With a tip of the hat to the neighborhood, Famous created its signature Indopac pizza, a cheesy personal pie topped with onions, garlic, jalapeños, and an Indian spice mixture. En savoir plus .
This restaurant specalizes in rustic seafood dishes, including a conch salad heaped over tangy, vinegar-cured vegetables, and juicy clams stuffed with toasted bread crumbs En savoir plus .
The simplicity of this tiny coffee shop is refreshing, with a menu limited to three kinds of bureks (cheese, spinach, and ground meat), homemade yogurt, and the standard permutations of espresso. En savoir plus .
The burgers are dense and juicy, the mac and cheese so rich with cream that it might better be called a macaroni gratin. Be sure to save room for sweets next door at the DuMont Doughnuts counter. En savoir plus .
Toshihiro Uezu is a towering figure on the New York sushi scene. Fifteen minutes in his care at Kuruma Zushi is bliss; two hours spells bankruptcy. Expect the fattiest tuna belly you've ever seen. En savoir plus .
Nothing in the borough is quite as challenging as the roast beef hero at John's – masses of warm, pink meat on a crusty hero, topped with melting slices of mozzarella and gobbed with a midnight gravy. En savoir plus .
Follow the swarm of cabs to this Pakistani restaurant, where vegetables are forsaken in favor of one of the meatiest and most highly flavored cuisines on the planet. En savoir plus .
We love wontons laked in red oil and the cumin-dusted julienne of lamb topped with sesame seeds. En savoir plus .
The colorful room opens to salty Sheepshead Bay breezes in fine weather on this hopping restaurant strip. Bone up on Greek wines before you go; the reds in particular are lovely and well-priced. En savoir plus .
The lightly crumbed and lovingly fried flounder is a high point of the menu, as are the occasionally available grilled sardines, which are sweet and meaty and a gorgeous shade of steel blue. En savoir plus .
There are rare southern Indian vegetable curries, including gutti vankaya-baby eggplants immersed in a tomatoey peanut sauce. The place is crowded on the weekends, chill during the week. En savoir plus .
Pesarattu upma boasts a fermented mung-bean wrapper, and a filling of cream of wheat goosed up with flavorful ingredients. The upma is also available on its own, and is definitely worth ordering. En savoir plus .
The dosas are top notch, and encompass a range of oddities rarely seen elsewhere. En savoir plus .
Sapthagiri means "Seven Hills," and this India Square spot mounts the most diverse and tasty vegetarian menu anywhere in the metropolitan area. En savoir plus .
The preferred beverage is Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray, a celery tonic that's a Lower East Side favorite. En savoir plus .
Tip the carvers $1 before you order and get a sandwich big enough for two; a great choice is a combo of pastrami and corned beef on a club roll. If you know what's good for you, order it lean. En savoir plus .
Village Voice is proud to welcome Buka to the 2014 Choice Eats food fest! http://bit.ly/1cRzdNV. We voted it Best Nigerian food for a reason!
Village Voice is proud to welcome Carlo's Bake Shop to the 2014 Choice Eats food fest! http://bit.ly/1cRzdNV. There's a good reason this bakery has been in business for over a decade.
Village Voice is proud to welcome Xe May Sandwich Shop to the 2014 Choice Eats food fest! http://bit.ly/1cRzdNV. Offering a Vietnamese twist, this isn't your ordinary NY sandwich shop.
Village Voice is proud to welcome Kaia Wine Bar to the 2014 Choice Eats food fest! http://bit.ly/1cRzdNV. Great bunny chow (mild vegetable curry served in a hallowed out loaf of bread).
Tired and true, this bar has a simple formula: beer, shot, repeat. Go here for real Irish drinking.
Pasta and seafood reign supreme at Mercato. Get the heaping plate of seafood linguine, coated in fiery fra diavolo, which practically bursts with mussels, squid, shrimp and clams.
This hot spot isn't even a restaurant, but it boasts delicious meals from top global chefs.
This Queens-based mini-chain goes beyond the standard cup of cocoa, serving up peanut butter, red velvet, and cinnamon-inflected Mexican varieties.
Try the massive portion of chile rellenos which is piled high with melted Oaxaca cheese.
Order the huge plate of thick peanut butter noddles that will stick to your taste buds after every bite!
Order the famous Dante's Inferno over stuffed sandwich for a mouthful of meat and fixings in every bite.
Sasabune serves rice like no other place; with varying temperatures and amounts of vinegar to bring out the nuances of each fish.
