eating in NYC (New York, Fulton, Cuba: best city, neighborhoods, luxury)

[mamaof2]

i know this should be posted in the NYC forum, but i have posted there in the past and received very few responses. my husband and i are going to NYC for the first time at the beginning of feb. and i am trying to come with a list of inexpensive (by new york's standards) and excellent places to eat. would love pizza, bagel, italian and mexican suggestions!! thank you!!!
also, will we stick out as tourists from NC?? ha.

[steve54]

Originally Posted by mamaof2

i know this should be posted in the NYC forum, but i have posted there in the past and received very few responses. my husband and i are going to NYC for the first time at the beginning of feb. and i am trying to come with a list of inexpensive (by new york's standards) and excellent places to eat. would love pizza, bagel, italian and mexican suggestions!! thank you!!!
also, will we stick out as tourists from NC?? ha.

Paesano on Mullberry Street, Nice Italian , not expensive and the Like of Sinatra have eaten there

Paesano of Mulberry Street - NYC Restaurant & Menu Guide. Menus, Ratings, Reviews. New York City, NY

[UNCMetsGal]

Oh, this is such a hard question! You would find the BEST food in each of the city's ethnically diversified "neighborhoods"

For good Italian, go to Little Italy - you'll want to stick to Mulberry St and Canal St. Chinatown now spills into what USED to be Little Italy, but you should try the food there, too! And the street shopping is good too (I love getting a fakie bag now and then!)

For a good bagel, try to find a Jewish deli. I can't recommend one by name, but again, if you go into a Jewish neighborhood, or look for Kosher Restaurants, you'll be good.

Good Luck, and have FUN!!

[Jdatlas]

I was going to recommend John's Pizza on Bleecker Street but I'm not sure if it's still there (does anyone know?). We discovered it while walking around while we were there and didn't find out until later that it was a well-known pizza place that sold some of the best pizza in NYC.

[NYCinNC]

It is so Hard to pinpoint Certain places

Best Italian Food. Little Italy (Mulberry and Delancy Street) These were my Favorites
Pellegrino's
Casa Bella
Da Nico
Il Cortile

Best Deli in Manhattan i
Carnegie Deli 854 7th Ave Sandwiches are a mile high Best Pastrami and Corned beef
Katz's Delicatessen 205 East Houston Street
Stage Deli 834 7th Ave (53rd between 54th)
Ben's Delicatessen 209 W 38th St (7th Ave)


Pizza
Lombardi's Pizzeria 32 Spring St
Grimaldi's Pizzeria THis one is in Brooklyn 19 Old Fulton St., Brooklyn
John's Pizzeria 260 West 44th Street This one is close to time square


Load up on Bagels and Kinishes as well

[mdp_az]

Lombardi's Pizza...I believe its at Spring & Mott.

Also, for a cool little Cuban/Latin place, check out Ideya in SoHo on W. Broadway near Broome.

Edit to add: NYCinNC beat me to the Lombardi's recommendation...its awesome! Expect long lines, but its worth the wait!

[holden125]

For sit-down pizza Lombardi's is good. So is John's on Bleecker St. (by Jones St between 6th and 7th), which is still there and also often has a line. Grimaldi's is great and you can go down to the water at the end of the block and get a great view. They have long lines on weekends but none at all on a Mon/Tues night.

There are tons of great affordable ethnic restaurants all over the city. Though a lot of people associate NYC with hugely expensive luxury restaurants, it may be the best city in the world to eat all kinds of great food for not too much money. You might not have gotten much response from NYC people at first since it's too big a topic to even begin.

[apvbguy]

Originally Posted by UNCMetsGal

Oh, this is such a hard question! You would find the BEST food in each of the city's ethnically diversified "neighborhoods"

For good Italian, go to Little Italy - you'll want to stick to Mulberry St and Canal St. Chinatown now spills into what USED to be Little Italy, but you should try the food there, too! And the street shopping is good too (I love getting a fakie bag now and then!)

For a good bagel, try to find a Jewish deli. I can't recommend one by name, but again, if you go into a Jewish neighborhood, or look for Kosher Restaurants, you'll be good.

Good Luck, and have FUN!!

are you from NY? little italy is a sham, no italians, the restaurants are tourist traps, and all the fake merchandise is in chinatown, mostly on canal st west of mulberry.
you don't need to go to a jewish deli for a good bagel, any deli will do or you can go to H&H or places like that.

[jeffcon0]

A Chinatown meal is a must on any NY cheap eats tour. My personal favorites are Thai Son which is a Vietnamese restaurant on Baxter near Canal. For under $20 you can get a huge bowl of Pho, summer rolls, and pork chops over rice. That should feed two quite well and is probably my favorite cheap meal in NY.

I also recommend Grand Sichuan at the base of the Manhattan bridge near Bowery and Canal for spicy REAL Sichuan food. Try the hot pot and take your choice of ingredients to cook in their delicious spicy broth.

Both of the above are authentic Asian but are very American friendly. You'll see plenty of non-asians at both those places and their menus are multilingual. You may look like a tourist but I wouldn't worry about standing out at all. 46 million tourists visited NY last year. You'll just be another face in the crowd.

[margarets1]

john's pizzeria in times square area has been recommended to me several times. it's an old catheral. unfortunately, the last time i was up there, the fire engines were 'visiting'!! lol. i hope to get to try it out the next time i'm in the city.

i believe the address in a former post is accurate.