Where to Eat When Visiting NYC

[erinfinnegan]

I have this problem... I think it's part of New York City disease, where the longer you live here the more it warps your brain. When friends and family visit I become a horrible food Nazi. If you're only in the city for one weekend, you're realistically only going to get in a few good meals, but NYC has so many great places to eat! I mean, people

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[oneangryrabbit]

See? Katz's for pastrami. Mile End does Montreal-style smoked meat, which isn't pastrami or corned beef. I have gone to the Montreal smoked meat temple Schwartz's, and it's tasty, but I don't feel the need to seek it out. Or 2nd Ave Deli also serves classic NY Jewish deli food, only actually kosher. Get brisket, tongue, corned beef, matzo ball soup or the chocolate babka there, and if the gribenes (basically chicken chicharrones) they drop on the table gross you out, call me immediately and I'll come take care of it for you.

Not to be dismissive of meat in Montreal, though, since I'd easily rank steaks I've had in Montreal and Corpus Christi above Peter Luger's.

I challenge putting forth any place that only serves whole pies for the NYC pizza experience. When I think NYC pizza, I think big ass slices, and not coal oven ones at that. Anyway, the folks over at Slice have a list that doesn't even include Lombardi's.

Speaking of overly fancy pants, Crif Dogs is great, but I'd say that deep fried hot dogs are a specialty preparation. Gray's Papaya on 6th & 8th is the gold standard in non-dirty water dogs (and Katz's hot dogs are supposed to be excellent, but kinda pricey).