LTH in NYC - The List, the Links

I've started this list as a place we can link from. I know that there will be several different threads that will come from our recent trip--I will link to them from this thread/post in order to keep them all connected. (Links are in purple) I think this may have been the most food-filled, jam packed trip I have ever taken to New York City. The list itself deserves its own post. Here it is, organized by foodstuff. (Please let me know what I've missed--like what was the name of this place?)

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Chinese
Rickshaw Dumpling Bar
61 West 23rd Street (btwn 5th & 6th Aves.)
http://www.rickshawdumplings.com/

Pig Heaven
1540 Second Avenue
(btwn 80th & 81st Streets)
http://www.pigheaven.biz/

New Wonton Garden
56 Mott St (btwn Canal & Bayard)
http://www.nycnosh.com/?p=127

Congee Village
100 Allen St (btwn Delancey & Broome)
http://www.sunsungroup.com/congeevillage/

sauna shrimp

Grand Sichuan NY
227 Lexington Ave (btwn 33rd and 34th)

#1 Dumpling
118 Eldridge St (btwn Grand and Broome)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84002613@N00/38563569/


Japanese
Momofuku
231 1st Ave # 2
www.eatmomofuku.com


Sushi Yasuda
204 East 43rd @ 3rd
http://www.sushiyasuda.com/
GAF’s take

Jewish Deli / Bakery
Barney Greengrass
541 Amsterdam Avenue at 86th St
http://www.barneygreengrass.com/

Katz's
205 East Houston @ Ludlow
http://www.katzdeli.com/

Sarge’s
548 3rd Avenue (btwn 36th & 37th Sts)
http://www.sargesdeli.com/

Russ & Daughters
179 East Houston
http://www.russanddaughters.com/

Zabar's
2245 Broadway @ 80th St
http://www.zabars.com/

H&H Bagels
2239 Broadway @ 80th St
http://www.handhbagel.com/

Kossar's Bialys
367 Grand Street @ Essex
http://www.kossarsbialys.com/

Pickle Guys
49 Essex St (btwn Grand and Hester)
http://www.nycpickleguys.com/

Bakery
Bouchon Bakery
Time Warner Center
10 Columbus Circle, at 59th Street
http://www.bouchonbakery.com

Sullivan Street Bakery
73 Sulllivan St @ Spring
http://www.sullivanstreetbakery.com/

Blue Ribbon Bakery
35 Downing St @ Bedford
http://blueribbonrestaurants.com/bakery_about.html

Once Upon a Tart
135 Sullivan St (btwn Prince & Houston)
http://www.onceuponatart.com/

Pizza
Luzzo's
211 1st Ave (bwtn 12th and 13th)
http://www.sliceny.com/archives/countri ... t_village/

DeMarco’s
146 West Houston St @ McDougal
http://www.sliceny.com/archives/2005/01 ... s_di_f.php
DiFara’s Son

Una Pizza Napoletana
349 12th St (bwtn 1st and 2nd Aves)
http://www.sliceny.com/archives/2004/10 ... _napol.php

Totonno’s
1544 Second Avenue (Between 80th & 81st)
http://www.totonnos.com/Aboutus.html

Nick’s Pizzeria
1814 2nd Ave @ 94th
Upper East Side

Joe’s Pizza
7 Carmine St (btwn Bleecker & Sixth Ave)
West Village

Five Roses
173 1st Ave @ 11th

Grimaldi’s
19 Old Fulton St.(under the Brooklyn Bridge)
http://www.grimaldis.com/brooklyn.htm

Chocolate
Jacques Torres' Chocolate Haven
66 Water Street
Brooklyn
http://www.mrchocolate.com/

Kee’s Chocolates
80 Thompson St @ Spring
http://www.keeschocolates.com/

French
Brasserie Les Halles
411 Park Avenue S.
http://www.leshalles.net/

Park Bistro
414 Park Avenue S.
http://www.parkbistrorestaurant.com/

Belgian
Pommes Frites
23 2nd Ave. (btwn 7th & 8th St.)
http://www.pommesfrites.ws/

Hot Dogs
Papaya King (the original)
179 East 86th Street @ 3rd Ave
http://www.papayaking.com


Diner Kitsch
Shopsin’s
54 Carmine St
http://www.shopsins.com/
It’s worth taking a look at the menu…macaroni and cheese pancakes!?

Shnack
122 Union St
Brooklyn
http://www.schnackdog.com/
Beershakes?

