Turkish Immigrant Restaurant Owners in New York & London
Two cities, one story told thousands of times: a family opens a restaurant so the next generation doesn't have to.
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Food
Delis, noodle shops, coffee roasters, candy stores and the dollar slice: the places that make New York taste like New York.
New York's food story is told best by its institutions: the delis, coffee merchants, candy stores and slice shops that have fed the same blocks for generations. This section covers them, from the hand-carved pastrami at Katz's Delicatessen and the bean bins at Porto Rico Importing Co. to the late-night dollar slice on the Lower East Side.
We also write about the newer arrivals that changed how the city eats, like Yunnan mixian at Little Tong Noodle Shop, Philippine coffee at Mountain Province, and the immigrant families behind the city's Turkish restaurants. Every guide is practical: what to order, when to go and what makes the place worth the trip.
Pies 'n' Thighs and All Things Nice
Fried chicken, warm biscuits and a slice of pie: Brooklyn's favorite Southern-style brunch, explained.
It's More Than Just a Slice to End the Night
Cheap, hot and open late: the New York dollar slice is street food, a social equalizer and the city's unofficial nightcap.
Porto Rico Importing Co.
Burlap sacks, wooden bins and the smell of roasting beans: a Greenwich Village coffee merchant that has outlasted every trend.
Journalistic Inquiry: Notes, Quotes and Details
A food festival is a crash course in reporting: noisy, crowded and full of small details worth writing down.
Little Tong Noodle Shop
Slippery rice noodles, Grandma Chicken broth and a chef who put Yunnan on New York's noodle map.
Mountain Province
Coffee from the highlands of the Philippines, pineapple scones and a café built as a love letter to a grandmother.
Katz's Deli: Some Delicious Pastrami
Hand-carved pastrami piled impossibly high, a paper ticket you must not lose and more than a century of Lower East Side history.