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Fun places to take your parents that won't be too loud.
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Zawa Japanese
Zawa offers high-quality fish on the Upper East Side that you'd pay a lot more for at fancier sushi restaurants.
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Sergimmo Salumeria
This Midtown salumeria makes excellent Italian deli sandwiches, but their pastas are even better.
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House of the Red Pearl
House of the Red Pearl is a Chinese-inspired place in the Tin Building by Jean-Georges. The decor is cheesy, but the duck with perfectly-crisped skin will inspire repeat visits.
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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.
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Kosaka
Kosaka is a small, upscale sushi restaurant in the West Village that has one omakase in a tranquil setting.
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Genki Omakase
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.
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The Eddy
We can’t tell you who the chef at The Eddy is, but we can tell you that you’ll like this place. And maybe that’s all that matters.
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Tuome
Tuome in the East Village is doing something totally different with familiar Asian menu items.
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Cherry Point
The next time you find yourself wanting red meat in Greenpoint, direct yourself to Cherry Point.
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Happy Stony Noodle
Happy Stony Noodle is a Taiwanese restaurant in Elmhurst that makes excellent beef noodle soup.
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Sushi Jin
Sushi Jin is a sushi spot on the UES, and it’s one of the best places to get a sub-$150 omakase in the East 80s.
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Sushi Azabu
This underground bunker of a sushi restaurant in Tribeca would be a really good place to wait out an apocalypse. Or to eat excellent, expensive sushi.
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Punjabi Grocery & Deli
Punjabi Grocery & Deli is an NYC institution, like The Met or the Statue of Liberty, serving vegetarian curries and chaat on Houston Street.
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Davelle
Davelle is an all-day Japanese spot on the LES that’s unlike any other place in the city.
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Tsurutontan
This is the first US location of a very popular Japanese chain, and they specialize in udon.