Name |
Type/Cost |
Address |
Notes |
120th Street and
Above on Amsterdam |
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Max Soha | Italian/$ (¢-lunch) | 1274 Amsterdam at 123rd | Recommended for lunch and dinner (might be closed for summer) |
Max Cafe | Italian/¢-$ | 1262 Amsterdam Ave btw 122nd & 123rd | Recommended. Drinks & Appetizers, lounge setting. |
Kitchenette | Home cookin'/$ | 1272 Amsterdam btw 122nd and 123rd | Recommended for breakfast, lunch |
Sezz' Medi | Italian_Pizza/¢ | Amsterdam at 122nd | Brick oven pizza. |
JTS dining hall |
Kosher/¢ | Broadway at 122nd |
Breakfast and lunch only (closes
at 2pm) Open all summer |
Che Bella Pizza | Pizza/¢ | 1209 Amsterdam at 120th | Okay Pizza |
Subs Concious | Sandwich/¢ | 1213 Amsterdam Ave at 120th | Recommended
for carry-out lunch (big subs and steak sandwiches), sit on the steps |
116th
to 110th Street (mainly on Broadway) |
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Ollie's | Chinese/¢ | 2957 Broadway at 116th st | Fast, cheap and usually pretty good (but might also be closed) |
Caffe Swish | Pan Asian/¢ | Next door to Ollie's | Slightly more upmarket Pan Asian
fare (bubble tea) |
Hewitt Dining Hall |
Kosher/Vegan/¢ | 116th and Claremont, enter
on b'way |
Kosher dining hall in Barnard
(breakfast, lunch and dinner available) closed for the summer |
B-school cafeteria |
Sandwich/lunch/¢ | Right next to the meeting in Uris |
Not terribly exciting but close! |
Amir's Falafel | Lebanese/¢ | 2885 Broadway btw 113th and 114th | Not as good as Jerusalem but closer. |
The West End | Bar Food/¢ | 2911 Broadway at 113th | Student spot. Burgers etc.,
Groovier when Allen Ginsberg was here |
The Mill | Korean/¢ |
2895 Broadway btw 113th & 112th | Recommended for lunch and dinner |
Nacho's Kitchen | Mexican/$ | 2893 Broadway btw 112th and 113th | Mexican (but not good mexican). Sit outside. |
Le Monde | French bistrodiner/$ | 2885 Broadway btw 113th & 112th | Good food. pretentious staff, Possible to eat outside. Great place for drinks (belgian beer) |
Cafe Pertutti | Italian/¢-$ | 2888 Broadway btw 113th and 112th | Excellent deserts. Sit outside for drinks. |
Deluxe |
Diner/$ | Broadway at 113th | pseudo-diner but Sit outside. |
Tom's | Diner/¢ | Broadway at 112th st. | The real greasy thing...Recognize the sign from Seinfeld? |
Symposium | Greek/$ | 544 113th St btw broadway and amsterdam | Sit in the garden out back. |
The Heights | Bar/¢ | 2867 Broadway btw 112th and 111th | Food is so-so but rooftop bar is fun |
Famiglia |
Pizza/¢ | Broadway at 111th | ehhh... |
Koronet |
Pizza/¢ | Broadway btw 111th and 110th | $2.50 slices bigger than your head. "Cheap and nasty", "genius", "dangerous" |
Tomo |
Japanese/$ |
Broadway btw 11th and 110th |
Perfectly passable sushi in the
neighborhood. |
Caffe Taci | Italian/¢-$ | 2841 Broadway | Sometimes they have opera singers. |
Below
110th street (but worth the walk)
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La Rosita |
Spanish/Dominican/¢ | Broadway btw 108th & 109th |
Rice and Beans and
more...excellent breakfast option |
Taqueria y Fonda | Mexican/¢ | 968 Amsterdam Ave btw 107th & 108th | Recommended for lunch and dinner (el cheapo, authentic Taqueria..fave of grad students) |
Jerusalem Falafel | Palestinian/¢ | Broadway at 103rd on west side | Recommended for lunch & dinner (but zero decor). Open late. |
Name |
Type | Address |
Notes |
Pampa |
Argentine/$$ |
768 Amsterdam Ave btw 97th and
98th |
Recommended
for steak. Sit
out back in garden. |
Spoonbread Too |
Southern SoulFood/$ |
366 W. 110th St. at Columbus Ave. |
Recommended. |
A |
French Caribbean/$ |
East side of Columbus Ave
between 107th & 108th? |
Worth the walk. East
village in Morninside Heights. Bring your own wine. |
Acqua |
Mediteranean/$ |
Amsterdam btw 94th and 95th |
Seafood. |
Gabriela's |
Mexican/$ |
Amsterdam at 93rd | More authentic than Taco Bell (actually this is
pretty good for New York) |
Gennaro |
Italian/$$ |
Amsterdam btw 92nd and 93rd |
Recommended.
Top rated Italian (watch for the bait-and-switch specials) |
Alouette |
French bistro/$$ |
2588 Broadway at 97th | Recommended. |
Metisse |
French & N. African/$$ |
239 105th St at Broadway |
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Saigon Grill |
Vietnamese/¢ | 620 Amsterdam btw 90th and 91st |
Recommended.
Excellent but
gets crowded. |
Yuki Sushi |
Japanese/$$ |
656 Amsterdam at 92nd st |
Recommended.
Top rated Sushi above 90th |
Darna | Kosher/Morrocan/$$ | 600 Columbus at 89th st |
Recommended.
|
Monsoon |
Vietnamese/$-$$ |
435 Amsterdam btw 80th and 81st |
Recommended. |
Haru |
Japanese/$$ |
433 Amsterdam btw 80th and 81st |
Recommended.
Sit outside. |
Sipan |
Peruvian/$$ |
720 Amsterdam btw 94th and 95th |
|
Rain |
Pan-Asian/$$ |
100 W. 82nd St. near Amsterdam. |
Upmarket Pan-Asian... |
Celeste |
Italian/$ |
502 Amsterdam at 84th |
Ouest |
Continental/$$$+ |
Broadway at
84th Street, 212-580-8700 |
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'Cesca |
Italian/$$$+ |
164 W. 75th St
near Broadway, 212-787-6300 |
|
Nice Matin |
Provencal/$$$+ |
201 W. 79th
St. at Amsterdam, 212-873-6423 |
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Picholine |
Continental/$$$+ |
35 W. 64th St. 212-724-8585 |
|
Cafe Luxembourg |
French
(Belgian?)/$$ |
200 W. 70th
St. near Broadway, 212-873-7411 |
Great brunch. |
Name |
Type |
Address |
Notes |
The Hungarian Pastry Shop |
cafe |
1030 Amsterdam and 111th |
Student spot, pastries not so
great |
Silver Moon |
bakery |
2740 Broadway at 105th |
Best bread, pastries in
neighborhood. Recommended. |
Oren's Roast |
cafe |
2882 Broadway btw 113th and 112th |
Coffee |
Absolute Bagels |
bagels |
2788 Broadway btw 107th and
108th |
columbia bagels just closed (end
of an era, really) this is the next best thing. |
Nussbaum & Wu |
cafe |
2897 Broadway at 113th |
breakfast, lunch, pastries, sit
outside. |
Starbucks Coffee |
coffee shop |
Just about everywhere |
the McDonalds of coffee...But
the de-facto Public toilets of NYC |