The Lower East Side's brunch mecca, serving up delectable pancakes and perfect biscuits. The wait to get in on weekends (and many weekdays) is ridiculously long. Your best best: going for dinner. Don't miss the fried chicken!
4 Clinton Street,...
A favorite of late night bar crowds, this "hole in the wall" spot serves sweet and savory crepes until the wee hours.
135 Ludlow, near Rivington
212-979-5521 or 212-253-6705
Hours Sunday-Thursday 11am-3am; Friday-Saturday 11am-4am
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Cash only, late night
The Clinton Street cafe features good coffee, sandwiches, a full bar and (of course) exemplary chocolate and chocolate desserts. Cocoa Bar has wi-fi and is almost never crowded.
21 Clinton Street, near Stanton
212-677-7417
Hours: Mon-Thu: 7am-12am; ...
It may look like an ultra-modern museum but Bisous Ciao is really a bakery selling macarons and nothing but macarons.
101 Stanton, near Ludlow
(212) 260-3463
Hours: Tues - Thurs: 12:00 pm - 8:30 pm; Fri - Sat: 12:00 pm -...
The organic cafe in the New Museum run by Maury Rubin of the City Bakery. There's a nice selection of pastries, sandwiches, soups and salads.
235 Bowery, at Prince
212-219-1222
Hours Wed: 11am-6pm ...
John Snyder has been the reigning king of ice cream on the Lower East Side since he opened a tiny storefront on Orchard Street in 2002. Now he's moved the main operation to a big new space across from Katz's...
This bakery, juice bar and fish market in the Essex Street Market offers some of everything. The $4 fish sandwiches are tasty and a great deal. There are a few tables right across from the bakery, if you wish...
Established in 1982, this small Hester Street candy shop feels like the old Lower East Side. Their motto: "anything can be dipped in chocolate."
63 Hester, at Ludlow
212-598-0092
Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am-6:30pm; Sat-Sun, 11am-6pm
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Chocolate covered bacon! Need we say more? Roni Sue Kave creates a wide range of interesting chocolate-based morsels in her shop at the Essex Street Market.
120 Essex Street, near Delancey
212-260-0421
Hours 11am-7pm
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This vegan bakery is famous worldwide for its moist cupcakes and other baked goods.
248 Broome, near Ludlow
212-677-5047
Hours Sun-Mon, 10am-8pm; Tue-Thu, 10am-10pm; Fri-Sat, 10am-11pm
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