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NYC Food Faves-Help Rec

lvsquaredlvsquared
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Hi all, we will be visiting NYC soon and want to eat the stereotypical foods you hear about.  So on our short list: pizza, pretzels, cheesecake and hot dogs.  Where are the best places for these items and do you have any other favorites that we MUST try?  TIA LV<><
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Re: NYC Food Faves-Help Rec

  • AmyLRAmyLR

    I'd suggest starting with the posts above "Visiting NYC?"  first.  A bunch of nesties have a series of suggestions of all sorts of food, and other things to do. 

    Enjoy your visit

    Amy

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  • uppereastgirluppereastgirl
    Well, the quintessential NY pretzels and hot dogs are those that you get at a street vendor.  They're all kind of eh, and I don't think quality varies much from one place to another.  You'll see them all over midtown.
     
    If you want a better hot dog, Westville (which has two locations) has great hot dogs.  But they aren't really NY hot dogs.
     
    I recently saw a great article about gourmet pretzels (again, not really NY pretzels) -- I'll try to figure out where I saw it so I can post it.  Sigmund Prezel Shop (www.sigmundnyc.com) was recommended.
     
    For pizza, there are three main styles that you'll find in NY -- NY slice places, NY coal oven places, and Neapolitan places.  Depends on what you want.  For slices, I think Joe's on Bleecker Street is the best, but Sacco is good if you're in midtown.  Many of the random pizza places are inedible.  Ray's on Prince Street or Famous Ben's are good too.  Stay far, far away from Famous Original Ray's -- some locations aren't terrible, but most are.
     
    If you really, really, really want to spend time finding the best pizza, DiFara in Midwood Brooklyn is a hike from Manhattan, and has ridiculous lines (you may wait up to 2 hours for your pie), but it is really an experience.  And the pizza is amazing.  Their hours are quirky though so make sure you double-check that they'll be open when you want to go.
     
    For NY coal oven, Lombardi's is kind of the classic choice because it was the first pizzeria in NY (kind of), but I prefer Nick's, Grimaldi's in Brooklyn (which is kind of an experience of its own -- long lines, and also has weird hours as it closes in the early evening to reheat the oven) or Patsy's (only the one on 1st Avenue and 117th St -- the others are no longer affiliated with it and are not as good).  Totonno's is also really good.
     
    Neapolitan pizza is more authentically Italian so isn't really NY pizza, but it has really had its moment in NYC lately.  My favorites are Motorino, Keste, and Co.
     
    All of these places can be found on menupages.com if you want to see menus, reviews, and addresses. 
     
    Have fun! 
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  • MaryKatie3MaryKatie3

    yeah most pizza on Bleecker St/ Little Italy is good!  I like Sal's a lot too http://salslittleitaly.com/

     

    Another place I would say you must try is Thunder Jackson's for the Dirty Burger and fries...amazing.

     

    And I always take friends to Crumbs for a cupcake if they are tourists:)

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  • tovachavatovachava
    criff dogs for hot dogs!!! mmmm...
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  • CarrielandCarrieland
    is there even a good place to get pretzels anymore?  I am not sure about that.  For hot dogs, which I rarely eat, I just go to a Gray's Papaya.  You could always go to Coney Island and get a Nathan's there.
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  • Temp663997437501443Temp663997437501443

    I prefer hotdogs at a baseball stadium.  Citifield or Yankee Stadium will do. I do not do "dirt dogs" from a street vendor.  They just taste bland to me.

    For pizza, unfortunately I think the outer borough places are much better than anything in Manhattan I've had.  John's in the Village is good.  Even better: Nick's in Forest Hills, Queens; L&B Spumoni Gardens in Gravesend, Brooklyn.

    There are some amazing street vendors, however. Some are real chefs who specialize in cheap, but authentic street food. Many are in the outer boroughs, but there are a few good ones in Manhattan too.  My H swears by this Kebab cart in Midtown west (in the following article).  Look for the constant long line of people waiting patiently for their food. 

    I have been meaning to check out that burrito cart in Soho.  Mmmmm.

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  • lvsquaredlvsquared
    Wow, thanks for all the info! I'm so excited and now I'm a bit hungrier Wink LV<><
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