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A limited personal CAFES and RESTAURANTS GUIDE to New York
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Cafes
| Cafe | Address | Tel | entry | Comments (last visit) |
| The Hungarian Cafe | 1030 Amsterdam (corner 110 st) | |
The Cafe Tamar of NY 
(2005) |
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| think cofee | 248 Mercer St | |
(2006) 
Number 1 for 2006 |
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| 17 Blecker | 17 Blecker St. | |
(2008)  |
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| Doma | 17 Perry St (corner with 7th Av) | (212)-929-4339 | |
(2006) |
| 88 Orchard | 88 Orchard |  |
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| 'SNice | 45 8th Ave, @ W 4th St | 212-645-0310 | |
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| Pecan | 130 Franklin (#W.Broadway) | 646-613-8293 | |
(2008) |
| Esperanto Cafe | McDougal St. between Bleecker and 3rd st. | |
  very israeli (2006) |
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| McNally Robinson | 50 Prince St | 212-274-1160 | |
(2006) |
| Max Cafe | 1262 Amsterdam Ave | 212-531-2221 | |
(2006) |
| Grey Dog's Coffee | 33 Carmine St. (bet. Bedford & Bleecker Sts.) | (212) 462-0041 | |
A great coffee place for breakfast (2005) |
| Housing Works Bookstor Cafe | 126 Crosby | 212-334-3324 | |
The re-discovery of Feb 2008 |
| Tarallucci E Vino | 163 1st Av (#10 st) | 212-388-1190 | |
Nominated by Daniela Schiller |
| Vesuvio | 160 Prince St | 212-925-8248 | |
(2004) a nice place for light unch or coffee. Kfir Eliaz's discovery. |
| Irving 71 Place | 71 Irving Place | 212-995-5252 | |
(2005) An excellent coffee place to work at. |
| Used Book Cafe | 126 Crosby St. | 212-334-3324 | |
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| Cafe Gitane | 242 Mott St. near Prince & Houston Sts. | 212-334-9552 | |
(2004) |
Restaurents
| Restaurant | Address | Tel | entry | Comments (last visit) |
| les enfants terribles | canal X ludlow | 212-777-7518 | |
Superb!! (2006). Recommended by Adi Koll. |
| La Feliz Taqueria | 109 Ludlow Street | |
(2009) | |
| Essex | 120 Essex St (CrossRivington) |
212-533-9616 | |
Superb brunches (2006) Recommended by Adi Koll. |
| Caffe Falai | 265 Lafayete (prince/spring) | 917-338-6207 | |
(2010) |
| Keste | 271 Blecker St. | 212-243-150 | |
The best Pizza in New York! (2009) |
| La Pain Quotidien Bakery | 38E19 (for example) | 212-673-7900 | |
Well, it is a chain but neverthless remarkable. (2009) |
| Clinton St. Bakery | 4 clinton st | 646-602-6263 | |
Crowded for brunch (form 10 on) (2007) |
| Pylos | 128E7 st. | 212-473-0220 | |
An impressive Greek restaurant (2009) |
| Rice | 292 Elizabeth St | 212-226-5775 | |
(2009) |
| Quartino | 11 Bleecker St. | 212-529-5133 | |
Organic (2010) |
| Le Tableau | 511E5 (between A and B) | (212) 260-1333 | |
A cute french bistro. Recommended by Adi Koll. (2005) |
| Pink Pony | 178 Ludlow, Cross Street: Between Houston and Stanton | (212) 253-1922 | |
(2009) |
| Bar Pitti | 268 Sixth Av | 212-982-3300 | |
A nice Italian (2009) |
| Kitchenette |
1272 Amsterdam Av 80 W.Boradyway |
(212)531-7600 (212) 267-6740 |
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(2005) |
| Noah's Ark | 399 Grand St. | (212) 674-2200 | |
(2007) Nice Kosher restaurant |
| Cafe Brama | 157 2nd Ave (#10th) |
(212) 358-7140 | |
Homish simple food (2009) |
| Savoi | 70 Prince St (between Broadway & Crosby St.)
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(212) 219-8570 | |
(2010) |
| Jean Claude | 137 Sulivan | 212-475-9232 | |
(2011) |
| Barney Greengrass | 541 Amsterdam Av.
