leftover smoked pulled pork with cheese, jalapenos, guac, sour cream, lettuce and tomatos. Yum

Kenji's cheese sauce of course.

Muncan might just be a meat lovers' heaven on earth. It is a bit overwhelming so I appreciate this rundown, but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Luckily the workers are very warm and friendly, and always willing to let you try just about anything. My kids surely never leave there hungry (maybe just a little thirsty).

This is why we live in NYC people!!! Astoria is such a wonderfully culturally diverse place.

therevoller is totally right about the early weekend lunch issues. I've resolved that by going for a kofka, while good not as great as the schwarma.

I love this place so much. For $3.50 they have a perfectly resonably sized sandwich. Sure there isn't too much meat, but the garlic sauce has serious kickin and balance the provided by the pickles make me happy. And not bloated like most times.

No props for the Wings at Dino BBQ is a major oversight. Grilled and meaty wing perfection.

My favorite wings for superbowl are fried chx wings from my local chinese delivery. I cut them up into bar wings and add my own sauce. I'm telling you, perfect and cheap every time.

I know it's late but I just got here. As a native I'm never never in the Times Sq. area. I'm glad I did bc I had a killer bacon cheese burger tonight. Perfectly cooked, and just about right all the way around for the fast food style. $7.50 seemed fair enough and a la frieda straight up cheeseburger for $6 isn't too shabby for anywhere in the 5-boros let alone next to Disney World NYC. I skipped the fries and went with a chopped salad which was huge. Nothing too special but just the roughage I needed.

Spatchcocked chicken.

Great that this works for us home cooks, but I'm wondering why not just have a metal shop fabricate a sheet for me locally? You found a great manufacturing partner in Stoughton Steel...good luck

I wouldn't travel way out of the way, but this sandwich is def worth a detour. And being within delivery distance, Duzan is a reminder of why I live in Astoria. Their Hummus is awesome too.

It's great to see these businesses doing what they can for the community. Plus if the brick and mortar places don't have power it is a great way to clear out the walk ins. The trucks are just lucky they still have gas (I don't).
Shout out to waffle and dinges for making it out to the Rockaways. It's not easy living without power in Manhattan, but the devastation out in the Rockaways is truly just that, devastation. Sweet waffles (or savory) must have been an belly warming pleasure for the folks out there.

There are certainly some odd rec's on this list. Here's mine:

1-If to eat only one meal in Syracuse you must hit up the Dino. I only with they served the pulled pork Nachos in the NYC branch

2-Alto Cinco on Wescot has killer fish tacos and enchiladas. Some of the items get a bit pricey but the taqueria fare is reasonable and yummy in the Northern Cali sort of way.

2-Erawan first taught me to love Thai food. Far better choice than Little Thai whatever.

3-China Road away from the University area (to the north) has really high quality chinese (cantonese I think).

4-Danzers is a fun and really good German restaurant. Beer, german potato salad and schnitzer all done quite well.

And some good stores too: Samiri's Imported grocery on E. Genesse, Lombardi's Fruit and Imports for Italian goods; Fish and Tails Seafood on Erie for fresh seafood.

All this got me through 3 snowy snowy winters in the 'Cuse...Go Orange!!!

This recipe is off the hook. I don't know how much the freezing helps, but I haven't found it that much of a bother. It's so good that I don't want to risk not doing it.

Thanks again Kenji for hooking me up with yet another winner recipe for life!!

Congrats Adam!!!! I'm sure she'll be holding a slice properly by year 1 :)