restaurant in East Village

[nycgirl08]

Can you recommend the best places to eat in East Village? Price and cuisine do not matter.

[fat parish]

Supper, Cacio e vino, Veselka, OG

[synergy]

We ate at Gnocco last weekend. Their thin crust pizza is absolutely addictive. Their menu has other wonderful dishes too.

[sea97horse]

I'm rather fond of Belcourt.

[banjolinana]

Max is good italian and well priced and delicious, Momofuku ssam, Esperanto (cuban), Cafe Mogodar (moroccan), Flea Market (french)

[malibu]

Lil Frankie's on 1st Ave.

[CornflakeGirl]

The Redhead

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/din...

[ballulah]

I recommend Yuca Bar on 7th and A wholeheartedly. Really excellent Latin/Islands food and fantastic cocktails. Plus a great atmosphere. The yuca fries are the whole reason to go back again and again and again!

[soleilnyc]

Ippudo! I can't get enough of that ramen, and mmm the pork belly.
Momofuku for the shrimp n grits
Persimmon for their super reasonable tasting menu (about $40?)
Milon just because it's fun when they sing Happy Birthday with the strobe disco pepper lights.

[douglas525]

Hearth and the Momofukus are the obvious choices. I like Puebla on 1st Ave at 3rd for some hole-in-the-wall-but-oh-my-gosh Mexican (I don't think there's anything on the menu over $10), and, La Isla on 14th at B for down home Dominican ($6.50 1/2 chicken w/rice and beans that's at least a dinner and enough left over for lunch the next day).

[douglas525]

I actually can't believe I forgot Kasadela, a Japanese place on 11th near C. Portions are tapas sized, or maybe a little bigger, and is some of the finest food I've ever had.

[kathryn]

My EV recommendations, though more towards the low end in terms of price:
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/52844...

[kcijones001]

Cafe Habana; Cuban, cheap.

[banjolinana]

Cafe Habana is in Nolita, not east village.