Comments on: Five Of The Best Non-Tourist Places To Eat In New York City

By: MdAmor

MdAmor — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:51:18 +0000

I haven’t been to any of them, but I would like to try the pizza places if they aren’t too crowded.

By: Brettzky

Brettzky — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:32:38 +0000

Ben’s Best Deli in Rego Park is the gold standard.

By: rosemary

rosemary — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:32:55 +0000

great list, have tried a few and still need to try a few…great food. Spotted Pig is amazing!!

By: jtf

jtf — Tue, 10 May 2011 10:34:24 +0000

You can’t do one of these lists without running into trouble, of course… but I’d second the notion on 2nd Ave. Deli.

My Jewish wife gives it her stamp of approval, over Katz’s (which also isn’t bad but can feel too much like a production line).

By: Mario

Mario — Tue, 03 May 2011 23:20:45 +0000

People are all good. Tourists are cool too. We’ve all been tourists some time or another. These places are touristy. Nothing wrong with that. They’re also pretty good calls for good food and/or experiences. Hit up Sammy’s Romanian Steak House. It’s HEAVEN! New York Style! Order the chopped liver. YEAH!

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:57:50 +0000

Totonno’s is the best pizza I have ever had.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:42:37 +0000

the best part of reading all these posts, is that not a SINGLE new yorker has said the same thing. NOT ONE OF YOU. other than “these place are touristy”. YOU ALL have a different suggestion of where to go and what’s the BEST. This dude wrote a list of restaurants that do really well in new york, doesn’t make any of them the top 50 most touristy places to eat, these are just POPULAR restaurants that you probably wouldn’t end up at unless someone FROM new york recommended it to you. Does that not make sense to anyone??

By: CONCUR

CONCUR — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:36:14 +0000

I AGREE. All these places are totally touristy. FAIL FAIL FAIL

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:06:36 +0000

Paul, you are such an idiot.

New York is f***** built on tourism, and don’t forget, America is ridiculously young compared to the rest of the world, and it is made up of all of our people: Irish, Italian, Spanish, Chinese etc etc. So you might want to think about where YOU came from, since your family haven’t been living in New York since the beginning of time.

Many tourists have also moved to New York and probably done a lot more there than you have. If no tourists ever went to New York, you’d be screwed. And unless you plan to stay in New York every SINGLE day of your life, remember you’ll be a tourist in someone else’s city or country.

Just don’t be so cocky next time, you sound really ignorant. You should be happy that people want to visit your city.

By: George Ozuna

George Ozuna — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:02:32 +0000

2nd Ave. is by far less touristy. The people at Katz’s know they have a goldmine and are willing to put it to people with the prices. 2nd Ave. does better on the prices and the pastrami plus you don’t have to fight the people with their cameras and rude children. The last time I went I was behind a long line of people who all of a sudden began to look up at the menu when they got up to the counter. No thank you.

I don’t have a problem with the tourists other than the ones who ignore others and disrespect the way it is done in New York. People stopping to talk about what they are going to do next just outside a train while people are trying to get in and out is not good manners. Yeah, it is good that they come and visit but meh to people who come here and try to explain to us that we are rude when they come with the attitudes. I’m just saying.