Go for the funky chicken salt-seasoned cauliflower ($15) and the heady merguez sausage in pita ($10). Open until 11:30 p.m. on weeknights. En savoir plus .
The compelling reason to visit is to sample classically excellent Neapolitan pies in a corner of the city that's burdened with too many slice joints. En savoir plus .
This is the definitive answer to "Where can I actually find a good cocktail in Times Square?” and "Where can I listen to live old time-y music in Times Square without a cover charge?" En savoir plus .
Think of this as a way to enjoy ten succulent skewers of charcoal-grilled chicken parts for $70 in about an hour. Awarded three stars in a review praising the foot-to-beak approach to poultry cooking. En savoir plus .
The tacos are excellent, sweet corn tortillas with fillings that might include octopus and chorizo (a smoky surf & turf) or whole Oaxacan grasshoppers (essentially a non-vegetarian popcorn). En savoir plus .
The two crucial orders: The bacon kulcha, a soft, ghee-brushed bread stuffed with smoked pork belly, and the makhan malai dessert, a cloud-like puff of milk foam laced with saffron and rose petals. En savoir plus .
Show up at Chevys for a quick shot of tequila or a margarita before a movie at the AMC 25. This gets the job done with impressive efficiency. Also: free chips and salsa! En savoir plus .
Highlights include the namesake rice bowls (try the one with soft eel), chicken katsu curry (with a rich, beefy sauce), and sizzling crab omelets (drenched in heady seafood jus). En savoir plus .
Order the bonito flakes over tofu, over saba, or as a side for soba dipping sauce. Most good dishes are $15 or under, and service is included, so no tipping! En savoir plus .
Without question, the dish to get is the liang pi, refreshingly cold wheat noodles tossed with black vinegar, soy, garlic, and chili oil. Great for a quick, cheap bite right before curtain call. En savoir plus .
Virtually all the spicy and numbing classics here — from mapo tofu, to Chongqing chicken, to cumin lamb, to cold sesame noodles — are spot on. En savoir plus .
The restaurant community's response to Olive Garden: a two-course, all-you-can-eat pasta meal for $25. This all comes compliments of Lidia Bastianich, one of the deans of Italian cuisine in America. En savoir plus .
Some of the city's best Cuban sandwiches, vaca frita (skirt steak fried to the texture of soft jerky), and mojitos. Warning: Mojitos are strong, which is dangerous on Tuesdays when they're just $6. En savoir plus .
Danny Meyer's billion dollar burger chain reaches its apex at the The Times Square location for a very simple reason: It's the only one that's open until midnight. En savoir plus .
Two stands from Ivan Orkin stand out: Slurp Shop, a stellar ramen shop famous for its incendiary red chile ramen, and Corner Slice, which sells shockingly delicious square slices. En savoir plus .
The right move is the al pastor, pork spinning on a spit, crisped on the griddle, stuffed into a corn tortilla, and garnished with pineapple, and incorrectly, guacamole. Ask them to hold the guac. En savoir plus .
A few highlights: The bulgogi beef sliders, the spicy glutinous rice cakes with pork sausages, and the bo ssam, braised pork with dehydrated kimchi and daikon wraps. Most dishes cost under $20. En savoir plus .
Some of the city's best paitan ramen, more or less the chicken broth analogue to fatty, creamy, pork tonkotsu. Cash only. En savoir plus .
This might be the city's best spicy chicken sandwich. Chef David Chang takes succulent thigh meat, dredges it in an habenero batter, fries it, and places it on a butter-slicked bun with tart pickles. En savoir plus .
Natural wines. Fancy seafood-centric plates. Clean design. The dish to get here is the warm crab meat slathered in saffon aioli, a free form crabcake that's quite frankly better than most crabcakes. En savoir plus .
The famous Korean fried chicken chain is known for its puffy, almost paper-like skin, and its intensely flavored soy or chile seasonings, baked right into the crust. En savoir plus .
A boozy Russian spot with a piano player tapping out old Soviet tunes. The draw here is the house-infused vodka. It pairs well with a platter of tangy pickled vegetables for a post-theater snack. En savoir plus .
One of the few places in Manhattan, or all of New York quite frankly, to offer the meaty cuisine of Bolivia. Pro tip: Order the saltenas, which are essentially South American soup dumplings. En savoir plus .
Order an Ethiopian lager and the combination platter, a heady pile of berbere spiced lentils, collards, and meats on injera, the traditionally sour and spongy bread that doubles as an edible utensil. En savoir plus .
This mainstay has been feeding Broadway-goers, stars, and stagehands for decades. Grab a seat at the bar, order a strong Manhattan or martini, and watch the end of the game on the flatscreen. En savoir plus .
