Dining Solo
Dining Solo
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Make a quick pitstop at this Midtown Italian street food spot for a breakfast piadine or bowl of pasta.
Sergimmo Salumeria
This Midtown salumeria makes excellent Italian deli sandwiches, but their pastas are even better.
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.
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.
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.
Pizza Friendly Pizza
This Olly Olly Market outpost of a Sicilian slice shop from Chicago makes thick, crusty pies. Unfortunately, they don't taste as good as they look.
Ploo
Inside of Chelsea's Olly Olly Market, Ploo serves tacos with impressively soft handmade tortillas. Get one with a side of bone marrow salsa.
Lucy's Vietnamese
Lucy's Vietnamese in Bed-Stuy smokes their brisket for 14-hours to make one of the best bowls of phở in Brooklyn.
Hainan Jones
Hainan Jones is a stall in Midtown's Urban Hawker food hall that serves one of the best plates of Hainanese chicken rice in New York.
Tradisyon
Tradisyon specializes in Filipino comfort food, and this outpost in Urban Hawker is perfect for a quick lunch.
Mr. Fried Rice
A vendor in Midtown's Urban Hawker food hall, Mr. Fried Rice makes a mean BBQ stingray fried rice.
Padi D'NYC
In Midtown's Urban Hawker food hall, Padi D'NYC is the NYC outpost of a popular Malaysian restaurant in Singapore.
Daisy's Dream
Daisy's Dream is a vendor in Urban Hawker specializing in Peranakan cuisine. They’ve got the best bowl of laksa in Midtown.
Mamak’s Corner
At Mamak’s Corner in Midtown's Urban Hawker food hall, you can get your roti stuffed with any meat you want.
Ashes Burnnit
Ashes Burnnit serves halal hawker burgers and Singapore-style omelette sandwiches in Midtown's Urban Hawker food hall.
Kono
At this sleek, serious yakitori spot in Chinatown you’ll have bites of food so simple and perfect they’ll move you near tears.
Marufuku Ramen
The East Village outpost of this popular San Francisco ramen shop is one of your better options for a quick bowl of noodles.
Fulton Fish Co.
This seafood counter with a huge raw bar in the Tin Building by Jean-Georges is great for some oysters followed by something greasy like a salad with fried clams and shrimp.
Shikku
Skikku is your best option if you want a relaxing break from all the people-dodging you’ll be doing at the Tin Building. The sushi is high-quality, and the rolls have interesting components.
Double Yolk
The sandwiches at this create-your-own breakfast sandwich counter at the Tin Building are big and come stuffed with a lot of fluffy eggs.
Taquito
The tacos at the Tin Building are disappointing. Try another restaurant at this Jean-Georges food hall instead.
Jerk House
At this counter-service Caribbean spot in Harlem, something with jerk sauce on it should be your go-to order.
Yakitori Totto
By the time you finish paying your bill, you'll already want to come back to this yakitori restaurant in Midtown.
Sushi Katsuei
This is the second location of the Park Slope spot where you can get some excellent, relatively affordable sushi.
Chilo's
Some of New York's best tacos are coming from a truck parked in the back of a bar in Bed-Stuy.