Cuisine of New York City
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 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.[2] In New York City there are over 12,000 bodegas, delis, and groceries, and many among them are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Enclaves reflecting national cuisines
The Bronx
- 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, Albanian
- Norwood – Filipino (formerly Irish, less so today)
- Riverdale – Jewish
- South Bronx – Puerto Rican, Dominican
- Wakefield – Jamaican, West Indian
- Woodlawn – Irish
Queens
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- 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, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, Korean, Filipino, Thai, Tibetan, Bhutanese and Mexican
- Jamaica – Bangladeshi, Caribbean; African-American; African; Creole
- Little Neck – Arab, Chinese, and Italian
- Richmond Hill; South Ozone Park – Indian, Guyanese, Trinidadian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi
- The Rockaways - Irish, Jewish
- Woodhaven – Irish, Dominican, Mexican, Guyanese
- Woodside; Sunnyside – Filipino, Irish, Mexican, Tibetan, Romanian
Brooklyn
- Bay Ridge – Irish, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Lebanese, Palestinian, Yemeni and other Arabic
- Bedford-Stuyvesant – African-American, Jamaican, Trinidadian, Puerto Rican and West Indian
- Bensonhurst; – Italian, Chinese, Turkish, Russian, Mexican, Uzbek
- Borough Park – Jewish, Italian, Mexican, Chinese
- Brighton Beach – Russian, Georgian, Turkish, Pakistani and Ukrainian
- Bushwick – Puerto Rican, Mexican, 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, Uzbek, and Polish
- Midwood – Jewish, Italian, Russian, and Pakistani
- Park Slope – Italian, Irish, French, and Puerto Rican (formerly)
- Red Hook – Puerto Rican, African-American, and Italian
- Sheepshead Bay – Seafood, Chinese, Russian, and Italian
- Sunset Park – Puerto Rican, Chinese, Arab, Mexican and Italian
- Williamsburg – Italian, Jewish, Dominican and Puerto Rican
Staten Island
- Port Richmond – Mexican, Indian, Italian
- Rossville; South Beach; Great Kills – Italian, Russian, Arab and Polish
- Tompkinsville – Italian, Sri Lankan, Pakistani, Indian
Manhattan
- Chinatown – Chinese and Vietnamese
- East Harlem – Puerto Rican, Mexican, Dominican, Chinese-Cuban and Italian
- East Village – Japanese, Korean, Indian and Ukrainian
- Greenwich Village – Italian and Middle Eastern
- Harlem – Italian, African-American, Latin American, West Indian, and West African
- Koreatown – Korean
- Nolita – Australian
- Little Italy – Italian
- Lower East Side – Puerto Rican, Jewish, Italian, and Latin American
- Murray Hill – Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi
- Upper West Side, Manhattan - Jewish, Chinese-Latino
- Washington Heights – Dominican, Puerto Rican, Mexican and Jewish
- Upper East Side – German, Czech, Hungarian
Food identified with New York City
Food associated with or popularized in New York City
- Hot dogs – Served with sauerkraut, sweet relish, onion sauce, or mustard.[3]
- Manhattan clam chowder
- New York-style cheesecake
- New York-style pizza
- New York-style bagel
- New York-style pastrami
- Corned beef[4]
- Baked pretzels
- New York-style Italian ice
- Knish
- Eggs Benedict
- Chopped Cheese
- Lobster Newberg
- Waldorf Salad
- Doughnut
- Delmonico steak
- Black and white cookie
- Bacon, egg and cheese sandwich on a roll
Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine
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Much of the cuisine usually associated with New York City stems in part from its large community of Ashkenazi 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.[5])
- celery soda
- New York-style pastrami, pastrami on rye
- brisket[4]
- corned beef[4]
- tongue
- knish[4]
- New York-style bagels and lox (see also: appetizing)[4]
- Bagel and cream cheese
- cream cheese
- whitefish with and without pike
- Gefilte fish
- blintzes[4]
- potato pancake
- bialy[4]
- challah bread
- matzo
- egg cream
- pickled cucumbers (especially dill pickles)
- kishka
- potato kugel
- chopped chicken liver
- matzo ball soup
- lokshen soup
Italian-American cuisine
Like the Askenazi-Jewish community, much of the cuisine usually associated with New York City stems in part from its large community of Italian-Americans and their descendants. Much of New York City's Italian fare has become popular around the globe, especially New York-style pizza.
