Looking for Lunch near Astor Place

[YoungEats]

I just started a new job just south of Astor place on Lafayette and I'm looking for a place to go to lunch on the days where I actually have time to leave my desk. I'm looking for any kind of cuisine, though I am sort of a snob when it comes to Chinese food having grown up with a mother who cooks traditional chinese and going to Dim Sum every sunday in Chinatown.

I'd like to be able to get away for under $10, but if the quality is there, maybe I'll treat myself to a higher price point every now and again.

I know a lot of thread already exist for NYU students looking for lunch spots, but I'm not looking to have pizza or burgers (unless they're very well made).

Thanks for your help!

[JungMann]

Add Ramen Setagaya and Men Kui Tei to your list. Where do you go for dim sum in Chinatown?

[small h]

Menkui-Tei.

[princeofpork]

Cozy Soup and Burger

[selenster]

when i worked on broadway & houston, i pretty much ordered pierogies and other polish delights from polonia for breakfast every day. pretty decent kielbasa. oh, thai angel is OK.

[kathryn]

Xian Famous Foods, Baoguette, a few slices from South Brooklyn Pizza?

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Xi'an Famous Foods
88 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002

South Brooklyn Pizza
122 1st Ave, New York, NY 10009

[boccalupo]

Ippudo and Dos Toros Taqueria.

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Ippudo
65 4th Ave, New York, NY 10003

Dos Toros
137 4th Ave, New York, NY 10003

[phantomdoc]

Grand Sichuan
http://www.thegrandsichuan.com/stmarks

Could be the best Chinese restaurant.

[NewYorkNewHaven]

Wait what? Grand Sichuan "could be the best Chinese restaurant." What are you smoking? Where else have you ate? And if Young Eats digs Dim Sum, which is Canto, maybe a reference more along those lines would be more appropriate than Sichuan food?

I like Cafe Orlin on St. Marks.

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Cafe Orlin
41 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10003

[phantomdoc]

Smoking tea smoked duck