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Cuisine of New York City comprises many cuisines belonging to various ethnic groups that have entered the United States through the city. Almost all ethnic cuisines are well represented in NYC, both in and out of their various ethnic neighborhoods.
Enclaves reflecting national cuisines
The Bronx
- Riverdale - Kosher
- Woodlawn - Irish
- Wakefield - Jamaican, West Indian
- Norwood - Filipino (formerly Irish, less so today)
- Bedford Park - Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Korean (on 204th St.)
- Belmont - Italian, Albanian (also known as "Arthur Ave.," "Little Italy")
- Morris Park - Italian
- City Island - Italian, Seafood
- South Bronx - Puerto Rican, Dominican
Queens
- Woodside; Sunnyside - Filipino, Irish, Mexican and Romanian
- Howard Beach; Ozone Park - Italian
- Forest Hills; Kew Gardens Hills; Rego Park - Kosher, Russian and Uzbek
- Astoria - Greek, Czech and Arab
- Corona - Colombian, Dominican, Mexican and Ecuadorean
- Jackson Heights - Indian, Latin American, Korean, Filipino and Mexican
- Bellerose - Indian and Pakistani
- Little Neck - Arab, Chinese, and Italian
- Jamaica - Caribbean; African-American; African; Creole
- Woodhaven - Irish, Dominican, Mexican, Guyanese
- Richmond Hill - Indian, Guyanese, West Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi
- Flushing; Elmhurst - Korean, Chinese, Indian, Italian, Dominican
- Floral Park, Queens - Filipino and Indian
Brooklyn
- Bay Ridge - Irish, Italian, and Arabic
- Sunset Park - Puerto Rican, Chinese, Arab, Mexican and Italian
- Kensington - Bengali, Pakistani, Mexican, and Polish
- Park Slope - Italian, Irish, French, and Puerto Rican
- Bensonhurst; Dyker Heights - Italian, Chinese, Russian
- Borough Park - Kosher
- Greenpoint - Polish and Ukrainian
- Flatbush - Jamaican, Haitian, and Creole
- Brighton Beach - Russian, Georgian, Arab and Ukrainian
- Bedford-Stuyvesant - African American, Jamaican, Trinidadian, Puerto Rican and West Indian
- East New York - African American, Dominican, and Puerto Rican
- Crown Heights - Jamaican, West Indian, and Kosher
- Canarsie- Jamaican, West Indian, African-American
- Bushwick - Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Ecuadorian
- Red Hook - Puerto Rican, African American, and Italian
- Williamsburg - Jewish, Italian, and Puerto Rican
- Sheepshead Bay - Seafood, Russian, and Italian
- Midwood - Kosher, Italian, and Russian
Staten Island
- Rossville; South Beach; Great Kills - Italian, Russian, Arab and Polish
- Tompkinsville - Sri Lankan
Manhattan
- Lower East Side - Puerto Rican, Kosher and Latin American
- Harlem - African-American, Latin American, West Indian, and West African
- Washington Heights - Dominican, Puerto Rican and Jewish
- East Harlem - Puerto Rican, Mexican,Dominican and Italian along Pleasant Avenue
- Little Italy - Italian and Chinese
- Chinatown - Chinese and Vietnamese
- Koreatown - Korean
- East Village - Japanese, Korean, Indian and Ukrainian
- Murray Hill - Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi
- Upper East Side - German, Czech, Hungarian
- Greatly composed of virtually every cuisine in the world
Food Identified With New York City Origins
- Hot dogs - Served with any of the following, including: sauerkraut, sweet relish, onion sauce, ketchup, and/or mustard.
- Manhattan clam chowder
- New York-style cheesecake
- New York-style pizza
- Strip steak
- New York-style bagel
- New York-style pastrami
- Baked pretzels
- Italian Ice
- Knish
- Eggs Benedict
- Ice Cream Cone
- Lobster Newberg
- Waldorf Salad
- Doughnut
- Delmonico steak
Dishes Invented In Or Alleged To Have Been Invented In NYC
- Waldorf salad
- Eggs Benedict
- Steak Diane
- Egg cream
- Vichyssoise
- Mallomars[citation needed]
- Manhattan Special -- A type of carbonated espresso drink.
- Ice cream cone
- Bloody Mary
- Pasta primavera
- after breakfast consumption of Cappuccino[citation needed]
- Chicken à la King[citation needed]
- Lobster Newburg
- Delmonico steak
- General Tso's chicken
- Reuben sandwich
- Penne alla Vodka
NYC Street Food
- pizza, especially New York-style pizza
- Hot Dog stands
- Italian sausage, bratwurst
- Gray's Papaya, Papaya King - combined papaya juice/hot dog stands
- soft pretzels
- honey-roasted peanuts, almonds, cashews, and coconut
- hamburgers
- souvlaki/shish kebab
- Chinese kebabs (chuanr)
- Cuchifritos
- Piragua
- Gyros/shawarma
- knishes
- Chicken/Lamb and rice
- falafel
- Mister Softee ice cream
- Italian ice
- take-out soup, as Soup Kitchen International
- grilled chestnuts
- arepas
- fried chicken
- dumplings
- fried noodles
- muffins
- Calzones
- Stromboli
- Churros
NYC Eastern European Jewish Cuisine
Much of the cuisine usually associated with New York City stems in part from its large community of Eastern European Jews and their descendants. The world famous New York institution of the "Delicatessen," commonly referred to as a "Deli," was originally an institution of the city's Jewry. Much of New York City's Jewish fare has become popular around the globe, especially bagels. (New York City's Jewish community is also famously fond of Chinese food, and many members of this community think of it as their second ethnic cuisine.)
- celery soda
- New York-style pastrami
- brisket
- corned beef
- tongue
- knish
- New York-style bagels and lox (see also: appetizing)
- cream cheese
- whitefish with and without pike
- Gefilte fish
- blintzes
- potato pancakes
- bialy
- challah bread
- matzo
- egg cream
- pickled cucumbers (especially dill pickles)
- kishka
- potato kugel
- chopped chicken liver
- matzo ball soup
- lokshen soup
Notable food and beverage companies
- A&P
- AriZona Beverage Company
- Balducci's
- Benihana
- Blimpie
- C-Town Supermarkets
- Carnegie Deli
- Dean & DeLuca
- Dr. Brown's - sodas
- Entenmann's - cakes, pies, pastries
- Fairway Market
- Food Network - the cable TV channel
- Fraunces Tavern - Washington said goodbye to his troops here. New York City was the first U.S. capital. Several departments of the federal government were originally located here.
- Gray's Papaya - hotdog institution where there is always a "recession special"
- Häagen-Dazs
- Hebrew National
- Junior's - The World's Most Fabulous Cheesecake
- Katz's Deli
- Lindy's
- Lombardi's - the first pizzeria in America (possibly the world)
- Nathan's
- PepsiCo, Inc.
- Peter Luger
- Ray's Pizza - a fierce debate over which was the original
- Russian Tea Room
- Second Avenue Deli
- Serendipity 3
- Sbarro
- Snapple
- Stella D'oro - biscuits, cookies
- T.G.I. Friday's - originally a NYC bar
- Tower Isles - Jamaican beef patties
- Vitamin Water
- Yoo-hoo - chocolate drink
- Zabar's
External links
- New York Food Anywhere
- Who Cooked That Up?
- New York Gastronomic & Cultural Food Tours
- The Best Of Brooklyn Multicultural Ethnic Neighborhood Food Tasting and Culture Tour
- Find NYC street food vendors
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