Recommendations
Manhattan
- Fraunces Tavern
- 11 Madison (lol)
- Dhamaka for ❤️ Biriyani ❤️ - Went with Florent, Greg, Alix, Patrick for Giselle's 21st. Ordered paneer methi, malai murgh, nalli biriyani (9/10).
- Semma - Only Michelin-starred Indian restaurant
- The History - Georgian Restaurant in Hell's Kitchen
- Absolute Bagels
Harlem
- Sylvia's
- Red Rooster
- Melba's
- The Uptown Night Market - Apr-Oct Every 2nd Thursday
Washington Heights
- April-Oct - Northend Food Hall
- Budda Kitchen and Bar
- Mambi
- Saggio
- Junior's Seafood
- Malecon (tres golpes, chicken)
- Floridita (cubanos!)
- Flor de Mayo
- Salento (pandebono)
- La Casa el Mofongo
- Native Noodles (Singaporean)
Koreatown
Chinatown
- Mei Li Wah’s famous pineapple buns
- Nom Wah Tea Parlor’s dim sum
- Joe’s Shangai (soup dumplings)
- El Sazon
Queens
- Roosevelt Av
- The Queens Night Market ("Here you’ll find cuisines ranging from Burmese to Persian and most food is only $5-6!")
- New World Mall Food Court
- Diamond Dogs
Brooklyn
- Brennan and Carr
- Roll 'n Roaster
- Vineapple Cafe
- Joes' of Avenue U - Oldest Sicilian eatery.
Pizza
Unsorted
- Smorgasburg - April to October ("ube-flavored everything to platanos and oxtail")
- L'Industrie Pizza
- Harlem - Red Rooster
- Tyotya Raya's Samsas (with cabbage) in Brighton Beach
- Golan Heights (187th and Amsterdam) - Shawarma
- Crown Shy - Michelin - Manhattan - Best Chicken
Pizzerias
- Artichoke Basille’s Pizza — Multiple NYC locations, famous for creamy artichoke slice.
- Bleecker Street Pizza — Thin-crust, award-winning slice shop.
- Joe’s Pizza — Greenwich Village institution.
- John’s of Bleecker Street — Greenwich Village.
- Lazzara’s Pizza — Midtown spot known for thin-crust square pizzas.
- Lombardi’s — America’s first pizzeria (est. 1905).
- NY Pizza Suprema — Established 1964 near Penn Station.
- Patsy’s Pizzeria — Historic coal-oven pizzeria since 1933.
- Prince Street Pizza — Known for its spicy pepperoni “SoHo square” slice.
- Rubirosa — Italian-American restaurant with thin-crust pies & pasta.
- Scarr’s Pizza — Lower East Side slice shop known for house-milled flour.
- Two Boots Pizza — Cajun-Italian inspired NYC chain.