Service is slow but worth the wait for enormous servings of some of the city's best Caribean food.
This shop seems to be stuck in the past. There are old signs that advertise pastries that are no longer sold and graffiti by Columbia students from years ago. Still, the newer pastries are delicious.
Visit Wo Hop in Chinatown to get notoriously Americanized (but still delicious) "Chinese" food. Snap a photo while you're at it and add it to the basement photo wall.
Trendy restaurant and bar with a sometimes-rowdy crowd. Bar snacks are the best thing on the menu.
Scandinavian bakery and doughnut shop. These sweets don't age too well, so order whatever's fresh. The jam doughnuts are very good.
Arab sweet shop with plenty more than baklava. Not all pastries are amazing, but you can make up for it with a scoop of dondurma—stretchy Turkish ice cream virtually unknown in New York.
This West village spot offers some of our favorite soft serve ice cream in NYC, made with goat's milk. Ask if they have Turkish ice cream, Dondurma, as well
Tasty Dumpling's rich pork filling is one of our favorites in Chinatown, and the cabbage in this more-portable pancake offers a mellow vegetal backbone and mild sweetness.
The hottest place to get beer in New York. Its crazy draught rig, and the bar's access to the kooky Evil Twin beers are just the beginning—have a look at the extensive list of rare European bottles.
