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1. Pig Heaven

1540 2nd Ave (at E 80th St.), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Yorkville · 26 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: A little sweet, a little spicy, Nancy Lee’s signature Taiwanese pork is so good the entire menu can't help but be centered around it. Make sure your dish includes it!

2. Hospoda

321 E 73rd St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave.), New York, NY
Czech Restaurant · Upper East Side · 31 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: This place may look like a hole in the wall on the outside but, like our mothers told us,” don’t judge a book by its cover.” Try the authentic Czech pilsner and duck breast, for a pallet testing meal.

3. Panya Bakery

8 Stuyvesant St (at 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Bakery · East Village · 118 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: Forget bagels - Panya offers a traditional bento-box style Japanese breakfast consisting of everything from miso soup to lightly seared salmon.

4. Smokey Burger Organic

339 W 44th St (8th & 9th Avenue), New York, NY
Burger Joint · Hell's Kitchen · 21 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: If you thought good burgers were limited to beef..well..you’re wrong (and boring). Branch out and try turkey, crab, bison, ostrich or elk.

5. Cathedral Restaurant

3402 Church Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Caribbean Restaurant · East Flatbush · 2 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: This is the right joint for some authentic Haitian food! Get the grillot: a confit of pork chunks marinated in sour orange and shallots, and cooked in pork fat. We're hungry just thinking about it..

6. La Vie En Szechuan

14 E 33rd St (btwn 5th & Madison Ave), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · NoMad · 43 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: With a $7.95 lunch deal that could almost feed two, head here between 11:00 and 3:30. We recommend the beef with green beans or the ma po tofu, and definitely go with the hot-and-sour soup!

7. Joe's Pizza

9.2
150 E 14th St (at 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Pizzeria · East Village · 176 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: Their classic slice reigns supreme in terms of neighborhood pizza, but try the Sicilian slice to change things up; it has a thicker crust, more sauce an more deliciously melted cheese! Yum.

Sapporo East is one of NYC.

8. Sapporo East

245 E 10th St (at 1st Ave), New York, NY
Japanese Restaurant · East Village · 18 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: Founded in 1983, it was the only Japanese restaurant in the neighborhood. It still does the best job of slinging bargain teriyakis, tempura, katsudon and sushi. Magnificent cheap eats.

9. Taqueria Lower East Side

198 Orchard St (at E Houston St), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · Lower East Side · 169 tips and reviews

Village VoiceVillage Voice: Take the edge off with a margarita and follow that with the carnitas- piled with slow cooked peppered pig, crispy on the edges and tender on the inside. One bite of this & the room will fade away.

Virgola is one of NYC.

10. Virgola

28 Greenwich Ave (btwn W 10th & Charles St), New York, NY
Wine Bar · West Village · 59 tips and reviews

The New YorkerThe New Yorker: “Virgola, a six-foot-wide Italian wine bar, obliterates any of the negative associations of alleys and their accoutrements (trash cans, rats), while retaining a sense of history, even subterfuge.” Read more.