I know NYC is the Pizza capitol, thank God, as I am heading there for my tourist trip in December and good pizza is like a drug to me. Some time ago they had a show on the Food Network (I think) that was all about the NYC pizza restaurants.
One in particular was a place that still uses coal ovens. I think that it was the top rated and it looked good.
Either way, any information on that place, and also any other recommendations for the best pizza in the city would be appreciated. I will be in Mid-Town for a week so the best in Manhattan I want to test every day!
Also, dinner recommendations for the week would be nice. Want casual atmosphere, no chain restaurants, with great food at reasonable prices (in the 25 鈥?30 buck per person per meal or so).
Thanks.I need PIZZA (and more) in the city!?
Lombardi's on Spring and Mott Street in Soho. Excellent pizza - Lombardi's was the first pizza restaurant in the United States.
If you like Spanish food (from Spain, not Mexico - it's an entirely different cuisine), Costa del Sol on 50th Street and Ninth Avenue is wonderful - for $25, you get a complete dinner with a ton of choices - AND IT's GOOD! You get a choice of soup or salad - (I never order salad when there's another choice, so I can't comment). My favorite soup is the Caldo Gallego - from Galecia Spain - a delicious hearty soup with bacon, chorizo sausage, white beans, kale and other vegetables; you can also order the cold gazpacho or a chicken soup with noodles. You have a choice of more than twenty entrees - at least six different shrimp dishes - my favorites are the very lightly floured shrimp with wine sauce and the garlic shrimp - HUGE portions. You can also order salmon, paella, a whole lobster with butter sauce, various chicken dishes, mixed seafoods, veal., pork chops. These come with saffron rice and string beans - large platters on the table for everyone. You also get dessert and coffee - the cheesecake is good, but you can have flan or rice pudding or icecream. As if all this food weren't enough of a bargain, if two of you order this three course dinner, you can get a bottle of red or white wine for only $6 more ($3 each)
http://members.aol.com/cdelsol/
My favorite Mexican restaurant (authentic cooking of the Puebla region) is Dell Valle on the west side of Tenth Avenue and 47th Street. I especially like their seafood soup, the shrimp vera cruz, the garlic shrimp and chicken mole. The portions are large and it's very inexpensive - the most expensive dish is the seafood soup - $15. A large plate of shrimp comes with either rice and beans or salad and delicious tortillas - about $12 Place is very plain, but spotlessly clean. Servers are very pleasant, but they're slow.
A few excellent inexpensive Italian restaurants:
Near Union Square: Via Emilia on East 21st Street and Park Avenue. Appetizers are unusual and outstanding - gnocco fritto - large platter of Italian coldcuts served with delicious little fritters; tigelle (not served in too many places) hot biscuits with proscuitto and melted cheese; wonderful soups, good pastas, fish is always fresh. Some desserts are outstanding.
http://www.viaemilianyc.net/dinner.html.鈥?/a>
In the West Village: Da Andrea on Hudson Street and West 11th Street.
Excellent pastas - I especially love their clam sauce, they, too, make tigelle, can get very crowded on weekends.
http://www.biassanot.com/
Another wonderful Italian restaurant in the East Village, is I Copi - Ninth Street and First Avenue. This one can get pricey, but their Sunday brunch is a great deal - an appetizer, main dish, drink and coffee - $20. Their spaghetti carbonera is out of this world. See their menu:
http://www.icoppinyc.com/
In the Village: Sapore on Greenwich Avenue and Perry Street - Lunch here has to be the biggest bargain in New York - $6 for soup or salad, coffee and a main dish, including good pastas - $3.00 more and you can have excellent fried calamari or grilled salmon as an entree. This is a very small cramped restaurant, but, in warm weather, there's lots of pleasant outdoor seating.
Restaurants I like in Chinatown:
Fuleen Seafood, 11 Division Street (lunch prices are great )- portions are big and the shrimp dishes - ummm
Sunrise 27, 27 Division Street, I especially love their fried squid, but all the fish dishes are wonderful
NY Noodletown, 28 1/2 Bowery, small, drab, crowded - the food here is awesome
Shanghai Cuisine, 89 Bayard Street - really good Shanghai food
On West 55th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue (near Rockefeller Center):
La Bonne Soup lunch: - omelet with salad and bread is $12
Soup with salad, bread and a glass of wine is $16 (great onion soup. They have crepes and sandwiches. The food is very good; it can get crowded during the lunch hour. Dinner is a bit higher, but still very reasonable.
Check the menu here:
http://www.labonnesoupe.com/
Capsuto Freres on Washington and Watts - lovely place with good food and the nicest waitstaff. It's a very comfortable restaurant. Save room for dessert. (They serve wonderful holiday meals, too) They have an excellent $35 prix fixe dinner and a $25 lunch.
http://www.capsoutofreres.com/
Try a Korean restaurant - 32nd Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue - there are more than a dozen Korean restaurants on this block - prices range from very cheap to very expensive. Their menus are posted in the windows. They all serve little dishes of free appetizers before your meal comes.
Try an inexpensive ethnic restaurant in the East Village - walk down First Avenue from 14thStreet to 1st Street; if you haven't found a restaurant, walk up Second Avenue.
Times Square is a tourist area and there are very few good restaurants there. They know their clientel is transient, so they can overcharge and don't have to worry about serving the best food - they know you're not coming back. If you eat near your hotel, check the restaurants on Ninth Avenue - there are some really excellent spots there - stay away from Broadway and Seventh Avenue.
Wear your most comfortable shoes and have a great time.
Magnificent New York brick-oven pizza with fresh toppings makes this cramped, noisy pizza parlor with an overworked staff worth going to. Weather permitting, dining in the backyard garden improves the experience significantly. Some even claim Lombardi's serves the best pizza in the five boroughs. Try it yourself and join one of the oldest debates in New York City. The pizza heaped with fresh chopped clams is certainly a slice to remember. Reservations are not accepted
Lombardi's, 32 Spring St, New York, NY 10012
(212) 941-7994
good luck!! u will love it.I need PIZZA (and more) in the city!?
If I remember correctly, the Pizzeria is called "Lombardi's". I want to say that it's located in the Village. You should take a ride into Brooklyn. Try going into Park Slope, Brooklyn. There are plenty of resturant there. Best of all, no chain establishments. More like "Mom and Pop" places with good prices.
My Favorite in Midtown is Tuscan Square at 16 West 51st right off fifth. They have superb en trees and the wood burning stoves you like, the pizzas are excellent. The ambiance and service make this a hot spot so call to reserve
www.tuscansquare.citysearch.comI need PIZZA (and more) in the city!?
There are some really good pizza places here. A friend of mine went on a pizza tasting tour around the city last year and I would say either Joe's Pizza (if you like crunchy thin crust) or Lombardi's.
Check out some other suggestions. Most of us have lived our whole lives in NYC but will never get sick of the pizza.
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BLEECKER ST. PIZZA near Manhattan/West Village
69 7th Ave S
Corner of 7th Ave %26amp; Bleeker St
New York, NY 10012
(212) 924-4466
and for restaurants try
(for relaxed eating) TANGS PAVILION near Manhattan/Midtown East
65 W 55th St
(between 5th Ave %26amp; Avenue Of The Americas)
New York, NY 10019
(a little more hip)
Aburiya Kinnosuke near Manhattan/Midtown East
213 E. 45th St.
(between 2nd Ave %26amp; 3rd Ave)
New York, NY 10017 (japenese food here is outta sight !)
(212) 867-5454
(212) 956-6888
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