT GREENE CHELSEA  Panzerotti Modern Bar Room, 9 W 53rd St between Fifth  Crispy pata
 Pork milanese  Chocolate-and-olive-oil bastoncino I Trulli, 122 E 27th St between Park Ave and Sixth Aves (212-333-1220, Engeline’s, 58-28 Roosevelt Ave between 58th
Roman’s, 243 DeKalb Ave between Clermont Del Posto, 85 Tenth Ave at 16th St South and Lexington Ave (212-481-7372, themodernnyc.com) and 59th Sts (718-898-7878)
and Vanderbilt Aves (718-622-5300, (212-497-8090, delposto.com) itrulli.com)
romansnyc.com)  Pochiertes Ei VARIOUS LOCATIONS
 Duck rice  Pesce spada affumicato Seäsonal, 132  Chicharrones from Flying Pigs Farm,
GOWANUS Nuela, 43 W 24th St between Fifth Maialino, Gramercy Park Hotel, 2 Lexington W 58th St between Sixth and Seventh Aves yogurt from Milk Thistle Organic Dairy
 Salted-caramel apple pie and Sixth Aves (212-929-1200, Ave at 21st St (212-777-2410, (212-957-5550, seasonal Farm
Four & Twenty Blackbirds, 439 Third nuelany.com) maialinonyc.com) nyc.com) Union Square Greenmarket, 16th to 17th Sts
Ave at 8th St (718-499-2917, birdsblack.com) between Union Sq East and Union Sq West
 Grilled ham-and-cheddar biscuit  San Marzano pizza NOLITA (grownyc.org) • Grand Army Plaza
GREENPOINT Amy’s Bread, 75 Ninth Ave between 15th and Eataly’s Rossopomodoro, 200 Fifth  The Summer Greenmarket, Prospect Park West and
 Greenpointer pizza 16th Sts (212-462-4338) • 672 Ninth Ave Ave between 23rd and 24th Sts (212-229- Road coffee Flatbush Ave, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Paulie Gee’s, 60 Greenpoint between 46th and 47th Sts (212-977-2670) • 2560) The Randolph at Broome, 349 Broome St
Ave between Franklin and 250 Bleecker St at Leroy St (212-675-7802) between Bowery and Elizabeth St  Iced coffee
West Sts (347-987-3747, pauliegee.com) • amysbread.com HARLEM (212-274-0667, randolphnyc.com) Cafe Pedlar, 17 Clinton St between E Houston
 Debe (lamb chops) and Stanton Sts (212-253-2303) • 210 Court
 Pork ’n’ eggs  Grilled three-cheese sandwich, Africa Kine, 256 W 116th St between Adam  Taco de huevo, nopal, St at Warren St, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
Papacito’s Brooklyn, scrumpets with mint vinegar Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd (Seventh Ave) and poblano y papa (718-855-7129) • cafepedlar.com
999 Manhattan Ave between Green and The Breslin Bar and Dining Room, Ace Hotel, Frederick Douglass Blvd (Eighth Ave) Tacombi, 67 Elizabeth St between
Huron Sts (718-349-7292, papacitos 16 W 29th St between Fifth Ave and (212-666-9400) E Houston and Prince Sts (917-727-0179,  Smokra
brooklyn.com) Broadway (212-679-1939, thebreslin.com) tacombi.com) Rick’s Picks, visit rickspicksnyc.com
LOWER EAST SIDE
PARK SLOPE  Tempura green beans  Caviar cream cheese TRIBECA  Spekuloos spread
 Salt-and-pepper fries The Red Cat, 227 Tenth Ave between 23rd Russ & Daughters, 179 E Houston St between  Punjabi mutton Wafels & Dinges, visit the truck’s Twitter feed
Thistle Hill Tavern, 441 Seventh Ave at 15th and 24th Sts (212-242-1122, Allen and Orchard Sts (212-475-4880, Tamarind Tribeca, 99 Hudson St at Franklin (@waffletruck) for daily locations.
St (347-599-1262, thistlehillbrooklyn.com) redcatrestaurants.com) russanddaughters.com) St (212-775-9000, tamarindrestaurants
PROSPECT HEIGHTS nyc.com)  SweetSmoothHot mustard
CHINATOWN/LITTLE ITALY  Dragon’s Pearl cocktail SchoolHouse Kitchen, visit
 Escargot  The Panama sandwich Painkiller, 49 Essex St between Grand and schoolhousekitchen.com
Kaz An Nou, 53 Sixth Ave between Bergen Torrisi Italian Specialties, 250 Mulberry St Hester Sts (212-777-8454, painkillernyc.com)
and Dean Sts (718-938-3235, kazannou.com) between Prince
and Spring Sts (212-965-0955, piginahat.com)

You might also like