Specializing in small-plate seafood offerings, community contributor James Traub says Jack's has "the most refined cuisine in the East Village." Try the roasted oysters with chorizo. Mehr erfahren.
Try the sausage polenta. Creamy polenta is stocked with white pepper & Parmesan, spread w/ pork-sausage ragù & capped w/ bread crumbs & melted stracchino. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks 2011 Mehr erfahren.
Michael White’s newest is one of our favorite spot for Grandma-style rustic Italian. Don’t miss the porchetta or the tagliatelle. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Mehr erfahren.
Sause houses an open carvery that breaks down "whole hogs and steers" delivered every Thursday for the kitchen to turn out Italianate classics like homemade sausages, meatballs, and pastas. Mehr erfahren.
Recommended: Steamed juicy pork buns; steamed crab and pork buns; fried tiny buns; pork, ham, bamboo shoots and tofu-skin ribbon casserole; pork shoulder in honey sauce; sautéed eels with chives. Mehr erfahren.
Standouts on the daily brunch menu include the earthy and rich enmoladas with duck meat (tortillas dipped in mole sauce, filled and rolled) for $12. Mehr erfahren.
Enjoy a big portion of corned-beef hash with two well-poached eggs ($14) or a kale salad with clothbound cheddar ($11). The warm biscuits with jam are an excellent side ($3). Mehr erfahren.
Recommended: Pig’s trotter roulade; pickled eggs; polenta with baked eggs; corned beef hash; kale salad with cheddar, squash and almonds; mushroom sandwich; pear-and-frangipane tart; apple pie. Mehr erfahren.
Try the luminous blood-orange doughnut: stretchy, yeasty dough, slathered with a tart citrus glaze and crowned with a candied slice of the fruit. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Mehr erfahren.
This subterranean Mexican spot (found in Chinatown of all places) has started serving brunch with chilaquiles, guava mimosas and DJs from noon to 6 p.m. Mehr erfahren.
This bar specializes in pulques (made from fermented agave sap) and has a full menu with goodness like stuffed masa pockets known as Gorditas de Requeson O Papa Con Chorizo. Mehr erfahren.
The Som Tum Kortmuar hides a slew of unexpected goodies in a pile of rice noodles and shredded fruit: slices of pork sausage, raw Thai eggplant, crunchy fried fish, pork skin & tangy pickled cabbage. Mehr erfahren.
The larb salad features ground meat seasoned with mint, lime, cilantro and scallions. It's cool and refreshing, perfect for the summer. Mehr erfahren.
Eat what we had for a brunch for the ages: a German pancake, cooked to order in a blaring-hot cast-iron oval; and house-smoked salmon, served with jars of crème fraîche and house-pickled baby beets: Mehr erfahren.
New. A chain from San Francisco. Taste - Tea smoked eel for $9 it has pulled pork trotter, chinese celery, crisp fish skin, cheung fun. They donate 75 cents from every main dish to local charities Mehr erfahren.
Fried chicken dinners, pork chop and chow chow sandwiches, biscuits, collard greens, and banana cream pie -- all in a quaint 17-seater on Avenue C. Mehr erfahren.
Clean & cozy neighborhood establishment specializing in delicious coffee, scrumptious pastries, warm baguettes .... they also serve unique selection of wines & beers Mehr erfahren.
Greek Grilled Cheese: Housemade pita; kasseri cheese, a hard sheep's milk cheese; fresh tomatoes; generous layers of salty pastourma. Mehr erfahren.
Try the crispy, chewy sisig, featuring pork belly and lesser-loved pig parts, punched up with garlic, onion and citrus. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Mehr erfahren.
Eat this: matzo ball soup made with duck fat, a skirt steak sandwich served alongside hand-cut fries, & piri-piri-hot-sauce-marinated chicken kebabs, soft-boiled eggs with challah "soldiers" (AM only) Mehr erfahren.
Nice atmosphere but food was subpar. Had the corned beef w/fried egg & garlic rice which was OK- not worth $10. Friend had bangus w/same sides & not impressed. Maja blanca OK (2 of 4 petals via Fondu) Mehr erfahren.
Whitmans has a super legit Juicy Lucy made with a short-rib blend, caramelized onion, spicy pickles, and an ooze-happy stuffing of pimento cheese. Mehr erfahren.
The glorious patty is wrapped not in a bun but "a fine bread made according to an old Slovak family recipe", and then effing deep fried. It's also got applewood-smoked bacon, and Emmental cheese. Mehr erfahren.
Fried chicken & bacon butter: Empire Biscuit is the 24hr biscuit emporium you've been waiting for. Mehr erfahren.
"Part futuristic bistro and part Nordic cubby hole.. two people can try everything on the menu for just about $58 a head" -- Thrillist. Mehr erfahren.