Cuisine of New York City
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A slice of New York-style plain pizza
The 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 New York City, both within and outside of the various ethnic neighborhoods.[1] New York City was also the founding city of New York Restaurant Week which has spread around the world due to the discounted prices that such a deal offers.
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Enclaves reflecting national cuisines[edit]
The Bronx[edit]
- Bedford Park – Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Korean (on 204th St.)
- Belmont – Italian, Albanian (also known as "Arthur Avenue," "Little Italy")
- City Island – Italian, Seafood
- Morris Park – Italian
- Norwood – Filipino (formerly Irish, less so today)
- Riverdale – Jewish
- South Bronx – Puerto Rican, Dominican
- Wakefield – Jamaican, West Indian
- Woodlawn – Irish
Queens[edit]
An Indian restaurant in Jackson Heights
- Astoria – Greek, Italian, Eastern European, Brazilian, Egyptian and other Arabic
- Bellerose – Indian and Pakistani
- Flushing – Chinese and Korean
- Forest Hills; Kew Gardens Hills; Rego Park – Jewish, Russian and Uzbek
- Howard Beach; Ozone Park – Italian
- Glendale – German and Polish
- Jackson Heights – Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Latin American, Korean, Filipino and Mexican
- Jamaica – Bangladeshi, Caribbean; African-American; African; Creole
- Little Neck – Arab, Chinese, and Italian
- Richmond Hill – Indian, Guyanese, West Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi
- Woodhaven – Irish, Dominican, Mexican, Guyanese
- Woodside; Sunnyside – Filipino, Irish, Mexican, and Romanian
Brooklyn[edit]
- Bay Ridge – Irish, Italian, Yemeni and other Arabic
- Bedford-Stuyvesant – African-American, Jamaican, Trinidadian, Puerto Rican and West Indian
- Bensonhurst; Dyker Heights – Italian, Chinese, Russian
- Borough Park – Jewish
- Brighton Beach – Russian, Georgian, Pakistani and Ukrainian
- Bushwick – Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Ecuadorian
- Canarsie – Jamaican, West Indian, African-American
- Carroll Gardens - Italian
- Crown Heights – Jamaican, West Indian, and Jewish
- East New York – African-American, Dominican, and Puerto Rican
- Flatbush – Jamaican, Haitian, and Creole
- Greenpoint – Polish and Ukrainian
- Kensington – Bengali, Pakistani, Mexican, and Polish
- Midwood – Jewish, Italian, and Russian
- Park Slope – Italian, Irish, French, and Puerto Rican (formerly)
- Red Hook – Puerto Rican, African-American, and Italian
- Sheepshead Bay – Seafood, Russian, and Italian
- Sunset Park – Puerto Rican, Chinese, Arab, Mexican and Italian
- Williamsburg – Jewish, Italian, Dominican and Puerto Rican
Staten Island[edit]
- Port Richmond – Mexican
- Rossville; South Beach; Great Kills – Italian, Russian, Arab and Polish
- Tompkinsville – Sri Lankan, Pakistani
Manhattan[edit]
- Chinatown – Chinese and Vietnamese
- East Harlem – Puerto Rican, Mexican, Dominican and Italian along Pleasant Avenue
- East Village – Japanese, Korean, Indian and Ukrainian
- Greenwich Village – Italian
- Harlem – African-American, Latin American, West Indian, and West African
- Koreatown – Korean
- Little Italy – Italian and Chinese
- Lower East Side – Puerto Rican, Jewish, Italian, and Latin American
- Murray Hill – Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi
- Washington Heights – Dominican, Puerto Rican and Jewish
- Upper East Side – German, Czech, Hungarian
Food identified with New York City[edit]
Food associated with or popularized in New York City[edit]
Eastern European Jewish cuisine[edit]
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.)[4]
- celery soda
- New York-style pastrami, pastrami on rye
- brisket[3]
- corned beef[3]
- tongue
- knish[3]
- New York-style bagels and lox (see also: appetizing)[3]
- cream cheese
- whitefish with and without pike
- Gefilte fish
- blintzes[3]
- potato pancake
- bialy[3]
- challah bread
- matzo
- egg cream
- pickled cucumbers (especially dill pickles)
- kishka
- potato kugel
- chopped chicken liver
- matzo ball soup
- lokshen soup
Dishes invented or allegedly invented in New York City[edit]
- Bloody Mary
- Chef salad
- Chicken à la King[5]
- Chicken and waffles
- Chicken Divan
- Cronut
- Delmonico steak
- Egg cream
- Eggs Benedict
- General Tso's chicken
- Ice cream cone
- Lobster Newburg
- Mallomars[6]
- Manhattan
- Manhattan Special – A type of carbonated espresso drink.
