Enjoy warm, budget-priced bagels that are a bit larger than average. The egg bagel is a favorite. So is the everything bagel with the salty and smoky whitefish salad for an explosion of flavor. En savoir plus .
This classic NY shop first opened in 1976. Its 2 locations have long lines for the chewy bagels, but people just picking up bagels & cream cheese can sneak to the back, where the line is much shorter. En savoir plus .
The Chelsea outpost is popular for their big, airy bagels, mini bagels, a robust selection of cream cheeses, and rotating specials like toasted almond cream cheese or gingerbread bagels. En savoir plus .
Since 1996, Murrays' superior thin, dense bagels have had a crackly crust and interior chew. Beyond standard cream cheese and egg sandwiches, Murray’s also offers chicken cutlet, pastrami, and salami. En savoir plus .
The rainbow of cream cheese options and rainbow-colored bagels, make for long lines but a massive variety of menu items will serve basically any appetite. En savoir plus .
Bialys — a flat round roll with onions chopped up in the center — are a NY tradition. Kossar’s is the ultimate place to score some. The shop opened in 1936, and still uses the same original recipe. En savoir plus .
This shop offers an unusually large range of flavored creams cheeses and alternatives made from whipped tofu. The bagels remain the focus, with great cinnamon raisin, poppy, and sesame seed bagels. En savoir plus .
Sadelle's in Soho offers a classic egg sandwich that shouldn't be missed. The classic BEC is fairly simple: 2 fried eggs with bacon and muenster on homemade challah. En savoir plus .
Saigon Banh Mi specialized in hero, making its own perfect baguettes having some rice flour mixed in with the wheat, and dressing them with fillings that ran from pâté to barbecued pork to chicken. En savoir plus .
With its luxuriance of fried chickpea fritters, nutty tasting tahini, and fresh greens, onions, and tomatoes, Mamoun's falafel redefined a quick bite for New Yorkers. En savoir plus .
It comes closest to fulfilling the hot dog principles that originated on the Coney Island Boardwalk: plainish, popping-skinned franks topped with a meager choice of ingredients. En savoir plus .
This upscale Jewish deli concept from Ben and Jen Johnson and Shelley Sweet of popular breakfast spot, West Egg, and executive chef Todd Ginsberg has been winning hearts since it opened in early 2013. En savoir plus .
Everything is made in-house from the highest-quality ingredients: special flavors like pumpkin are available seasonally, and vegan ice cream is especially popular. En savoir plus .
Best Ice Cream in NYC: They serve all the original flavours like the lychee, pandan, and the now famous black sesame (which you need to try). The almond cookie or green tea are just as good! En savoir plus .
Creamy, milky burrata and salt and pepper caramel are the two flavors on offer right now at Dominique Ansel's dine-in dessert spot. Head's up though, soft serve is only available Fri-Sun, noon to 9pm. En savoir plus .
Long lines form for treats like chocolate soft serve coated in curry-coconut flake, Tang floats, and some perennial favorites like the Mermaid and Bea Arthur. En savoir plus .
House-made soft serve is the one dessert at this otherwise beef-only spot. Enjoy it in unadorned or get the works, which include azuki beans, black sesame flour, rice dumplings, and even gold flakes. En savoir plus .
Top the vanilla soft serve at ChikaLicious however you desire — the real joy in this dessert comes from the flaky churro cone. En savoir plus .
The right call at the end of the meal is a soft-serve gelato delivered in a glass cup, anointed with your choice of toppings; try garnishing it with candied orange rind for an impromptu creamsicle. En savoir plus .
If — for some reason — you don't want to order an entire whale cake, go for the soft serve at Carvel: available in a cup, a cone, a sundae, or even sandwiched between two cookies. En savoir plus .
New York City is overrun with chickens for two, but this is the bird to beat. Daniel Humm stuffs a mixture of foie gras, black truffles, and bread crumbs between the skin and the meat. En savoir plus .
Office workers and tourists alike line up day and night for the combo over rice at Halal Guys. You feel like a beast finishing one of these tubs of meat, rice, and tangy white sauce. En savoir plus .
Jim Lahey's pizzas have chewy crusts with blistered edges, and the toppings are fresh. The spinach-topped Popeye is the must-order dish here, but also consider the flambé pizza or the cauliflower pie. En savoir plus .
All of the rustic, wood-fired pizzas at Franny's are worth a try, but the clam pie is the knock-out dish here. It is quite possibly New York's best clam pizza. En savoir plus .
Lee's Tavern serves the classic bar pie — a small, wafer-thin pizza that is intended for one diner to consume with a pint of beer. En savoir plus .
This Staten Island pizzeria serves Neapolitan-style slices, square pieces, and thick pizzas with an over-abundance of toppings. Nunzio's has been around in one form or another since the 1940s. En savoir plus .
Rizzo's serves pizzas with extremely thin, crispy crusts. The pizzaioli know how to layer the toppings so that you still get that satisfying crunch when you take the first bite. En savoir plus .
Rose & Joe's serves a square slice that has a thick blanket of melted mozzarella atop a tangy layer of tomato sauce. En savoir plus .