As we've seen, there are some tourist-frequented spots that really do serve good food. But where do we think tourists
should go? Here are a dozen places that we think visitors to our fair city shouldn't miss. (Pizza, bagels, burgers, Italian-American spots, picks for Food Network and Top Chef fans, and the best way to get into great restaurants for less cash—it's all here.)
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It's the
lamb burger ($3) that gets most of the press at
Xi'an Famous Foods, though there's a
pork burger ($2.50) as well. They're not burgers at all, as any Xi'an fan knows, but palm-sized, meat-stuffed sandwiches that still rank as some of our favorite cheap eats around.
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The
Lamb Face Salad ($9.75) may not be the cheapest lunch we've featured thus far, but given that it could easily feed two (especially if you throw in a $2.50 pork burger), I'm not complaining. It's a joyful tangle of cucumber and cilantro and mung beans and celery with all sorts of shredded lamb meat that, yes, comes from the face.
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Oh, the possibilities! [Photographs: Chichi Wang] All About Xian Read our review » When immigrant meets hipster, the concept of repurposing gets taken to a whole new level. If you've ever eaten at Xi'an Famous Foods, chances are you've...
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The term "cult following" was coined with places like Xi'an in mind, the sort of stall that Chowhounders and food adventurers work themselves into a tizzy over, whose critical reception in that world is so enthusiastic as to almost defy explanation. But, of course, a Flushing food court stall's move to St. Mark's—and
any small operation's opening of a fourth location—could in fact result in food that's nothing like the first location. How would Xi'an Famous Foods, the East Village edition, stack up?
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[Photographs: Robyn Lee] I only recently realized that Xi'an Famous Foods, one of my "must eats" when I trek out to Flushing, could be found not only in the crammed basement of the Golden Shopping Mall, but also in...
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[Photos: Joe DiStefano] I'd like to preface this post by saying that I'm not the starstruck type. Monday night I went to Barnes & Noble in Union Square to hear David Chang and Peter Meehan talk with Tony Bourdain...
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In my never ending quest to spend every single waking minute of eating in Flushing, I tend to overlook its wonderful markets. So I decided to pay a visit to the sprawling New A&N Food Market, but not to...
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