Cheap Ethnic lunch ideas?
I'm making a rare foray to the City and want something great and unusual that doesn't cost me big. We'll be between the PA Bus Terminal and the Museum of the City of New York (5th and 103rd). Any ideas for a great place to grab lunch and or a quick dinner? We're fine at a counter and I'm open to vendor carts too! TIA
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buttertart
Jul 8, 2009 11:49 AM
Depends on what you mean by ethnic, but there's a very nice Greek place that opened recently just across from the PA on 42nd between 8th and 9th - Dafni - I posted about it a while ago. We have since returned and it was even better.
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JungMann
Jul 7, 2009 01:33 PM
Is there anything in particular you would like? Within a reasonable route between your two points, you could encounter Ethiopian tartare, Mexican sandwiches, Afghan kebabs, Szechuanese pork belly, German sausages, Israeli falafel, Thai streetfood and Cuban sandwiches.
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re: MWinston
LeahBaila
Jul 10, 2009 05:37 AM
I lived in HK for 2 years and never got around to Meskerem...Been meaning to try it for the longest.
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JungMann
Jul 10, 2009 05:34 AM
Margon is one of Midtown (if not Manhattan's) best Cuban options, however if you want Dominican, I would visit El Malecon, which should be on your way uptown according to Hopstop, as would its Argentine neighbor next door, La Rural, a destination for parillada. In the same direction as Margon, there is a Jamaican lunch cart called Jamaican Dutchy which is popular among workers in Midtown.
Closer to PA, I can recommend the soulful Pueblan cemitas or tortas and tacos at Tehuitzingo, various (and very often fusion) empanadas at Empanada Mama, great sausages and beer at Hallow Berlin, massive spanikopita, tiropita, kreatopita and baklava at Poseidon Bakery or gyros at Uncle Nick's, Druze cuisine at Gazala's Palace, falafel at Azuri cafe, meaty and spicy pork at Szechuan Gourmet and Thai at Wondee of Siam (or before people start flinging mieng kha na at me, the ever-popular Pam Real Thai).
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Last trip to the city, I was thrilled to find more good cheap eats in Midtown, to indulge in between my many museum forays! My favorite new place: Sukhedia's, especially for their bhel puri chaat - This was a totally new dish for me, and lots of fun. Also stopped at Rincon del Sabor, fourth floor walk-up Ecuadorian place, in the Diamond District, for good ceviche. Taam Tov, posted about today - Uzbek food - is in the same area.
Another possibilty for you is the ninth Avenue eateries in the 50s - you'll have to do a search - I've learned to go uptown on the trains on the West Side, and then use a (free) transfer to the bus east through the park, to go to the museums on Fifth Avenue.
A third area for you to explore (on foot, or through Search on the board) would be East 116th St - for lots of excellent Latino food.
I'll try to add links and addresses for all of the above when I find time!
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