You have to order the PB & B Burger, which stands for peanut butter and bacon. It is a mouth-watering combination!
The best place to go if you want a beer for pocket change and a relaxing atmosphere. PBR is only $2!
Coppelia features once more on Village Voice with it's Havana Salad on our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Two words come to mind when we think of this salad: light and rejuvenating.
Climb up to this new rooftop oasis where you can nom on “numb chips” – aptly named Szechuan pepper chips – whilst swigging a Japanese or German beer. Winner’s circle worthy indeed.
It's hard to go wrong with a toothsome pasta filled with truffled mascarpone, in a silky rich butter sauce, but they do it best here. The cappelletti with a sprinkle of prosciutto is the way to go.
The udon here is great, but some even better bites (cold burdock root or yuba with crab) can be found in the ever changing, seasonal, multi-course special meal. Expensive, but oh so worth it.
This no frills spot serves up warm baguettes stuffed with one of five options (we like classic pork and sardine), plus soul-warming pho soups. Try the Vietnamese coffee for a pick-me-up.
The lack of pretension here is a welcome change from other sushi joints, and the fresh fish, interesting roll combinations, and flavor packed sashimi “tastes” make it worth becoming a regular.
Served with puffy homemade pitas, you can easily make a meal for two from five of the appetizers. Our favorites: fried eggplant with tahini, yogurt with olive oil, and spicy cumin-scented carrots.
St. Marks is paved with pizza, most of it mediocre. Not here. Head to Stromboli's where the sauce is herbal and slightly sweet, cheese liberal but not too dense, and the crust one of the city's best.
This place is nothing fancy, but it's one of the the best falafel sandwiches in town. Crisp nutty falafel jammed into a split pit, lathered with tahini and topped with the works. Hot sauce optional.
When this place opened it wasn't exactly the hottest spot. That is, until it filled with Japanese expats who clearly recognized something great. Specializing in regional miso, it rivals even Ippudo.
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.
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.
This Ukranian butcher is one of the few Eastern European butchers left, but with classics like rice-filled blood sausage, mayonnaise-y salads, and kielbasa; it can't be beat.
One of the first East Village eateries open after midnight, Stromboli still has its classic slightly sweet sauce and perfect crust helping it remain a bastion of great neighborhood pizza.
Cured fish is the focus here and there’s no better place for a fish-centric brunch. Try the whitefish salad on a bagel or the scrambled eggs with sturgeon.
Boasting an impressive (& still cheap) craft beer list, order the chili drenched Frito pie, enjoy the free cheese balls and make sure to try the house specialty: Beam Cream (Jim Beam & Cream Soda)!
Known as “that 70’s bar” with fake wood paneling and a dingy old refrigerator to boot, no one will point fingers if you slosh a little on the plastic cover couches. So head here for a few too many.
The is food described as “family-style,” - if your family makes things like the truffled-ricotta-and-honey combo is on the seasonal crostini menu, consider yourself lucky.
A plaster cow outside welcomes you in and homey food is served all day long, but breakfast is really what’s up. Get the sourdough pancakes with a side of homemade scrapple and you can thank us later.
Rustic and inviting, Forgione’s food is a mix of Italian cooking, French technique and a few Southeast Asian flavors. Get the juicy cooked-under-a-brick chicken and finish with the pumpkin soufflé.
Spicy Village tells it like it is with their Spicy Big Tray Chicken: an enormous platter of chicken with mouth numbing Sichuan peppercorns (share it if you want to spare some taste buds).
Salty, smokey, sour and seriously spicy (rumored more so than Sichuan cuisine) there are some great vegetarian Hunan delicacies like the stir-fry of smoked bamboo that could even rival meat dishes!
Ovenly (& 50+ other eateries) will be sampling their fare at our 2013 Choice Eats tasting event on 3/19 - can't wait! http://ow.ly/h6OAc
Really hungry? Or maybe just really hungover? Get the Sabich: a pita overflowing with fried eggplant, hard-boiled egg, salad and hummus.
Mexico Lindo (& 50+ other eateries) will be sampling their fare at our 2013 Choice Eats tasting event on 3/19 - can't wait! http://ow.ly/h6OAc
This neighborhood hangout grills the perfect everyday burger, has an extensive beer list, and the genuinely local feeling we all look for in a go-to bar.
Serafina offers the authentic Italian feeling craved by most of us as we chow into the first slice of pizza. With fried calamari and margherita pizza served you can’t go wrong