Between 86-87 |
724-4707 | |
My favorite for brunches (2011) |
| ChikaLicious | 10 st. between 2 and 1st A | |
An intersting deserts bar (reccomended by Hilla Kariv) (2011) | |
| Pepe Rosso | 149 Sullivan | 212-677-4555 | |
Simple Italian (reccomended by Hilla Kariv) (2004) |
| Alias | 76 Clinton St. (Rivington St.) | (212) 505-5011 | |
A very right rest. in the great resturants street of NY 2004 (2004) |
| Kelley and Ping | 127 Greene St. | 212-228-1212 | |
My favorite lunch place (2009) |
| Mama Mexico | 2672 Broadway (101st) | 864-2323 | |
Yuval's faborite Mexican (2009) |
| City Bakery | 3 W. 18th St. | (212) 366-1414 | |
A delight for quick lunch/coffee (2006) |
| Coal owen | 32 Spring | (212) 941-7994 | |
Piza (Yuval's favorite) (2005) |
| Assenzio | 205 E 4th Street (bet. avenue A and B) | 212-677-9466 | |
Superb Italian . Discovered by Leonardo Felli (2003) |
| Pastis | 9 Ninth Ave. (West Village) At Little W. 12th St. | 212-929-4844 | |
(2004) |
| Veselka | 144 Second Ave. (9th St.) | (212)-228-9682 | |
Ukrainian (2009) |
| Saigon Grill | 620 Amsterdam Ave. (Corner of 90th St) |
875-9072 | |
Vietnamese cheap (2007) |
| Grotto | 100 Forsyth St. | 212-625-3444 | |
Charmy Italian Eden (2006) |
| Petit Abeille | 401 E20, 466 Hudson, 44W17, 134 WestBroadway | |
Belgian (2006) | |
| Isabella's | 359 Columbus Ave. (77th St.) | 724-2100 | |
yael's most favorite brunch place (2008) |
| Max | 1274 Amsterdam Av. | 531-2221 | |
Inexpensive Excellent Italian (2008) |
| Gennaro | 665 Amsterdam Av (at 92nd) | 665-5348 | |
A superb italian (no reservations) (2010) |
| Haveli | 100 2nd Av (bet 5th and 6th) | 982-0533 | |
An excellent indian (2007) |
| Balthazar | 80 Spring St. (Broadway and Crosby). | 965-1414 | |
Expensive (2007) |
| Spice Market | 403 W 13 | 212-675-2322 | |
Asian Street Tastes Expensive (2004) |
| Mesa Grill | 102 5th Av | 807-7400 | |
(2005) |
| Prune | 54E1 | 212-677-6221 | |
quite nice discovery (2005) |
| The Tasting Room | 246 Elizabeth St. | 212-358-7831 | |
(2005) |
| Brown cafe | 61 Hester St | 212-477-2427 | |
A right sort of restuarant! (2006) |
| Spring St Natural Rest. | 62 Spring St | 212-966-0290 | |
(2006) |
| Cafe Noir | 32 Grand St | 212-431-7910 |
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| Cafe Luxemburg | 200 West 70th Street |
212-873-7411 |
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| Tamarind | 41E22 (on park) | 674-7400 | |
Ecellent Indian (2003) |
| KGB Bar | 85 4th St. | 505-3360 | |
A great place -- writers read (2006) |
| 202 | 75 Ninth Ave., between 15th and 16th | 646-638-0115 | |
(2006) (once again Shachar Kariv) |
| Brooklyn | ||||
| Stone Park Cafe | 324 5th Av Brooklyn | 718-369-6548 | |
(2006) A great place in Brooklyn |
| Franny's | 295 Flatbush Av. Brooklyn | 718-230-0221 | |
The best Piza I had for years (2005) |
| Tea Lounge | 837 Union Street (bet. 6th and 7th Av.) | 718-789-2762 | |
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| Rose Water | 787 Union St. | 718-783-3800 | |
My favorite in Brooklyn. (2009) |
| al di la | 248 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn |
718-783-4565 | |
Just the right type of excellent and inexpensive restaurant (2002) |
| To check | ||||
| The Screening Room | 54 Varick St. | 334-2100 | n/v | movie+dinner/brunch |
| CAfeteria | 119 7th Av. | 212-414-1717 | n/v |
In Memory
| Jones Diner | Corner of Great Jones st and Lafayette | Kfir Eliaz's favorite place.
The discovery of the year (2002)
 ---- a week after i have been there kfir
delivered the sad news it was closed....... |
| Lotus Lounge | 35 Clinton St | 
Thanks to Ori
Hefetz (2006) |
| Untiled Space | 133 Greene | 
it was most favorite cafe until (2004) NO MORE! Awful! |