I feel bad that I have been derelict in posting about the meals that Toni and I had during our 30-day NYC trip back in August-September. The people in this group were so helpful and and so welcoming, which was a big part of why we had another tremendous food vacation. We’re hoping that we’ll be back for a third month-long stay in summer 2024, which should happen if the landlord of the apartment where we stay doesn’t pull it off the short-term stay market.
I like lists and rankings, so I’ll start with a summary. I use the following scale to grade restaurants - Outstanding, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Okay, Bad – complete with pluses and minuses. It’s obviously false precision to the point of silliness to grade such widely varying types of restaurant meals on a fixed scale … but it’s how I’m wired.
Here’s where we ate and the grades:
8/15 - Trad Room, Bed-Stuy - Excellent
8/16 - Ali’s Trinbago Roti Shop, Crown Heights - Very Good
8/17 - Rangoon, Crown Heights - Excellent-minus
8/18 - Indian Table, Cobble Hill - Malvan meal - Outstanding-minus
8/19 - Queens Night Market, Flushing Meadows - Excellent
8/20 - Village Cafe, Midwood - Excellent
8/21 - Doctor’s Cave Cafe, Bed-Stuy - Very good-plus
8/22 - Le Bernardin, Midtown - Outstanding
8/23 - Atlas Kitchen, Manhattan Valley (?) - Very good
8/24 - Peaches, Bed-Stuy - Excellent
8/25 - Mariscos el Submarino, Jackson Heights - Excellent-plus
8/26 - Wadadli, Bed-Stuy - Very good
8/27 - Kubeh, West Village - Excellent-minus
8/28 - Zaca Cafe, Bed-Stuy - Good
8/29 - Zanmi, Prospect Lefferts Gardens - Good
8/30 - Mama Kitchen, Bed-Stuy - Excellent-minus
8/31 - Nana Ramen, Bed-Stuy - Excellent-minus
9/1 - Saraghina Pizza, Bed-Stuy - Excellent-minus
9/2 - Katz’s Deli, Lower East Side - Excellent
9/3 - Chavela’s, Crown Heights - Excellent
9/4 - Fray’s Cuisine, vendor at the annual West Indian Day Parade, Crown Heights - Excellent-minus
9/4 - Hop Lee, Chinatown - Good
9/5 - Leli’s Bakery, Astoria - Good
9/5 - Sabry’s Seafood, Astoria - Excellent
9/6 - Maya Congee, Bed-Stuy - Excellent
9/7 - Royal Rib, Bed-Stuy - Excellent-minus
9/8 (& leftovers on 9/14 on the bus back to Arlington) - Foxface Natural, East Village - Outstanding-minus
9/9 - Chuan Xia Tian, Sunset Park - Very good-plus
9/10 - Sofreh, Prospect Park - Excellent-plus
9/11 - Teranga, Midtown East - Good-minus
9/12 - Je T’aime Patisserie, Bed-Stuy - Very good-minus (Toni’s grade is higher)
9/13 - Mama Fox, Bed-Stuy - Excellent-minus
I’ve already discussed some of these restaurants on Hungry Onion and won’t repeat those discussions. I’ll post short discussions of each of the rest of the restaurants separately.
New York is a wonderful place to eat. Y’all are lucky to live there.
