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BrooklynCarroll Gardens
Nepali•
Jackson Heights
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Lower East Side
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Fort Greene
Sushi•
Upper East Side
NYC Review
Bar FoodAmerican•
Clinton Hill
The garbage plate is a Rochester delicacy, and you can get one of these chaotic bar-food mashups at Brooklyn Hots in Clinton Hill.
Written byBryan Kim
Greenwich Village
Don't let the drab strip mall vibes at this Greenwich Village spot fool you. The sushi at Genki Omakase is high quality, but you only have an hour to eat it.
Written byKenny Yang
Dinner Party is an unpretentious, intimate restaurant in Fort Greene with a new prix-fixe menu every week.
Written byNeha Talreja
SushiJapanese•
Tomo21 Sushi is perfect for when you’re in the mood for something that's nicer than your go-to Seamless spot but not as pricey as a fancy omakase.
AmericanItalian•
Jersey CityNew Jersey
15 Fox Place serves a $95 set menu of filling Italian-American food inside a private house in Jersey City.
Written byMatt Tervooren
Spicy Village is a great BYOB Chinese spot on the Lower East Side.
Written byTeam Infatuation
Bangladeshi•
Korai Kitchen is a Bangladeshi spot in Jersey City with a delicious, $20 buffet that changes daily.
Bread And Salt is a BYOB pizza spot in Jersey City that serves some of our favorite slices around NYC.
Thai•
ElmhurstQueens
Lamoon is a cash-only, BYOB restaurant in Elmhurst that specializes in Northern Thai food, and it’s a great spot to eat sausage and pork spine soup.
Wu’s is a big Chinese restaurant on the LES where you can get a whole roasted suckling pig and sit around a big round table. Plus, it’s BYOB.
Poke is a cash-only, BYOB sushi spot on the Upper East Side.
AmericanDiner•
AstoriaQueens
Sometimes it’s fun to eat like a kid. Sometimes.
Written byChris Stang
Mexican•
BrooklynBushwick
Down the street from the L train Jefferson stop in Bushwick, you'll find the a garage serving some of the city’s best tacos.
Written byBen Kopelman
French•
West Village
A classic West Village brunch spot that people line up for.
Palestinian•
Brooklyn Heights
Albadawi is a Palestinian restaurant in Brooklyn Heights with a large menu worth returning for.
Indian•
WilliamsburgBrooklyn
At Atithi Indian Cuisine in Williamsburg, you can have dinner on Grand Street without feeling like you’ve left your living room.
Written byNikko Duren
Bedford-StuyvesantBrooklyn
Visit Boca Santa, a BYOB Mexican spot in Bed-Stuy, for a grown-up Taco Tuesday.
PastaItalian•
Corto is a BYO Italian spot in Jersey City that serves some very good housemade pastas.
Lebanese•
Uncle Momo is a BYO Lebanese restaurant in Jersey City that’s a good option for brunch or a casual weeknight dinner.
Murray Hill
Bhatti is a very good BYOB Indian restaurant in Murray Hill that specializes in kebabs.
Written byArden Shore