New York

The tastes that make New York

The 16 tastes on our New York list, and the kitchen we send you to for each.

What to taste

Drink
Egg cream
Soda-fountain drink of milk, seltzer and chocolate syrup (no egg)
Russ & Daughters · Lower East Side
Street bite
Pastrami
2nd Ave Deli · Murray Hill
Bake
Bagel
Russ & Daughters · Lower East Side
Plate
Knish
A baked knish filled with buckwheat
Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery · Lower East Side (East Houston Street)
Sweet
Cheesecake
New York cheesecake on a graham cracker crust
Eileen's Special Cheesecake · Nolita (Cleveland Place)
Sweet
Cannoli
Fried pastry shell filled with ricotta cream
Veniero's · East Village (East 11th Street)
Bake
Bialy
Flat onion rolls from the brick oven
Kossar's Bagels & Bialys · Lower East Side (Grand Street)
Plate
Oyster pan roast
Oysters cooked in cream, butter and clam juice, with toast
Grand Central Oyster Bar · Midtown (Grand Central Terminal)
Small plate
Appetizing
Smoked sturgeon scrambled with eggs and onions
Barney Greengrass · Upper West Side

Unless credited, dish pictures are AI-made, not house photos