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my old neighborhood! i second the recommendations for silver moon bakery (lovely pastries), hungarian pastry shop (skip the pastries, as they tend to be pretty stale and uninspired. also, the adjacent p&w sandwich shop is owned by the same people, so you can bring their food into hungarian - good, basic sandwiches and really friendly service!), community food and juice (same owners as clinton st. baking co.), and flor de mayo.

for grocery shopping, i liked fairway (i'd really recommend the harlem location instead of the one in the 70s - it's not nearly as insane/crowded. plus it has the cold room!); the newly-reopened westside market (broadway at 110th) is also excellent. in addition, i like the shawarma/falafel sandwiches at jerusalem (bway at 104th), the tortas at taqueria y fonda la mexicana (amsterdam at 108th), and the frankies at roti roll (amsterdam at 110th). i also really like pisticci (la salle and bway). i haven't personally been to malecon (amsterdam at 97th), but my catalan prof recommends their bacalao. i've also heard good things about metisse (105th and broadway).

in terms of bars, i used to love ding dong (columbus at 106th) because there was never anyone there (or at least no hordes of college students), but the last time i went by it was superrr packed and just a really weird, loud scene. a lot of my friends like la negrita (columbus at 109th).