Ice Cream
Brooklyn Ice Cream Co.
2 Old Fulton St
Brooklyn
http://www.roboppy.net/food/archives/000968.html

Cheese
Murray’s Cheese Shop
254 Bleecker St (btwn 6th & 7th Ave.)
http://www.murrayscheese.com/

Cookbooks
Kitchen Arts and Letters
1435 Lexington Avenue, between 93rd & 94th
http://www.kitchenartsandletters.com/

Joanne Hendrick’s
488 Greenwich St (btwn Canal & Spring)
http://joannehendrickscookbooks.com/

Markets
Essex Market
120 Essex St
http://www.essexstreetmarket.com/esmEnglish/index.html

Chelsea Market
75 9th Avenue (btwn 15th and 16th St)
http://www.chelseamarket.com/

Bars
Grand Central Oyster Bar
Grand Central Station (dining concourse)
http://www.oysterbarny.com/[/img]

What a list!

Positively Homeric.

Hammond

David Hammond wrote:What a list!

Positively Homeric.

It really is amazing how much ground a few people can cover in a few days. This doesn't even take into account the dozen or so other places that I just poked my head in to look around.

Thanks for the great list, tp!

eatchicago wrote:It really is amazing how much ground a few people can cover in a few days. This doesn't even take into account the dozen or so other places that I just poked my head in to look around.

Right, and to be fair...Joanne Hendrick's Bookstore was closed--and I didn't actually eat at Shopsin's--but wanted to add it to the list, because the menu is insane. And we were lucky enough to be invited to friends of geli on Sunday evening--where we were treated to a world class pizza party because if anything, we needed to eat more pizza.

trixie-pea wrote:Right, and to be fair...Joanne Hendrick's Bookstore was closed

Yeah, closed, but still really cool from the outside. An elegant window full of used cookbooks right next to an antique wooden door that only bore a plate with the word "cookbooks" engraved on it.

Very retro!

Check it out

Best,
Michael

Great list, although I'm not sure that I would place Momofuku in the Japanese category (Asian street food, more likely).

At some point in the next two months, I am planning a New York Ice Cream-a-thon, including Brooklyn Ice-Cream Factory. More later.

Really? Nothing in 5 years?

Just wanted to post somewhere about Il Cantuccio, a teensy bakery/sandwich shop in the Village that we stumbled onto and just loved. Just one of the tastiest sandwiches I've ever had, prosciutto, mozzarella, tomato and basil on house-made ciabatta.

http://www.ilcantuccionyc.com/

As always, well done Ms. Pea!

MODS: is there any way we could make this thread a stickie, and then build in links to other NYC threads? for example, the Japanese marathon just up the list a few threads. I think it would be really useful to chunk together the major threads on exploring NYC--for example Trixie-pea's and PIGMON's explorations of Da Bronx.

Might even think about doing the same thing for Washington DC, since there's a whole slew of threads on that topic.

I mean, "search" is always our friend, but doing a bit of organizational flow-charting wouldn't hurt anything at all.

Geo

I'm going to second Geo's request here. This list is a great resource and it would be wonderful to be able to group together New York-related information for easier access and posting.

I've been building a proposed sticky for NYC that is up to date with the blessing of the mods. Got busy at work a few weeks ago, but I hope to have it done by this weekend. That should take care of it.

Oh *very* well done Habibi! Tnx so much! Added value, as they say.

Geo

If folks don't mind (and if you do, just scroll down and ignore this post) I'd like to post some comments and/or additions to the list, being a New Yorker/Chicagoan (living in both places). This is just ONE PERSON'S opinion but I moved to NYC from LA in 1996 and lived there full time till I moved to Chicago in 2008 but I still work at my NY office Tuesdays to Thursdays:


Chinese
Rickshaw Dumpling Bar
61 West 23rd Street (btwn 5th & 6th Aves.)
http://www.rickshawdumplings.com/
Comment: Good but not a fav. Anita Lo is a great chef but, to me, this doesn't show her talent all that well. If you want dumplings or noodles, go to NY Noodletown in Chinatown.

Grand Sichuan NY
227 Lexington Ave (btwn 33rd and 34th)
Comment: Not the best of the Grand Sichuan restaurants--the best is the Grand Sichuan on 9th Avenue at 24th Street. There's also one more uptown on Ninth Avenue that is great. Avoid--like the plague--one with a similar name on Eighth Ave around 21st St. I ate there a couple of weeks ago and it was terrible. Even better than all those is Szechuan Gourmet on 39th St between 5th and 6th Aves.

Japanese
Momofuku
231 1st Ave # 2
www.eatmomofuku.com
Comment: I don't consider this Japanese (at all). Asian/korean--really pan Asian/American.

Sushi Yasuda
204 East 43rd @ 3rd
http://www.sushiyasuda.com/
GAF’s take
Outstanding but take out a second mortgage. The best! But last time I went I think it came to around $300 per person. Other options are Blue Ribbon Sushi (also expensive but not as) and also Sushi of Gari.

