65 4th Ave (4th Ave & 10th Street)
(212) 388-0088
www.ippudony.com
It’s always a terrific sign when approaching an ethnic restaurant to find the clientele to be overwhelmingly of the restaurant’s nationality. It’s something akin to seeing a local... Read More
330 W. Broadway (W. Broadway & Grand)
212.226.8111
www.salumenewyork.com
Prosciutto is the meat of the gods, and we don’t care who knows it. There’s very little you can pair our favorite cured specialty with that we wont gobble right up, that being said, when... Read More
172 Thompson St., New York, NY 10012 Thompson and Houston
212-777-9346
http://www.tomoesushi.com
If you’re something of a sushi snob like we are, there’s little that will get in your way to find the freshest cuts of fish that you can get your hands on, and for years the barebones... Read More
28 Watts St (Watts and Thompson)
212-219-8888
www.mooncakefoods.com
Long time favorite of the GrandLife offices, Mooncake Foods has been populating our lunchtime bellies since it opened in 2003. Combining a rich selection of Asian traditional with a dash of American... Read More
250 Mulberry St, New York, NY (@ Prince St.)
212.965.0955
www.piginahat.com
By day, Torrisi Italian Specialties is a sandwich shop on the northern edge of Little Italy. This is noteworthy, because Torrisi is nothing quite like the tourist traps and lackluster Italian food... Read More
267 Lafayette St, New York, NY (Prince & Spring Sts.)
212.274.8615
www.falainyc.com
A sleek, white, heaven-like interior on Lafayette is home to an exceptional Italian restaurant that feels like a bit of Florence on the Lower East Side. Eponymously christened by the acclaimed... Read More
430 Lafayette St., New York, NY (Astor Place & 8th St.)
212.505.5111
www.indochinenyc.com
If these walls could talk, they’d have a book full of stories. Hence Indochine: Stories Shaken and Stirred, the recently published book celebrating 25 years of this timeless classic. Since 1984,... Read More
113 Thompson St. New York, NY (Spring & Prince St.)
212.925.8923
www.yelp.com/biz/omen-new-york
Omen, the unusual Japanese haunt in SoHo, is the paragon of Kyoto-style country cooking. That means you’ll be exposed to such wonders as the Uni Yamakake (raw tuna and sea urchin with grated... Read More