NYC's Most Fabulous Fatty Foods

Updated: March 15, 2009

Meats topped with more meats! Deep-fried anything! Sure, these fat-filled foods from 10 New York restaurants aren't going to go over well with your doctor, but sometimes it feels good to be bad.

Fatty Foods

  1. 1 4 Star Rating: Recommended Babbo
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    110 Waverly Pl , New York, NY 10011 (map)

    If you're looking to indulge yourself, look to the master: Mario Batali. The man knows how to go for broke with beef-cheek ravioli, gnocchi with braised oxtail and more mind-blowingly tasty dishes, calories be damned.

  2. 2 4 Star Rating: Recommended Crif Dogs
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    113 Saint Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009 (map)

    Why have one kind of meat when you can have three? The Spicy Redneck features a classic hot dog wrapped in bacon and covered in chili. It's like a heart attack in a bun!

  3. 3 3.5 Star Rating: Average Back Forty
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    190 Avenue B, New York, NY 10009 (map)

    For those who think chicken nuggets are just too healthy comes the pork jowl nugget, made with one of the fattiest cuts of the pig available.

  4. 4 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Myers Of Keswick
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    634 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014 (map)

    Scotch eggs are the perfect pick-me-up for when you are just craving a deep-fried hardboiled egg covered in a sausage/breadcrumb mixture.

  5. 5 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Pommes Frites
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    123 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003 (map)

    From the country that brought us ice hockey and Pamela Anderson comes Canada's finest accomplishment: poutine, aka fries smothered in Canadian-cured cheddar cheese and chicken gravy.

  6. 6 4 Star Rating: Recommended Park Slope ChipShop
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    383 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215 (map)

    There is no way to make the words "deep-fried pizza" sound healthy. An assortment of fried chocolate bars is also available if you have some kind of vendetta against your arteries.

  7. 7 3.5 Star Rating: Average Hallo Berlin Cart
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    W 54th St, New York, NY 10019 (map)

    Two sausages topped with fried potatoes and sauerkraut would be bad enough--but placing a meatball over the whole mess is the kind of move that makes this street cart legendary.

  8. 8 4 Star Rating: Recommended Katz's Delicatessen
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    205 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002 (map)

    What got Meg Ryan all hot and bothered in "When Harry Met Sally?" Possibly the incredibly thick, hand-carved cuts of pastrami and corned beef.

  9. 9 3.5 Star Rating: Average RUB BBQ
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    208 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011 (map)

    How could one make a creme-filled cookie even less healthy? Deep fry it. These Oreos would probably make your doctor faint.

  10. 10 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended L'Atelier De Joel Robuchon
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    57 E 57th St, New York, NY 10022 (map)

    Rent, shment. Get out that credit card and be prepared to spend because nobody, and I mean nobody, does foie gras like Joel Robuchon.