Jewish Deli / Bakery

Katz's
205 East Houston @ Ludlow
http://www.katzdeli.com/
Yes!!

Russ & Daughters
179 East Houston
http://www.russanddaughters.com/
Yes!!!

H&H Bagels
2239 Broadway @ 80th St
http://www.handhbagel.com/
Didn't I hear something about their store closing? I could be wrong.

Pickle Guys
49 Essex St (btwn Grand and Hester)
http://www.nycpickleguys.com/
I've heard great things about this place.

Bakery
Bouchon Bakery
Time Warner Center
10 Columbus Circle, at 59th Street
http://www.bouchonbakery.com
I find it "ok" but not worth a special trip by any means.

Pizza

DeMarco’s
146 West Houston St @ McDougal
http://www.sliceny.com/archives/2005/01 ... s_di_f.php
DiFara’s Son
Never heard great things about this place. For the "real" experience go to Dom's restaurant in Brooklyn where you'll see him (the father) making the real stuff.

I personally like John's of Bleeker.

Chocolate
Jacques Torres' Chocolate Haven
66 Water Street
Brooklyn
http://www.mrchocolate.com/
He now has a branch in the Chelsea Market in Manhattan so you don't have to travel to Brooklyn

French
Brasserie Les Halles
411 Park Avenue S.
http://www.leshalles.net/
IMHO mediocre French brasserie food. Better to go to Balthazar.

Belgian
Pommes Frites
23 2nd Ave. (btwn 7th & 8th St.)
http://www.pommesfrites.ws/

Hot Dogs
Papaya King (the original)
179 East 86th Street @ 3rd Ave
http://www.papayaking.com
Comment: To me, all the Papaya King's are the same--no reason to travel to the 'original' one (assuming it is the original). I mean, how many ways can you cook a hotdog in water?

Diner Kitsch

I like the Brooklyn Diner on 57th St between 7th and 8th.

Cheese
Murray’s Cheese Shop
254 Bleecker St (btwn 6th & 7th Ave.)
http://www.murrayscheese.com/
The best.

Cookbooks
Kitchen Arts and Letters
1435 Lexington Avenue, between 93rd & 94th
http://www.kitchenartsandletters.com/
The best.

Markets
Essex Market
120 Essex St
http://www.essexstreetmarket.com/esmEnglish/index.html

Chelsea Market
75 9th Avenue (btwn 15th and 16th St)
http://www.chelseamarket.com/
Love the place. I store my wine in the wine storage of the Chelsea Market. I was customer #12 and have gone there since the market opened. Great place, especially the Italian place, Buon Italia

Bars

Please Don't Tell (PDT)
Little Branch
Milk and Honey
Pegu Club on Houston (the first of them all)

Wow, the original list is from 5 years ago. A lot has changed since then.

New Wonton Garden is now HK Wonton Garden, and it has moved to moved to 79 Mulberry. New people moved into the space, and have chosen a strikingly similar name, New Wonton Noodle Garden.

Momofuku Noodle Bar's address is quite off. It's now at 171 1st Ave.

H&H Bagels on West 80th/Broadway has closed.

Sullivan Street Bakery in Soho is now Grandaisy; there's also ones on the UWS and in Tribeca. The Hell's Kitchen one remains Sullivan St Bakery. (The owners got divorced).

Blue Ribbon Bakery isn't really a takeout bakery, I think maybe this was before Blue Ribbon Market opened.

DeMarco's pizza closed a few years ago.

Una Pizza Napoletana has moved to SF; Motorino has opened in its place.

The UES Totonno's has closed. And Five Roses is long gone.

Shopsin's is now in the Essex St Market on the Lower East Side.

Jacques Torres now has multiple locations: Tribeca, Chelsea Market, Upper West Side, Rockefeller Center.

Murray's has two locations: West Village and inside of Grand Central now.

Was in NYC last week. Followed up on a few leads from LTH:
Russ & Daughters - so much great stuff. Wish I had brought a cooler to transport all kinds of stuff home.

A few doors down was another interesting place, but I unfortunately had no room left to sample their wares: Yonah Schimmel Knishery


Soup Dumplings:
Shanghai Cuisine >> Joe's Shanghai

Regarding Yasuda, you don't need to spend $300 per person to have a great meal. Anytime I've been there, and it's been a couple of years so maybe things have changed, I've given them free reign and I've gotten out for about $150 per person or so. This is with a pretty modest amount of sake, so that can certainly add to the total.

I actually think Yasuda is a pretty good deal given the quality there.