- Cappuccino
- New York-style pizza
- spaghetti and meatballs
- cannoli
- chicken parmigiana
- sausage and peppers
- New York-style Italian ice
- Sicilian style pizza
- pasta primavera
- fried calamari
- Sfogliatella
- arancini
- Italian bread
- Sicilian bread
- rainbow cookies
- Penne alla vodka
Chino-Latino cuisine
Chino-Latino cuisine in New York City is primarily associated with the immigration of Chinese Cubans following the Cuban Revolution.[6] Chino Latino dishes include:
- Fried rice
- Fried Pork Chop
- Lumpiang Shanghai
- Sesame Chicken
- Chicken and Broccoli
- Egg Drop Soup
- Oxtail stew
- Cuban Chicharrones de Pollo
- White Rice with Black Beans and Churrasco
Dishes invented or claimed in New York City
- Bloody Mary
- Chef salad
- Chicken à la King[7]
- Chicken and waffles
- Chicken Divan
- Cronut
- Delmonico steak
- Egg cream
- Eggs Benedict
- General Tso's chicken
- Ice cream cone
- Lobster Newburg
- Mallomars[8]
- Manhattan
- Manhattan Special – A type of carbonated espresso drink.
- Beef Negimaki
- Pasta primavera
- Penne alla Vodka
- Reuben sandwich
- Sausage and peppers
- Steak Diane
- Spaghetti and meatballs
- Vichyssoise
- Waldorf salad
Street food
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- 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[3]
- gyros/shawarma
- Halal cart chicken/lamb over rice[9]
- hamburgers
- honey-roasted peanuts, almonds, cashews, and coconut
- hot dog stands
- Italian ice
- Italian sausage, bratwurst
- knishes
- Mister Softee ice cream
- muffins
- Nutcrackers, illicit alcoholic drinks
- piragua
- pizza, especially New York-style pizza
- soft pretzels[3]
- souvlaki/shish kebab
- stromboli
- tacos
- take-out soup, as Soup Kitchen International
Notable food and beverage companies
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- A&P
- AriZona Beverage Company
- Balducci's
- Bamonte's
- Benihana
- Blimpie
- C-Town Supermarkets
- Caffe Reggio - the first espresso bar to introduce cappuccino in America
- Carnegie Deli
- Carvel (restaurant)
- Clinton St. Baking Company & Restaurant
- Dean & DeLuca
- Dr. Brown's – sodas
- Drake's Cakes – cakes, pies, pastries
- Domino Foods
- Entenmann's – cakes, pies, pastries
- Fairway Market
- Ferrara Bakery and Cafe - first Italian caffe to open up in America
- Food Network – cable TV channel
- Fox's U-bet
- Fraunces Tavern – George Washington said goodbye to his troops here. Some departments of his new federal government were originally located here.
- Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill
- Gray's Papaya – hot dog institution where there is always a "recession special"
- Grotta Azzurra
- Grimaldi's Pizzeria
- Häagen-Dazs
- Hebrew National
- Junior's – The World's Most Fabulous Cheesecake
- Katz's Deli
- Kesté
- Key Food supermarket
- L&B Spumoni Gardens
- Lindy's
- Lombardi's – first pizzeria in America
- Nathan's
- Now and Later candy
- Papaya King
- PepsiCo, Inc.
- Peter Luger Steak House
- Ray's Pizza – a fierce debate over which was the original
- Russian Tea Room
- Second Avenue Deli
- Serendipity 3
- Sbarro
- Shake Shack
- Snapple
- Stella D'oro – biscuits, cookies
- T.G.I. Friday's – originally a NYC bar
- Totonno's - first pizzeria to open up in Brooklyn
- The Halal Guys
- Vitamin Water
- Yoo-hoo – chocolate drink
- Zabar's
References
- Zelinsky, W. (1985). "The roving palate: North America's ethnic restaurant cuisines". Geoforum. 16: 51–72. doi:10.1016/0016-7185(85)90006-5.
- Gergely Baics, Feeding Gotham: The Political Economy and Geography of Food in New York, 1790–1860 (Princeton UP, 2016)
- Let's Go New York City. Let's Go. 2008-11-25. ISBN 9780312385804. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- 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". Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 22 (3): 1. doi:10.1177/089124193022003005. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- Siu, Lok (Spring 2008). "Chino Latino Restaurants: Converging Communities, Identities, and Cultures". Afro-Hispanic Review. 27 (1): 161–171. JSTOR 23055229.
- 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". Archived from the original on March 19, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2009.
Further reading
- Baics, Gergely. Feeding Gotham: The Political Economy and Geography of Food in New York, 1790–1860 (Princeton UP, 2016) xviii, 347 pp.
- Batterberry, Ariane Ruskin & Michael Batterberry (1973). On the Town in New York, from 1776 to the Present. Scribner. ISBN 0-6841-3375-X.
- 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.