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Where To BYOB In NYC

New York - East Village

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Chinese

New York - Chinatown

Noodle Village serves the best wonton soup in Chinatown.

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Noodle Village

Korean

K’ook has some of the best homestyle Korean food you’ll find in the East Village.

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K’ook

Latin

New York - Washington Heights

Floridita is a Cuban spot in Washington Heights that serves one of the best Cubano sandwiches in the city.

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El Floridita Restaurant

Dominican

New York - Brooklyn

El Gran Castillo de Jagua is a Dominican spot in Prospect Heights 

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El Gran Castillo de Jagua

Pizza

Posto is a casual spot in Gramercy where you can sit down and eat a good thin-crust pizza.

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Posto

American

Superiority Burger is a tiny vegetarian counter-service place in the East Village with great seasonal specials and gelato.

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Superiority Burger

Japanese

New York - Forest Hills

If you’re looking for ramen in Forest Hills, go to Tamashii. 

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Tamashii Ramen

Venezuelan

New York - Lower East Side

Patacon Pisao  is a tiny spot on the LES serving Venezuelan street food such as patacons (sandwiches with plantain discs in place of bread). 

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Patacon Pisao

Vietnamese

Pho Bar is a casual Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown that’s great for a bowl of very rich beef pho by yourself or with a date. 

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Pho Bar

Italian

New York - SoHo

Pepe Rosso To Go is a tiny Italian takeout place in Soho that has a few tables inside and does a pretty decent plate of pasta. 

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Pepe Rosso To Go

Egyptian

New York - Nolita

Zooba is an Egyptian restaurant in Nolita, and it’s the only fast-casual restaurant worth caring about.

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Zooba

Mexican

Taqueria St. Mark’s is a good, divey spot for cheap Mexican food.

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Taqueria St. Marks

New York - Koreatown

Woorijip is a cafeteria-style Korean lunch spot in Koreatown for a quick meal. 

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Woorijip

New York - Upper East Side

Marinara is one of the better places to get a slice on the Upper East Side. 

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Marinara Pizza

New York - Gowanus

My Cuban Spot is a takeout window in Gowanus that serves really good rice bowls and some of the best sandwiches in Brooklyn.

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My Cuban Spot

New York - Union Square

Ennju is a counter-service Japanese cafe near Union Square where you can eat a quick lunch or pick up discount sushi after 9pm.

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Ennju

Sri Lankan

Sigiri is a BYOB Sri Lankan restaurant in the East Village.

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Sigiri

Burgers

BK Jani is a counter-service place in Williamsburg serving meat-heavy Pakistani street food that you’ll think about when you’re in bed late at night.

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BK Jani

This is not a taqueria. This is a temple to the holy Mission burrito. Pray before it, lest you be forsaken.

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Taqueria Diana

Southern

Bobwhite’s ain’t fancy, but The Counter gets the job done right. The eat-in dining experience is not ideal, so it’s best to just call these guys and order your weight in fried chicken to go.

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Bobwhite Counter

Caribbean

New York - Flatbush

Peppa’s in Prospect Lefferts Gardens is a counter-service Caribbean spot about a block from the park.

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Peppa’s Jerk Chicken

A sleepy-looking Vietnamese restaurant in the East Village that deserves your attention. 

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Sao Mai

Go to Shu Jiao Fu Zhou when you’re looking for excellent, cheap Chinatown dumplings.

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Shu Jiao Fu Zhou Cuisine

Nepali

New York - Ridgewood

While In Kathmandu is a cash-only Nepalese restaurant in Ridgewood with very good dumplings called momos. 

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While in Kathmandu

Sandwiches

New York - Bronx

Calabria Pork Store is a deli in the Bronx with lots and lots of sausages hanging from the ceiling.

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Calabria Pork Store

Indian

New York - Financial District

Bombay’s is an Indian restaurant in the Financial District that’s a great delivery option for lunch or dinner.

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Bombay’s Indian Restaurant

Pearl Diner is an old-school diner in FiDi that’s ideal for a very low-key breakfast or lunch.

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Pearl Diner

Turkish

Abracadabra is a mostly-vegetarian cafe in Williamsburg that feels like it could be in Joshua Tree. 

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Abracadabra Brooklyn

Mediterranean

New York - Greenwich Village

A great spot for a convenient, quick Mediterranean lunch near Union Square.

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Taboonette

New York - Jersey City

Bread And Salt is a BYOB pizza spot in Jersey City that serves some of our favorite slices around NYC.

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Bread And Salt

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