Editor's Picks: East Village Restaurants
Updated: March 12, 2009
The best food neighborhood in the best food city in the world is a challenge for the most organized gourmand. A world class noodle shop, or cult sandwich shop, seems to be around every corner. Here's your guide, and boy will you need it.
On this page:Noodle Town, Snack Paradise, High-End Dining For the Bohemian Bouledvardier, East Village Alla Italiana.
Noodle Town
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Ippudo
Read Reviews65 4th Ave, New York, NY 10003 (map)
The self-proclaimed "king of ramen" makes his case with the biggest, busiest, and, some would say, the best ramen shop in the East Village.
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Momofuku Noodle Bar
Read Reviews171 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003 (map)
This shotgun ramen sensation is rightfully filled to the brim with devotees of big noodle bowls.
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Pan Asian Restaurant
Read Reviews141 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003 (map)
It took some guts to open a noodle bar next to Momofuku, but the lines have been out the door, literally, since day one.
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Sobaya
Read Reviews229 E 9th St Ste 3, New York, NY 10003 (map)
Handmade buckwheat noodles are the summit of Japanese pasta, and this temple of technique takes them very seriously.
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Minca
Read Reviews536 E 5th St, New York, NY 10009 (map)
It's tiny, cramped, and very, very good. The noodles are available both as thick and thin, but it's so tight that you better get the latter.
Snack Paradise
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Plump Dumpling
Read Reviews299 E 11th St, New York, NY 10003 (map)
Some of the city' s very juiciest (and very cheapest) pork dumplings are found in this East Village hole in the wall.
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Crif Dogs Ent Inc
Read Reviews113 Saint Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009 (map)
Kick it with cheap chili dogs and video games on St. Marks. Then, once you're done, step into a phone booth and pass into one of the city's top cocktail bars.
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Terroir
Read Reviews413 E 12th St, New York, NY 10009 (map)
The ultimate wine-geek wine bar, courtesy of Hearth's Marco Canora and (especially) Paul Grieco. Not for the faint of heart.
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Caracas Arepa Bar
Read Reviews91 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009 (map)
Watch your back, falafel: The Venezuelan snacks at this charming hole-in-the-wall might just kick off a new cheap-eats trend.
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Veselka Restaurant
Read Reviews144 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003 (map)
This 24-hour Ukrainian diner has become an East Village institution.
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Hummus Place
Read Reviews109 Saint Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009 (map)
Laid-back locals and hummus-lovers flock to this cheap-eats Mediterranean cafe.
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Pommes Frites
Read Reviews123 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003 (map)
These Belgian-style fries served to-go in a cone aren't cheap, but they're good enough to keep you going until you hit Veselka.
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Porchetta
Write a review110 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009 (map)
Stark but accomplished East Village takeout specializes in just one thing: pork sandwiches.
High-End Dining For the Bohemian Bouledvardier
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Apiary
Read Reviews60 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10003 (map)
Former Veritas chef Scott Bryan teams up with a chic furniture designer to create this cozy East Village eatery.
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Jewel Bako
Read Reviews239 E 5th St, New York, NY 10003 (map)
Spectacular sushi presented with youthful energy makes for a true gem.
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Momofuku Ko
Read Reviews163 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003 (map)
David Chang's three-star tasting counter continues to be the hardest reservation this side of Rao's.
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Hearth Restaurant
Read Reviews403 E 12th St, New York, NY 10009 (map)
With outstanding American fare and impeccable service, it sets the bar for neighborhood dining.
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Degustation
Read Reviews239 E 5th St, New York, NY 10003 (map)
A sophisticated small plates concept with surprisingly gentle prices, this sibling to Jack's Luxury Oyster Bar is a major chef's hangout.
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Prune
Read Reviews54 E 1st St, New York, NY 10003 (map)
One of the city's most influential New American restaurants, it's still going strong under chef/owner Gabrielle Hamilton.
East Village Alla Italiana
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Perbacco
Read Reviews234 E 4th St, New York, NY 10009 (map)
A Michelin-starred molecular gastronomist brings modern Italian food to the East Village, in an unassuming little osteria.
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Barbone
Read Reviews186 Avenue B, New York, NY 10009 (map)
Underpriced, ambitious East Village trattoria has some of the best pasta and wine values in town.
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Bianca Restaurant
Read Reviews5 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012 (map)
An East Village standby for no-frills, low-cost, very authentic Emilia-Romagnan cookery.
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Frank Restaurant
Read Reviews88 2ND Ave, New York, NY 10003 (map)
A clamorous, restaurant for rustic Italian and antique charm.
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Una Pizza Napoletana
Read Reviews349 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003 (map)
Yes, it's great pizza, but it has real East Village character, too, thanks to temperamental, tattooed resident genius Tony Mangieri.
