With 24,000 places to eat in New York to choose from, a list recommending the “best” is going to be more or less those that are unique to the city and of a kind unlikely to be found in any other city. New York’s restaurants come in every size, style and price point, as well in every ethnic variety.

The city has more than one Chinatown and Little Italy, whole neighborhoods full of Greek, Albanian, Indian, Korean, Japanese, Thai and Korean restaurants, and you’ll find endless debates among New Yorkers in each borough as to who serves the best pizza, sushi, ramen and pastrami.

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