Uraniumfish
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Top Twenty Foods You Can Only Get in NYC

This one's still a work in progress, but here's a bunch to start.

1. Pastrami sandwich at Katz' Deli
2. Knishes made fresh daily at Yonah Schimmel's Knishes Bakery
3. Inventive cake doughnuts from the Doughnut Plant
4. xiao long bao (or soup dumplings) at Grand Sichuan International
229 Ninth Avenue (at W. 24th Street)
5. Bagels from H & H
6. Matzoh ball soup from the 2nd Avenue Deli
7. Junior's cheesecake
8. Serendipity's frozen hot chocolate
9. Nathan's hot dogs at Coney Island
10. Pierogi and borscht at Veselka
11. Pork sausage at Faicco's Pork Shop
12. Pickles at Guss' Pickles
13. East European style crepes at Palacinka
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
Should we add H&H bagels to the list? or any other NYC bagels because they are supposedly the best!
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
What do you guys think of Junior's cheesecake? Does it live up to its reputation?

Have to admit that although I lived around the corner from Katz' I could never brave the lines of tourists, especially not at those prices. Also it was annoying to have to point random tourists in that direction every time I got on the F train. Obviously I have a personal vendetta against the place....
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
Junior's cheesecake is excellent but way too rich for me.. I couldnt stomach Katz's pastrami though I know it has legions of fans..was thinking of adding New York Pizza to the list.. I know folk love Lombardi's pizza but for me its Totonno's and Patsy's...friends and relatives who visit from overseas also always seem to want a NY steak dinner at Peter Luger's or Smith and Wollensky wonder if that to classifies as NYC foods?..
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
Oh one more .. the frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity would that make the list?
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
Egg cream is pretty specific to New York, and especially associated with Brooklyn. Though a lot of people complain that you can't get them like you used to.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
What about Indian food. There are two restuarants down on 1st Ave, I believe, that serve great Indian food. You can't miss them. They have a lot of lights. They always look like Christmas time when going by. And the people inside are the friendliest bunch of people. The only downside is they don't take credit cards.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Thanks for the additions, you guys. You pretty much got the spirit of the list--foods that have morphed into a unique experience, from a locale that can be considered the king of all such food offerings of its kind. I'm still looking for a place that would be considered the king of the soup dumplings places, one that is distinctly good--anybody?

@ uptowngirl I added the frozen hot chocolate on your recommendation, though I haven't had it myself.

Keep the suggestions coming, though.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Once I started to really think about this one, the ideas just kept coming. Now we're past top ten and verging on twenty.
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