1 Bagel
1 Pizza
1 French
1 Italian
1 NewAm
1 Cultural activity of your choice
but just 1 lol
help
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Are you in Manhattan? Brooklyn? Does location matter?
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Paging @JeetKuneBao … (We need a Batman-esque beacon to summon his Gotham wisdom lol)
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Apollo bagels 10th st great location with seats at the park across the street. Similar to Courage if you’re into that.
Cello pizza is great. No lines like Ceres or L’Industrei and it’s on St Marks which has cool shops in the area. Good bakeries in the surrounding neighborhood.
Don Angie for Italian down the street from Apollo. People line up early for lunch on the weekends but it’s manageable.
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location matters - what’s your base, how far are you willing to travel, etc
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Utopia Bagels.
If early in the day Ceres Pizza or L’industrie still a line though but nothing like it in LA/So Cal. If I was coming from CA I would wait in line for Ceres but I understand with kids in tow.
I-Sodi for Italian in the Village, but you should probably line up before opening without a rez. Honestly all the good Italian places in the Village you will have to either walk up or rez before hand.
Le French Diner in the East Village
Cultural activity. Take your pick: The Met, Museum of Modern Art, or the Natural History Museum all 3 could easily pair with Central Park. Please don’t ride the horses carriages in Central Park. I like Museum of Modern Art most of the art in the Met is meh to my personal tastes but it is massive!
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I don’t have a NewAm rec. but kinda sorta
Golden Diner in Chinatown is a tribute to NYC/NJ diner culture but instead of Greek influence it has an Asian influence. The pancakes are God-tier. Diners are very much Murica!
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Pop Up (influencer element is corny but bagels are good)
L’Industrie/Mama’s Too bang bang
Le Veau d’Or/Zimmi’s
Via Carota (lunch is easy to get into)/Misi
Everyone else’s recs are great.Think pizza and bagels and Italian are all fairly easy, and you should go to whichever is closest/easiest from these recs.
Have said in other threads, but Unapologetic Foods (Dhamaka, Adda, Semma) does interesting Indian at that level isn’t much represented in LA proper.
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Bagel Hole in Park Slope has no equal.
John’s of Bleeker Street (Lou Reed’s favorite) for coal-oven pizza.
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French : The Modern bar room is very solid, and easy to plan for (especially if going to MoMA).
Italian : All the usual suspects are pretty good. San Sabino looks like the easiest to reserve.
NewAm : Manhatta for a la carte lunch. Food is good, but the view is the real draw.
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French:
Frenchette: (tribeca)
casual-delicious, easy to reserve. Interior can get noisy!
Le Bernardin (midtown)
Yes! No reservations needed for lunch in the lounge area. Just get there right at noon. No dress code in the lounge. I wear jeans. You can order anything on the menu: pre-fix, tasting menu, lounge menu, etc. Unbelievably, it never fills up - I just don’t get it.
Other (New American?):
Estela (Houston Street)
Very inventive. Thoughtful wine list. Looks like a regular neighborhood restaurant - bustling and lively. My wife and I say it’s our favorite east coast restaurant: casual and surprising. For reference I say Gjelina is my fav restaurant on the west coast.
Superiority Burger (east village)
I’m not really sure what new American really means, so I’m squeezing this in. Vegetarian, but by no means healthy - they put the non-animal fats to use in magical ways (the vegan sorbets are better than any ice cream I’ve had). Incredibly crave-able food. Adults and cool teenagers love it. Don’t think of it as vegetarian, think of it as mind-blowing.
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sorry. mannyhanny
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if people say ny wouldnt the default assumption be manhattan? i’d probably specify a burrough
this is a huge rec for me. thank you. miss a good diner.. and our favorite spot in sf was a chinese run diner counter
tx.. definitely going back to John’s.. lad hasn’t been
If you like diners add S&P Lunch to your list. Sit at the counter. An old school diner experience with great food. Pancakes to split and tuna melt on rye with fries. Egg creams if you’re into that. Ubet is the only real OG option.
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torrisi
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Can you help me with a reservation? Walked by last time I was in NYC and the walk in line was very long. Gotta be one of the hardest reservations.
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But me first lol. Mid June
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