Jury Duty, Chinatown

[Fuffy]

Lunch hour for would-be jurors is only 1 hour and a half. Which are the best restaurants near as possible to the Courts (60 Center Street)?
I have searched Chowhound but found surprisingly little near the courts. Thanks.

[nuni]

Jury duty in C-town is the best! My favs are:

Bo Ky for a quickie and delicious noodle soup lunch. Don't have to feel weird about eating alone here. They'll seat you at a communal table.

Thai Son has excellent pho. One block away!

Cha Chan Tang has interesting Hong Kong Style food. Their specialty drink is the HK milk tea - guaranteed to keep you awake for the afternoon jury session after a carb-heavy lunch!

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Thai Son
89 Baxter St, New York, NY 10013

Cha Chan Tang
45 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

[Pan]

Some good places not mentioned yet:

Wing Huang (apparently now renamed 111 Wing Wong), where you can get arguably the best roast duck in Chinatown

Dim Sum Go Go or Red Egg for dim sum

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Dim Sum Go Go
5 E Broadway, New York, NY 10038

Hing Huang
111 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013

Red Egg
202 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013

[foodwhisperer]

The court is by Chinatown, but you are very close to Tribeca, just 10 minutes. I ate at Walker's for a good fast lunch. You can go to Grand Daisy bakery get a quick sandwich or great pizza.
Pecan for salads, sandwiches, good coffee,(very fast)
Columbine ( for soup and sandwich)
Square Diner for edible diner food.
On Church and Reade there are real fast fast places, like Pakastani Tea house, Mikes Papaya, Pizza, Ruben's Empanada, Golden Crust(jamaican),
Farinella's pizza is real good ingredients on Worth near Broadway.
OK< you can go to Hop Shing for dim sum

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Square Diner
33 Leonard St, New York, NY 10013

Farinella
90 Worth St, New York, NY 10013

Mikes Papaya
2832 Broadway, New York, NY 10025

Hop Shing
9 Chatham Square, New York, NY 10038

[deabot]

Saluggi's has decent pizza, it's on church between canal and lispenard.
Also second the Bo Ky rec, comforting noodle soups.
Excellent pork chop house is not a bad option either, just a longer walk than the other two.

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Saluggi's
325 Church St, New York, NY 10013

[MVNYC]

Some cheap but good options

Bo-Ky for good noodle soups.
Tasty Dumpling for dumplings and beef pancake.
Banh Mi So 1

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Tasty Dumpling
54 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10013

[comiendosiempre]

Also Nha Trang, on Centre Street. Good summer rolls and pho. Quick meals. Always packed.

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Nha Trang
148 Centre St, New York, NY 10013

[thew]

new pasteur for pho

xe lua for pho thats a little better but a little further

pongsri thai

theres a bon chon chicken west of the courts as well

[Fuffy]

Thank you thew, I see that others also like the xe lua pho. 86 Mulberry Street (between Canal and Bayard) 212 577 8887

[diprey11]

I am sorry, not everybody is so optimistic about Pong Sri in C-town (it's a chain) and the only good Pasteur is all the way in Toronto. Xe Lua is much to my taste.

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Xe Lua
86 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10013

[thew]

i don;t think it's so mucha chain as a place that has been succeful enough to open more locations. as it was this was either the first or 2nd pongsri opened up (it was the 1st i knew of - it used to not even say pongsri in english on the sign, only in thai - i think it was 1st but the one in the 40's might be older) and while i rarely eat there any more (im rarely around there) after my 1st trips to thailand in the late 80's it was the best i could find in manhattan

[scoopG]

You will have to walk a couple of blocks but with 1.5 hours, you will have plenty of time. Here's a start:

Closest to 60 Centre Street:
Amazing 66:
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/340879

Big Wong King at 67 Mott Street, 10013.

Famous Sichuan:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/753398

Great New York Noodletown:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/678367

Noodle Village:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/493604

Old Sichuan:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/742493
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/753976

South China Garden:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/679270

A little further away:
East Corner Wonton:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/611302?tag=boards;topic-611302

Fujian Noodle Shops:
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/492376
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/504362

New Chao Chao at 111 Mott Street, 10013.

Shanghai Deluxe Café:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/583263
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/5894...

[Fuffy]

Thank you so much. I see the last Amazing 66 review was 2007. Any idea whether it is still good?

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Amazing 66
66 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

[scoopG]

It is still holding up. Make sure to ask for their special lunch menu, served only from 11-3. On this menu they have 65+ plus dishes all for $5.25. You get a cup of soup, tea, rice and one entree. Big Wong King is right across the street. They also have plenty of lunch specials. My favorite is their Roast BBQ Pork and Chicken over Rice with a small side of Choi Sum.

[JungMann]

Do they have that lunch special every day or just Monday - Friday?

[diprey11]

The lunch special at Amazing 66 is $5.75 now, but the food is still quite good and the selection is wide: both old-style Cantonese and American Chinese. The only negative is that sometimes the waiters can get so busy they ignore incoming guests. (You will still manage within an hour)

As to Big Wong King, the quality of their food has improved lately, IMHO. Both Chinese-style lou mein and the breakfast items are quite decent there, and the roast pork still runs supreme.

There is a number of choices along Mott, Elizabeth, and Bayard. I have lunch there almost every day. :-) What kind of foo do you prefer?

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Amazing 66
66 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

Big Wong
67 Mott St, New York, NY 10013