Need Off The Radar Dining Suggestions
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Trying to find some new hole in the wall, off the grid places for dinner. Old school decor, numbered menus- all are cool in the quest for great food- all ethnic suggestions welcome. I am getting tired of all the tricked out new places.
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10 Comments:
I forgot to add this is for NYC
yummydindin at 12:27PM on 10/10/09
Not really off the radar anymore but low-key ethnic spots on Queens -
Sripraphai (Thai in Woodside)
Hindu Temple Canteen (South Indian vegetarian in Flushing)
charm city cupcake at 9:03AM on 10/11/09
my favorite dive is BIG WONG (chinatown) on mott street for super speedy, cheap, and delicious chinese. whatever is hanging up at the window (roast pork, roast duck, roast chicken) is probably the freshest. the congee also gets rave reviews. service isn't really an option, as the idea is to move people in and out. but as long as you don't mind, the food is great. it was totally my go-to place growing up!
lil miss new yorker at 11:07PM on 10/11/09
for something a little bit pricier but pretty darn good, i'd suggest village mingala for burmese. my best friend is burmese, and he was the one that took me here for my first burmese meal outside his house. the food was great, and new york mag also gave it a good review. :)
lil miss new yorker at 11:12PM on 10/11/09
Will agree with Charm City Cupcake on the off-the-radar thing. Nothing stays off the radar for long with the web. But if you mean sort of hole-in-the-wall, not-mobbed-but-still-awesome places, the one place I've been hitting lately is BZ Grill in Astoria for amazing pork gyros. It's widely regarded as one of the best (if not the best) gyros places in the city, but it's laid-back, kinda weird and out of the way, and really good.
It was essentially off my radar until early this year, when I got a hankering for a really good gyro while housesitting in Astoria and started doing research. Which I guess goes to show that something can be off-the-radar if you don't have your radar pointed in the right direction.
27-02 Astoria Boulevard; take N/W to Astoria Blvd station, walk about 4 blocks toward Manhattan
Adam Kuban at 3:01PM on 10/16/09
If you're cool with low ceilings and cramped quarters, The Islands in Prospect Heights is pretty fantastic.
Carey Jones at 3:09PM on 10/16/09
I like Lan Zhou on East Broadway. Not really off the radar, but a bit out there in the dingier part of Chinatown. I wouldn't say it's the best hand pulled noodle place in Chinatown, but for some reason I keep going back to it. I like their dumplings too.
Also, Excellent Pork Chop house has some tasty pork chops and non-pork chop dishes.
Robyn Lee at 3:18PM on 10/16/09
Agreed with Carey. And Robyn introduced me to the wonders of Famous Sichuan. Ooh and you should also take one for the team and help save Prime Burger (aka eat juicy burgers).
Erin Zimmer at 3:19PM on 10/16/09
We just had some great dishes at Amazing 66 (66 Mott St) including roast chicken with preserved vegetables, Pastrami over spinach (yes, pastrami!), and short rib beef in pumpkin.
Alaina Browne at 3:38PM on 10/16/09
Here's a good one: $50 White Truffle Dinner every Tuesday night through December 1st at Sapori d’Ischia in Woodside. There's no deal like it in the city.
Ed Levine at 6:38AM on 10/17/09