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The Best NYC Restaurants For Dining Solo
Whether you want to take yourself out for a nice meal or just eat something quick with minimal human interaction, here are your best options.
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The Best Food Trucks & Carts In NYC
16 trucks and carts where you can get an incredible meal for less than $10 in NYC.
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Where To Get Some Pasta And A Glass Of Wine By Yourself
Eating carbohydrates alone is a beautiful thing. Here’s where to do that.
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16 Restaurants With Action At The Bar
A guide to spots with good food, a fun atmosphere, and bar seating where you can get a solo meal or meet friends.
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Sushi Seki
Sushi Seki Upper East Side is one of our favorite sushi restaurants in NYC. Sit at the counter, and order piece by piece.
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Sushi Lin
Sushi Lin in Prospect Heights is serving some of the best sushi in the city—not just for a casual spot, but for any spot.
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The 9 Best Hand Roll Bars In NYC
When you want your sushi to be served like an ice cream cone.
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Noz Market
There are two ways to eat at Noz Market: omakase in the back room, or handrolls up front. You'll get excellent fish and rice either way.
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The Best NYC Restaurants For Dining Solo
Whether you want to take yourself out for a nice meal or just eat something quick with minimal human interaction, here's where to go.
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Temakase
This fun handroll bar in the East Village is counter-seating-only, so it's perfect for a quick solo dinner or catch-up with a friend.
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Sushi 35 West
Have you ever been to a sushi restaurant inside a smoke shop? Come to Sushi 35 West in Midtown for a takeout sushi set that rivals many omakase-style spots.
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Okiboru House of Tsukemen
Expect a line at this noodle shop on the LES. You can't go wrong with either the tsukemen or the tontori ramen, which are the only two things on the menu.
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Lashevet
Lashevet is a Middle Eastern restaurant on the UES with a creative, fully vegetarian lunch menu, and great kebabs and seafood during dinner hours.
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Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar
Open only for lunch, Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar is your sole option for sushi at Rockefeller Center, and you could do a lot worse.
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Sergimmo Salumeria
This Midtown salumeria makes excellent Italian deli sandwiches, but their pastas are even better.
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Abiko Curry
Stop by Abiko and get your Japanese curry on rice, noodles, or pasta for a perfect cold-weather meal in Koreatown.
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Non Solo Piada
Make a quick pitstop at this Midtown Italian street food spot for a breakfast piadine or bowl of pasta.
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Shinka Ramen & Sake Bar
Shinka, tucked away inside a Chinatown hotel, is a great place to drink, watch sports, and eat a unique bowl of ramen with brisket and bone marrow.
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E.A.K. Ramen
Stop by E.A.K. Ramen in the West Village for hard-to-find iekei-style ramen and crispy gyoza on a cast iron plate.
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Ramen Ishida
You’ll have to sit quite literally shoulder to shoulder to eat at this teeny LES ramen spot, but their shōyu and miso ramen are totally worth it.
