For our favorites here, the restaurant must be located either right on the square, or one block in any direction. Food trucks qualify, but who knows if they'll be there, so try 'em when you see 'em!
15 E 15th St (btwn 5th Ave & Union Sq W), Nova Iorque, NY
Restaurante Japonês · Union Square · 136 dicas e avaliações
Village Voice: Yes this place is crazy expensive, but the quality of the sushi ranks in the top 5 in the city. The weekday lunch special allows even the most common of us to sample their fare (in small quantities..)
Lanchonete Americana · Union Square · 466 dicas e avaliações
Village Voice: Yes, it's actually a restaurant, and surprise, their specialty is authentic Brazilian! Get the shrimp baiano, a shrimp stew from Bahia, that comes with kale, fried plantains and plenty of white rice.
137 4th Ave (btwn E 13th & E 14th St), Nova Iorque, NY
Restaurante Mexicano · Greenwich Village · 350 dicas e avaliações
Village Voice: The Carne Asado taco will knock you over the head with the smoky taste of the meat. Though the guacamole is optional, make sure to pay up because without it your taco will be severely diminished.
Village Voice: Prepare yourself for the ultimate gutbomb: the Peruvian burger is a messy, bizarre culinary wonder. It features a runny fried egg, fried plantains and several sauces. Roll up your sleeves and dig in!
37 Union Sq W (btwn E 16th & E 17th St), Nova Iorque, NY
Casa de Macarrão Oriental · Union Square · 402 dicas e avaliações
Village Voice: Though this joint is famous for its noodles, we say go for the grilled pork chops. They're sliced razor thin, flame grilled and coated with a thin sweet sauce and presented with all the trimmings.
We are moving to 19th Street and Park Ave South in spring 2016!, Nova Iorque
Restaurante Americano · Union Square · 147 dicas e avaliações
Village Voice: The chicken milanesa here is like none other. The chicken cutlet so delicately crumbed and perfectly fried, with a salad on top and salty notes from pecorino, it can't be beat.
870 Broadway (btwn E 17th & 18th St.), Nova Iorque, NY
Hamburgueria · Union Square · 69 dicas e avaliações
Village Voice: The Goodburger Classic is exactly that. The patty is cooked to order and meaty tasting and the toppings are of unassailable quality. It's a pretty damn good burger!
Food Truck · Hudson Square · 12 dicas e avaliações
Village Voice: The carnitas tlaycoyo are incredible: hand-patted masa dough topped with crema, greens, cheese, cilantro, avocado and a salsa of your choice (green) over a bed of pork. What more could you want?
Casa de Falafel · Union Square · 43 dicas e avaliações
Village Voice: The vegetarian platter here is full to the brim of falafel, grape leaves, baba ganoush, tabouli, raw onions, pickled peppers and more! It's definitely enough to share, but we sure didn't.
20 E 17th St (btwn Broadway & 5th Ave.), Nova Iorque, NY
Casa de Sushi · Union Square · 86 dicas e avaliações
Village Voice: Ennju serves up Japanese eats at bargain-basement prices. Get katsudon: it's made to order out of pork cutlets that are fried and served with rice and eggs cooked up with scallions