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Yeah this is true I don’t mean to diminish Manhattan and Brooklyn. I live in Williamsburg and it has an amazing restaurant scene and that’s one thing I love about it. When I want a quick bite to eat alone and don’t want to sit down at a restaurant, or if I’m looking for something more ethnic or authentic, I often will find myself making the trip to Queens. Usually almost always somewhere off the 7 train. The only reason I ever take the 7 train is to find delicious cheap food, lol.
Do you ever take the J train or L train for that purpose?
Do you ever take the J train or L train for that purpose?
Yeah I guess I do. I rarely ever take the J train anymore now that I no longer need it for work (thank God), except to get to Chinatown or LES. The L train I use mainly for nights out in Bushwick or to go to Union Square or somewhere along 14th. It is good for the Chelsea Market. But out of all my trains, lately I take the G and the M more than anything.
Williamsburg obviously is a huge culinary destination neighborhood, but since I already live there I don’t need a train to get here. Tons of other people use all those trains to go out to eat in Williamsburg though so I see your point. It looks like there are 4 Michelin Star restaurants in Williamsburg alone. Surprisingly 3 of them are by the JMZ and only one is by the L train. I think my problem is that I don’t really do fine dining that much at all so I’m pretty much just basing this off cheap, casual food when really all things should be considered instead of only one or the other.
Yeah I guess I do. I rarely ever take the J train anymore now that I no longer need it for work (thank God), except to get to Chinatown or LES. The L train I use mainly for nights out in Bushwick or to go to Union Square or somewhere along 14th. It is good for the Chelsea Market. But out of all my trains, lately I take the G and the M more than anything.
Williamsburg obviously is a huge culinary destination neighborhood, but since I already live there I don’t need a train to get here. Tons of other people use all those trains to go out to eat in Williamsburg though so I see your point. It looks like there are 4 Michelin Star restaurants in Williamsburg alone. Surprisingly 3 of them are by the JMZ and only one is by the L train. I think my problem is that I don’t really do fine dining that much at all so I’m pretty much just basing this off cheap, casual food when really all things should be considered instead of only one or the other.
I was curious because there is a lot of ethnic food along the J and L too. Although less variety than the 7 train of course.
And I think it's totally fine to judge a city's food off the lower to mid end stuff, that's what's more accessible and more likely to be part of people's day to day experience.
LA and Chicago are so completely different they are impossible to compare.
If you want something similar to NYC, but not NYC, Chicago is the winner. Enormous buildings, huge core, urban lifestyle that is only better in New York.
But if you want a large, meandering metropolis, full of diversity, LA can't really be beat. It's covers such an enormous area and there is just a ton there (albeit more spread out).
The feel of the two cities couldn't be more different. You really can't compare them fairly.
I love DC, but the food I've had there has been inferior to what I've had in other major cities mentioned. San Francisco/Bay Area is loaded with fine dining restaurants, has everything you'd need, but their "average" restaurants are crap compared to Chicago and LA (at least in my experience).
Yeah this is true I don’t mean to diminish Manhattan and Brooklyn. I live in Williamsburg and it has an amazing restaurant scene and that’s one thing I love about it. When I want a quick bite to eat alone and don’t want to sit down at a restaurant, or if I’m looking for something more ethnic or authentic, I often will find myself making the trip to Queens. Usually almost always somewhere off the 7 train. The only reason I ever take the 7 train is to find delicious cheap food, lol.
I love the 7 train for that and it’s above ground section in Queens especially its meandering through Long Island City of late.
A topic with a poll allowing for multiple picks for best subway lines for eating makes sense. I think in addition to ones already mentioned the Q, N, and R are good contenders as well.
I was curious because there is a lot of ethnic food along the J and L too. Although less variety than the 7 train of course.
And I think it's totally fine to judge a city's food off the lower to mid end stuff, that's what's more accessible and more likely to be part of people's day to day experience.
Oh then I completely misinterpreted your post lol. I can’t really think of anything off the J train outside of Chinatown, but when I used to work in Canarsie at the very end of the L train, I used to love all the cheap Caribbean food. In particular the Jerk Chicken.
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I love the 7 train for that and it’s above ground section in Queens especially its meandering through Long Island City of late.
A topic with a poll allowing for multiple picks for best subway lines for eating makes sense. I think in addition to ones already mentioned the Q, N, and R are good contenders as well
The 7 train in LIC is really bittersweet for me. It is cool to ride elevated between all the skyscrapers. I’m very pro-development and I love all the growth there, but it’s not the same without 5 Pointz. The 7 train was always my favorite train growing up because of that. Now I get a sad feeling whenever I ride through Court Square.
Anyway another good one is the B train in Brooklyn to Brighton Beach for Russian food. I love to go to those Russian Markets where everybody speaks Russian and all the signs are in Russian so you’re not really sure what a lot of the stuff is but you just get whatever looks good and then they charge by weight and it always ends up being way cheaper than you’d expect. I love those places. And then what I do is eat the food over on the beach + boardwalk. That’s a good portion of my life in the summer.
Oh then I completely misinterpreted your post lol. I can’t really think of anything off the J train outside of Chinatown, but when I used to work in Canarsie at the very end of the L train, I used to love all the cheap Caribbean food. In particular the Jerk Chicken.
The 7 train in LIC is really bittersweet for me. It is cool to ride elevated between all the skyscrapers. I’m very pro-development and I love all the growth there, but it’s not the same without 5 Pointz. The 7 train was always my favorite train growing up because of that. Now I get a sad feeling whenever I ride through Court Square.
Anyway another good one is the B train in Brooklyn to Brighton Beach for Russian food. I love to go to those Russian Markets where everybody speaks Russian and all the signs are in Russian so you’re not really sure what a lot of the stuff is but you just get whatever looks good and then they charge by weight and it always ends up being way cheaper than you’d expect. I love those places. And then what I do is eat the food over on the beach + boardwalk. That’s a good portion of my life in the summer.
I think the J train might be interesting too in that regard, off the strength of Latin food in Bushwick and eventually South Asian/Indo-Caribbean food when you hit Richmond Hill
Semi related question, do you ever hang out in lower Bushwick? And do you think lower Bushwick's gentrification will further accelerate once the L train shuts down?
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