Cuisine of New York City
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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 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 – Kosher
- South Bronx – Puerto Rican, Dominican
- Wakefield – Jamaican, West Indian
- Woodlawn – Irish
Queens [edit]
- Astoria – Greek, Italian, Eastern European, Brazilian and Arab
- Bellerose – Indian and Pakistani
- Flushing – Chinese, Korean and Japanese
- Forest Hills; Kew Gardens Hills; Rego Park – Kosher, 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 – Kosher
- Brighton Beach – Russian, Georgian, Pakistani and Ukrainian
- Bushwick – Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Ecuadorian
- Canarsie – Jamaican, West Indian, African-American
- Crown Heights – Jamaican, West Indian, and Kosher
- 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 – Kosher, 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, and Puerto Rican
Staten Island [edit]
- Rossville; South Beach; Great Kills – Italian, Russian, Arab and Polish
- Tompkinsville – Sri Lankan
Manhattan [edit]
- Lower East Side – Puerto Rican, Kosher and Latin American
- Chinatown – Chinese and Vietnamese
- East Harlem – Puerto Rican, Mexican, Dominican and Italian along Pleasant Avenue
- East Village – Japanese, Korean, Indian and Ukrainian
- Harlem – African-American, Latin American, West Indian, and West African
- Koreatown – Korean
- Little Italy – Italian and Chinese
- 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 origins [edit]
Dishes invented in or alleged to have been invented in NYC [edit]
NYC 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[5]
- 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
- take-out soup, as Soup Kitchen International
NYC 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.)[6]
- celery soda
- New York-style pastrami
- brisket[7]
- corned beef[7]
- tongue
- knish[7]
- New York-style bagels and lox (see also: appetizing)[7]
- cream cheese
- whitefish with and without pike
- Gefilte fish
- blintzes[7]
- potato pancakes
- bialy[7]
- challah bread
- matzo
- egg cream
- pickled cucumbers (especially dill pickles)
- kishka
- potato kugel
- chopped chicken liver
- matzo ball soup
- lokshen soup
Notable food and beverage companies [edit]
- 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 – 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.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Knafo, Saki. "Decline of the Dog". New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Gilbert, Jonathan (2010). Michelin Green Guide New York City. Portugal: Michelin España. ISBN 9781906261863.
- ^ "Serendipity 3". Retrieved March 10, 2009.
Further reading [edit]
- Sietsema, Robert. "10 Iconic Foods of New York City, and Where To Find Them." Village Voice. Friday February 17, 2012.
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