Favorite, Cheap, Good Food in the 5 Boroughs? or where you live?
Tue, 11/23/2010 - 10:55am
Please share?
I'm gonna go ahead and say Punjabi on 1st st. Between 1st and Ave. A: 3 portions from a choice of 7 delicious veggie Indian dishes on a big ol' plate of rice for just $4.50. Can't beat it.
Also Mo Racca Falafel. Dibs turned me on to this place. It's on Ave B around 4th st. Delicious fresh falafel sandwich w/ tahini sauce and salad for just $3.50.
Whathca you got?!?!
Wed, 11/24/2010 - 10:19am
#2
Wake up little sushi!
Thanks Ben. I'm always trying to find more good cheap Japanese and Chinese food places. There seem to be so many I never know what to pick from.
I'd be curious to know what people's favorite sushi restaurants are. I don't go that often but when I crave it I always feel like I pick one that's too expensive or not so great. Got any ideas for good cheap sushi?
Chinese Dumplings - Sweet Spring Restaurant on the corner of Catherine Street at Henry in Chinatown. I go here whenever I stop by Downtown Music Gallery (which relocated with all their Zorn and King Crimson to Monroe St from Bowery a few years ago). Music shopping and dumpling ritual...lately I get off the L train at Bedford on a Sunday, run down and cross the WBurg bridge and then make my way to Chinatown...the dumplings are the ultimate running motivation. You can get five dumplings for $1.25 and they are amazing. It's a modest meal, but there are other things on the menu and for $5 you are basically eating like a king. THE best cheap food in the city and the service is so quick you'll be eating dumplings less than a minute after walking in.
Japanese - There is a takoyaki and okonomiyaki stand on--I'd like to say 10th--near Webster Hall. I get a $5 hookup there sometimes and it reminds me of when I lived in Japan. Really good and authentic Japanese comfort food.
Halal - The halal food stand across from the Muslin center on 11th and 1st Ave is really good and open all night. I'd say once a year I do a "what the hell" on the way to the L from SWalk and get something there.
Pizza - If you live in Bushwick, I highly suggest Fontana's II on Knickerbocker just east of MH Park. There is decent walk-in seating, we take our toddlers there all the time. Good veggie pizza.