New Yorkers : Recommend restaurants

Grifter · Post by **Grifter** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:42 pm

Yo Neb,

Chinese crispy pork and Duck from a restaurant that appears reasonbly tasty? (every city has these eaterys LOL)

If your friends find an eatery in this vien make sure its Taiwanese...the sauce and meat WILL taste better mate ...trust me

hmmm food... crispy pork...

Cheers mate

waybeyondz · Post by **waybeyondz** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:44 pm

leisuremuffin wrote:screw it, lets talk about places in brooklyn some more. I think that williamsburg has a lot of really great spots, and its only one or two subway stops out of manhattan. Tell your friends to grow some balls, neb.

1) fette sau. ---> this is on metropolitan just west of havemeyer. It's a relatively new smoke house, and one of the best bbq joints i've been to. you can get a jug of beer and drink it out of mason jars. nice.

2) DuMont ---> right by the lorimer stop on the l. It's just a little bit south an on the other side of the street from kellog's diner on union. get the mac and cheese. you have no fucking idea.

3) zipi zape ---> metropolitan and berry. Good spanish tapas joint. one of m favorite spots.

4) bonita ---> bedford around south 3rd. There are probably better places to get mexican food in the area, but this place is the bomb for 3 reasons:

- fish tacos - the best i've ever had.

- michiladas - best in the city, G. It's a beer cocktail. beer on the rocks with lime chili and a bunch of other shit that i don't know what it is. served in a glass with salted rim.

- agua fresca - drink it, yatch. it's good here.

i could keep going, but off the top of the knot, that's where i would go.

.lm.

i live in williamsburg as well, and while some of these places are good, they certainly aren't worth traveling to brooklyn. if you're coming to williamsburg anyway, and want to eat, then the list is good. but not if you're looking for a great NYC meal.

Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:10 pm

If you go to Bonita and they're doing the pork sandwich special, GET IT. Bite in and you can taste God. God is pork.

Also the corn on the cob appitizer rocks tits for $3.

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:15 pm

jesus christ! sorry for liking the food at these joints.

where do you suggest, waybeyondz, or are you just here to shit in my sundae?

.lm.

sidownes · Post by **sidownes** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:21 pm

McDonalds in New York is very good. But if you want a sandwich then Subway is where you should go.

waybeyondz · Post by **waybeyondz** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:21 pm

leisuremuffin wrote:jesus christ! sorry for liking the food at these joints.

where do you suggest, waybeyondz, or are you just here to shit in my sundae?

.lm.

sorry if i seemed negative. like i said, those are all good places, and i eat at them all the time, because i live near them. but honestly, they are not anywhere near "great" by NYC standards.

i have a ton of places to suggest, but i can't even begin to recommend something without knowing a budget, taste preferences, size of group, etc.

Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:44 pm

leisuremuffin wrote:
Homebelly wrote: Back on manhattan,, any of the Mahali places used to be very good Indian,, or any where on (I think) 4th street,, some people call it Dehli Row,, a whole street of Indian and bengali places,, any of them are as good as any other depending on the night,, worth it to see the manic sitar and tabla players ripping it up to attract customers,,
,
its 6th street.

its most def worth a stop for a cheap and good meal.

.lm.

More specifically tell them if they want Indian on 6th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue, Brick Lane is the best of them.

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:05 pm

but if you want south indian, you have to hit dosa hut on lexington between, uhhm, i don't know, somewhere in the high 20's , like maybe 26th and 27th.... google it or something.

.lm.

dm_hawk · Post by **dm_hawk** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:09 pm

Cafeteria Restaurant
(212) 414-1717
119 7th Ave,
New York, NY 10011+1802

one of my faves.

cosmosuave · Post by **cosmosuave** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:18 pm

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but if your friends are in the Village and want a quick bite... The KFC/TacoBell have ne w item on the menu...

buzzcock · Post by **buzzcock** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:28 pm

Don't know if it's already on the list but the renowned Katz's Deli on Houston & Ludlow has the best pastrami you will probably ever eat in your life. I guess you could consider it touristy, but who cares... Order it fatty, not lean because it's delicious, and who are you kidding, you're a fat pig anyway.

ilia · Post by **ilia** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:48 pm

Rogue Scrunt wrote:Brooklyn, Williamsburg.
A polish restaurant called "Chyrstina"
two of the hottest waitress' i have ever seen, plus the pirogies are good.

Ha -- I used to eat there a lot like 7 years ago...and the waitresses were very hot then!

ilia · Post by **ilia** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:09 pm

leisuremuffin wrote:sparkle, i'm in town every sunday for rehearsal, i'm totally into getting a bite sometime. It seems we have a few williamsburgers here, maybe we can get together a little crew! Who's into it?
.lm.

I'll be in williamsburg on the 3rd (playing Luna again)--that's a sat, will probably go for a mini-binge afterwards...

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:27 pm

leisuremuffin wrote:sparkle, i'm in town every sunday for rehearsal, i'm totally into getting a bite sometime. It seems we have a few williamsburgers here, maybe we can get together a little crew! Who's into it?

.lm.

Heck yeah, sounds good to me.

I'm up for checking out the show on the 3rd, Luna is a great venue. And that beer house next door rocks. Too bad the weather is turning, their garden out back is great.

Where do you rehearse, muffin?

Caymus Cab · Post by **Caymus Cab** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:06 pm

dm_hawk wrote:Cafeteria Restaurant
(212) 414-1717
119 7th Ave,
New York, NY 10011+1802

one of my faves.

+1 for Cafeteria

here's a few I can think of at the moment:

Casual: Cafeteria (After club/bar crowd, never been during the day, mix of all kinds of people) (tables are close together kinda place)
http://www.nyc.com/restaurants/Cafeteri ... orial.aspx
Mac n Cheese here is amazing!! <---
great atmosphere, late night/early am 24/7
service is very casual dont expect much from the waitstaff here, decent bar menu, decent food, MAc N Cheese <---the best!!!!

Casual: Tour
http://www.tourrestaurantnyc.com/
Decent food/ Decent Wait Staff/ Decent Bar, would categorize this one a few steps up from a Diner. Reason i love this place... the mac and cheese!!!! (cork screw pasta, melted swiss cheese, and some cheese sauce they would not give me the recipe for!!)

Seafood: Ocean Grill (Casual/Pricey)
http://www.brguestrestaurants.com/resta ... /index.php
Amazing Sushi Bar/ Great<--- Wine List! Amazing Bar/Martini menu, Great Dessert Menu, great food over all plus they have a very knowledgeable wait staff!

as well as: Blue Water Grill
http://www.brguestrestaurants.com/resta ... k/menu.php

Italian: Cafe Fiorello's (Casual/Pricey) everything in NYC is pricey, period.
http://www.cafefiorello.com/
Great --> Service/Waitstaff/Winelist/Martini's/ great Italian Food.

I think I may have seen a post for Blue Ribbon on this thread, the sushi is truly amazing, with a knowledgeable wait staff.

There are other's places that I can't seem to remember, hope this helps tho!

Whatever you do, stay away from the restaurants in Time Square (40's), lousy food Tourist/Adverdisment Hell!!!!!!