Agreed, Josh--one can get out of there for $150 p/p (we only had beer, btw!) But we let them just do their thing and that's roughly the price it came to (around $300 p/p). But yes--one should not decide not to go based on that. If you want to get out for less, you certainly can but it requires watching things versus giving them free reign. Still, a wonderful place.

BTW, Chef Yasuda went back to Japan some months (almost a year now?) ago but the place still is as good as ever.

I eat at Yasuda whenever I can. I sit at the bar and eat stuff like 3 kinds of mackerel, squid guts, and natto, plus a beer. I've never left hungy and I've rarely broken the $100 barrier. For all that Yasuda is, it's also a neighborhood sushi bar if that's what you want.

To add to Kathryn's updates:

- The Upper East Side Papaya King is now the only location (other than the LaGuardia airport) in New York. If you gotta have your PK, you gotta go to this one now.

- There is now another outpost of the Rickshaw Dumpling Bar at 45th & Lexington.

"Hot Dogs
Papaya King (the original)
179 East 86th Street @ 3rd Ave
http://www.papayaking.com
Comment: To me, all the Papaya King's are the same--no reason to travel to the 'original' one (assuming it is the original). I mean, how many ways can you cook a hotdog in water?"

The question, while rhetorical, is not entirely apt. The iconic frank stands, Papaya King, Gray's, Nathan's, etc., are known for their greasy griddles, not their dirty dog water (a la the terrible carts). Not all griddlers have the same skill in managing their many franks.

Isn't there a Papaya King on 14th and 7th Ave? I'm probably wrong but I thought there was one there. Most likely it's one of that ilk but maybe a different name (owner).

Never thought of Sushi Yasuda as just a neighborhood place. Can be challenging to get a reservation, then they always say a condition of the rez is you have to be gone by xx time. To me, that's not a neighborhood place. (I'm talking about the sushi bar; I've never sat at a table there).

Glad you found good sushi at a good price there! You'll have to teach me your tricks.

DutchMuse wrote:Isn't there a Papaya King on 14th and 7th Ave? I'm probably wrong but I thought there was one there. Most likely it's one of that ilk but maybe a different name (owner).

The Papaya King at 14th and 7th closed a few years ago.

DutchMuse wrote:Never thought of Sushi Yasuda as just a neighborhood place. Can be challenging to get a reservation, then they always say a condition of the rez is you have to be gone by xx time. To me, that's not a neighborhood place. (I'm talking about the sushi bar; I've never sat at a table there).

Glad you found good sushi at a good price there! You'll have to teach me your tricks.

Didn't say it was only a neighborhood place, I just said that for all the great things that Yasuda is, it is also a neighborhood place. (The neighborhood being Midtown East, but still.) I've walked in solo or with one other at least a half-dozen times over the years, usually midweek, on the early side or the late side. I know one can get nuts in there with high-end, only-at-Yasuda ingredients. However, one can also have a dynamite, filling meal that includes an appetizer, chirashi (one of the pricier standard items), and a couple of beers for well under a hudred bucks, including tip. The menu example at Menupages seems fairly accurate to me. I've always thought of the place as a bargain considering the neighborhood and the food.

http://menupages.com/restaurants/sushi-yasuda/menu

JeffB wrote:

DutchMuse wrote:Never thought of Sushi Yasuda as just a neighborhood place. Can be challenging to get a reservation, then they always say a condition of the rez is you have to be gone by xx time. To me, that's not a neighborhood place. (I'm talking about the sushi bar; I've never sat at a table there).

Glad you found good sushi at a good price there! You'll have to teach me your tricks.

Didn't say it was only a neighborhood place, I just said that for all the great things that Yasuda is, it is also a neighborhood place. (The neighborhood being Midtown East, but still.) I've walked in solo or with one other at least a half-dozen times over the years, usually midweek, on the early side or the late side. I know one can get nuts in there with high-end, only-at-Yasuda ingredients. However, one can also have a dynamite, filling meal that includes an appetizer, chirashi (one of the pricier standard items), and a couple of beers for well under a hudred bucks, including tip. The menu example at Menupages seems fairly accurate to me. I've always thought of the place as a bargain considering the neighborhood and the food.

http://menupages.com/restaurants/sushi-yasuda/menu

Let's go together sometime! (You won't have to ask me twice!)

Since there's been so much interest in NYC and activity in this thread in particular, I wanted to point everybody towards the new NYC Index put together by Habibi.

It's fabulous that all of these restaurant names are being suggested, but at the risk of repeating myself, if there's a place that you think should be included in the index, the best thing to do is post about it! What we're trying to do with the indices is make it easier to locate LTH posts on a particular city, not simply come up with a list of restaurant names. This is great info, and I'd urge you all to write about these places, and we'll rope those posts into the index!