- Pasta primavera
- Penne alla Vodka
- Reuben sandwich
- Steak Diane
- Spaghetti and meatballs
- Vichyssoise
- Waldorf salad
Street food[edit]
- arepas
- calzones
- Chinese kebabs (chuanr)
- churros
- cuchifritos
- dumplings
- falafel
- fried chicken
- fried noodles
- Gray's Papaya, Papaya King – combined papaya juice/hot dog stands
- corndogs
- grilled chestnuts[2]
- gyros/shawarma
- Halal chicken/lamb over rice[7]
- hamburgers
- honey-roasted peanuts, almonds, cashews, and coconut
- hot dog stands
- Italian ice
- Italian sausage, bratwurst
- knishes
- Mister Softee ice cream
- muffins
- piragua
- pizza, especially New York-style pizza
- soft pretzels[2]
- souvlaki/shish kebab
- stromboli
- tacos
- take-out soup, as Soup Kitchen International
Notable food and beverage companies[edit]
Dr. Brown's soda
Serendipity 3 is a popular restaurant in the Upper East Side of Manhattan founded by Stephen Bruce in 1954.[8]
- A&P
- AriZona Beverage Company
- Balducci's
- Benihana
- Blimpie
- C-Town Supermarkets
- Carnegie Deli
- Clinton St. Baking Company & Restaurant
- Dean & DeLuca
- Dr. Brown's – sodas
- Entenmann's – cakes, pies, pastries
- Fairway Market
- Food Network – the cable TV channel
- Fraunces Tavern – George Washington said goodbye to his troops here. Some departments of his new federal government were originally located here.
- Gray's Papaya – hotdog institution where there is always a "recession special"
- Grimaldi's Pizzeria
- Häagen-Dazs
- Hebrew National
- Junior's – The World's Most Fabulous Cheesecake
- Katz's Deli
- Lindy's
- Lombardi's – the first pizzeria in America
- Nathan's
- Papaya King
- PepsiCo, Inc.
- Peter Luger
- Ray's Pizza – a fierce debate over which was the original
- Russian Tea Room
- Second Avenue Deli
- Serendipity 3
- Sbarro
- Shake Shack
- Stella D'oro – biscuits, cookies
- T.G.I. Friday's – originally a NYC bar
- Vitamin Water
- Yoo-hoo – chocolate drink
- Zabar's
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Zelinsky, W. (1985). "The roving palate: North America's ethnic restaurant cuisines". Geoforum 16: 51–72. doi:10.1016/0016-7185(85)90006-5.
- ^ a b c Let's Go New York City. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g Gilbert, Jonathan (2010). Michelin Green Guide New York City. Portugal: Michelin España. ISBN 9781906261863.
- ^ Tuchman, Gary; Harry Gene Levine (October 1993). "New York Jews and Chinese Food: The social construction of an ethnic pattern" (PDF). Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 22 (3): 1. doi:10.1177/089124193022003005. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Editorial (5 March 1915). Chicken a la King Inventor Dies. New York Tribune, pg. 9, col. 5
- ^ Barron, James (December 8, 2005). "The Cookie That Comes Out in the Cold". New York Times.
- ^ Knafo, Saki. "Decline of the Dog". New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Serendipity 3". Retrieved March 10, 2009.
Further reading[edit]
- Hauck-Lawson, Annie; Deutsch, Jonathan, eds. (2010). Gastropolis: Food & New York City. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-13652-5.
- Sietsema, Robert. "10 Iconic Foods of New York City, and Where To Find Them." Village Voice. Friday February 17, 2012.
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