This Saturday visit the Museum of Chinese in America and try your hand at puzzle solving! MOCA is offering family puzzle-solving workshops on the last Saturday of each month from March to August 2011. Kids 4 and older work with...
Nothing rings in Spring better than a funky, upbeat concert led by a banjo-playing certified music therapist. On Sunday, March 20 from 11-2, the Educational Alliance is hosting The Bossy Frog Band at the Mazer Theater (197 East...
The best congee (26 varieties) in New York City can be found at this large restaurant on Allen Street, and its sister outpost on the Bowery. But there's a huge menu (250 items long) featuring a wide variety of...
Revel in the tacky decor as you slurp down big bowls of congee (rice porridge). There's an extensive menu featuring many other Cantonese dishes.One of the best bargains in the neighborhood - and they deliver!
207 Bowery, near Rivington
212-766-2828
Open 11am-midnight...
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
A dependable option for pizza and so much more (you can get everything from a burger to Shrimp Scampi). At least one Lo-Down reader touts the meatballs. Fast delivery, gentle prices.
525 Grand Street, near Henry
212-477-3374
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A vegan Chinese restaurant that also prepares dishes without garlic and onion (gasp!). Stay away from the mock meat dishes.
170 Allen, near Stanton
212-388-1364
Hours Mon-Sat, 12:30pm-10:30pm; Sun, closed
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Chinese, vegan, delivery, lunch
A-1 Pizza offers a decent slice on the eastern end of Grand Street.
505 Grand Street, near East Broadway
212-533-0214
Open until midnight
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Hand pulled noodles from Lanzhou, in Central China, is the specialty at this hole-in-the-wall on Eldridge Street. The dumplings are also standouts here.
26 Eldridge, near Canal
212-625-1198
Open 1030am-1030pm
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Chief Curmudgeon Kenny Shopsin serves up a few hundred (no, that's not a typo) wacky items in his little corner of the Essex Market. Ignore his profane rants and occasional temper tantrums while slurping down one of 54 "made...
