Cuisine of New York City

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The cuisine of New York City comprises many

ethnic groups that have entered the United States through the city. Almost all ethnic cuisines are well represented in New York, both within and outside the various ethnic neighborhoods.[1]

The city's New York Restaurant Week started in 1992 and has spread around the world due to the discounted prices that such a deal offers.[2] In New York there are over 12,000 bodegas, delis, and groceries, and many among them are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Food identified with New York

Food associated with or popularized in New York

Eggs benedict
made with smoked salmon
Black and white cookie
  • Hot dogs – served with sauerkraut, sweet relish, onion sauce, or mustard.[3]

Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine

See also: Jewish deli and Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine
Bagel and lox
Challah
Matzo ball soup

A good portion of the cuisine usually associated with New York stems in part from its large community of

Ashkenazi Jews
and their descendants.

The world-famous New York institution of the delicatessen, commonly referred to as a "deli," was originally an institution of the city's Jewry.[citation needed] Much of New York's Jewish fare, predominantly based on Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, has become popular around the globe, especially bagels. (New York City's Jewish community is also famously fond of Chinese food, and many members of this community think of it as their second ethnic cuisine.[5])

Italian-American cuisine

A large part of the cuisine associated with New York stems from its large community of

New York-style pizza
.

Chino-Latino cuisine

See also: Chinese Latin American cuisine § New York

Chino-Latino[6] cuisine in New York is primarily associated with the immigration of Chinese Cubans following the Cuban Revolution.[7] Chino-Latino dishes include:

Dishes invented or claimed to have been invented in New York

Egg cream

Street food

Pizza truck in Midtown
Vendor in New York City

Enclaves reflecting national cuisines

The Bronx

  • Bedford Park – Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Korean (on 204th St.)
  • Belmont – Italian, Albanian (also known as "Arthur Avenue," "Little Italy")
  • City Island – Italian, seafood
  • Morris Park – Italian, Albanian
  • Norwood – Filipino (formerly Irish, less so today)
  • Riverdale – Jewish, Irish
  • South Bronx – Puerto Rican, Dominican
  • Wakefield – Jamaican, West Indian
  • Woodlawn
    – Irish

Queens

An Indian restaurant in Jackson Heights

Brooklyn

  • Bay Ridge – Irish, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Lebanese, Palestinian, Yemeni and other Arabic
  • Bedford-Stuyvesant
    – African-American, Jamaican, Trinidadian, Puerto Rican and West Indian
  • Bensonhurst – Italian, Chinese, Turkish, Russian, Mexican, Uzbek
  • Borough Park – Jewish, Italian, Mexican, Chinese
  • Brighton Beach – Russian, Georgian, Turkish, Pakistani and Ukrainian
  • Bushwick
    – Puerto Rican, Mexican, Dominican, and Ecuadorian
  • Canarsie
    – Jamaican, West Indian, African-American
  • Carroll Gardens – Italian
  • Crown Heights – Jamaican, West Indian, and Jewish
  • East New York
    – African-American, Dominican, and Puerto Rican
  • Flatbush
    – Jamaican, Haitian, and Creole
  • Greenpoint – Polish and Ukrainian
  • Kensington – Bengali, Pakistani, Mexican, Uzbek, and Polish
  • Midwood – Jewish, Italian, Russian, and Pakistani
  • Park Slope
    – Italian, Irish, French, and Puerto Rican (formerly)
  • Red Hook – Puerto Rican, African-American, and Italian
  • Sheepshead Bay – Seafood, Chinese, Russian, and Italian
  • Sunset Park – Puerto Rican, Chinese, Arab, Mexican and Italian
  • Williamsburg – Italian, Jewish, Dominican and Puerto Rican

Staten Island

Manhattan

  • Chinatown – Chinese and Vietnamese
  • East Harlem – Puerto Rican, Mexican, Dominican, Chinese-Cuban and Italian
  • East Village – Japanese, Korean, Indian and Ukrainian
  • Greenwich Village – Italian and Middle Eastern
  • Harlem – Italian, African-American, Latin American, West Indian, and West African
  • Koreatown – Korean
  • Nolita
    – Australian
  • Little Italy – Italian
  • Lower East Side
    – Puerto Rican, Jewish, Italian, and Latin American
  • Murray Hill – Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi
  • Upper West Side, Manhattan
    – Jewish, Chinese-Latino
  • Washington Heights – Dominican, Puerto Rican, Mexican and Jewish
  • Upper East Side – German, Czech, Hungarian

Notable food and beverage companies

Clinton St. Baking Company & Restaurant
Serendipity 3 is a popular restaurant in the Upper East Side of Manhattan founded by Stephen Bruce in 1954.[12]

See also

References

  1. doi:10.1016/0016-7185(85)90006-5
    .
  2. ^ Gergely Baics, Feeding Gotham: The Political Economy and Geography of Food in New York, 1790–1860 (Princeton UP, 2016)
  3. ^
    ISBN 9780312385804
    . Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  4. ^
    ISBN 9781906261863
    .
  5. S2CID 143368179
    . Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  6. ^ Chiu, Lisa. "Cuban-Chinese Cuisine Is a Specific Take on Chino-Latino Food Fusion". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  7. JSTOR 23055229
    .
  8. ^ Gonzalez, Clara (2004-12-28). "Chicharrón de Pollo: Recipe + Video for the Crispiest Chicken Bites". Dominican Cooking. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  9. ^ Editorial (5 March 1915). Chicken a la King Inventor Dies. New York Tribune, pg. 9, col. 5
  10. ^ Barron, James (December 8, 2005). "The Cookie That Comes Out in the Cold". New York Times.
  11. ^ Knafo, Saki. "Decline of the Dog". New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  12. ^ "Serendipity 3". Archived from the original on March 19, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2009.

Further reading

External links

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