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I thought it was pretty good! Remember the food has to get from the restaurant to the apartment, then get through the front desk, up the elevator, family has to be gathered, etc. it's as if you ordered at Shun Lee and then waited 25 minutes after the food was put on your table to eat.

Cafe China is what I meant too (sorry for the confusion). The Ma Po Tofu is excellent, as is the Three Pepper Chicken (which I've had delivered for lunch more times than I care to admit in the past month).

The vegetarian "General Tso's Kitchen" at Hunan Delight, at the intersection of 6th Avenue & Union St., is the single best vegetarian dish in NYC. 

Also mostly vegan, and excellent, is Vatan: http://www.vatanny.com/

Govinda's food cart was also really, really good. No idea where he is now!
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While I am writing a nostalgic vegan comment I will mention Veggie Castle:
http://gothamist.com/2007/12/24/veggie_castle_f.php
http://www.yelp.com/biz/veggie-castle-brooklyn

When a white castle went under the lease was taken over by some Caribbean vegans. There used to be an orange/carrot/bee pollen juice there called "atlas" that was astonishingly good.

I also love the standbys you'll find on most similar lists: Veggie Dim Sum House, Dosa Hut, Angelica's Kitchen, Gobo and Candle Cafe.

I'm always suprisingly underwhelmed by Hangawi. Bland city! There are many other vegan options (although not dedicated venues up and down Koreatown) - I love Mandoo Bar & Woojirip.

I think DiFara is an especially efficient way for hipsters to create a false sense of nostalgia- it's like an amusement park for Brooklyn and Pizza at the same time. It is also great pizza, except when it's burnt. When it's burnt you just pretend it's not and eat it anyway.

I am really looking forward to going to New Haven this weekend, Zuppardi's is comparable quality with absolutely no wait.

Adam, you also should have let Lady Slice have this post to herself. Then you could have had people vote in the comments about which side they preferred.

@kfarrel3 - I suspect you did not see it because people were crowded around it!! But it's definitely worth the return trip. Do you work with smokers? Go now! They'll understand. Instead of a smoke drink, it's a soda break.

I can't wait to see the answers to this question - I've wondered the same thing!

grumpy, on 21st st.

Tonight at dinner I was confronted with a cocktail menu featuring a $17 "shakerato." Just imagine my revulsion (it was listed as simply vodka and espresso). This same restaurant, which shall remain nameless and was otherwise good, served one of the worst espressos I've ever had at the end of a fancy meal (and that's saying a lot, NYC coffee at fancy restaurants is horrible). I hate shakerato.

"Most Italians are coffee purists in the worst way."

Or, the best way!

Thank you Serious Eats!

This is awesome - I linked to it from my blog!

These are beautiful pizzas.