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Mixed shawarma platter from King of Falafel & Shawarma. They oftentimes give a free falafel while you wait. (Astoria, Queens)

https://kofnyc.com They have multiple locations including Astoria and trucks in Midtown and Bayside. Another one of my go-to shawarma platters. Amazing shawarma, falafel, and pickles with the salad. Also very filling. If you eat in, they have sauce bottles to add sauce to your heart’s content. submitted by /u/justflipping [link] [comments]

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BLT from Fay Da. Don’t sleep on the Chinese bakeries for awesome cheap sandwiches

https://fayda.com/ This was from the one on 6th Ave. Given how things have been progressing around here, with Papaya Dog and Menkoi Sato (hopefully just temporarily) closing, and that stupid cheese wheel pasta place opening around the corner along with the soulless Cinnabon-Carvel-Auntie Anne’s cluster, I’ve been feeling extra-grateful for local gems like this. Picked

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10 years in the states, and still don’t quite understand the “public space” mindset

By now I’m used to most cultural differences, but there’s still one thing I haven’t really adjusted to which isthe perception of public space. In Japan or Korea or other Asian countries, public space generally means “a shared space where you should avoid inconveniencing others.” People tend to try to be quiet, mindful of seating,

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Biriyani Bol

I’d seen this place on TikTok a few times, they deliver Biriyani in a clay pot or you to bake it up and eat at home. I got goat Biriyani, chicken tikka & paratha since I wanted to try a few things and they included raita. It was delish. Everything was spicy and flavorful. My

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Mapped 39 meals across NYC over the past year. Why is nobody talking about Malaysian food in Chinatown?

Started pinning every meal I eat with a photo because I kept losing track of great spots and going back to the same 5 places. After a year, some clear patterns jumped out from my map: Chinatown for Malaysian food is the one nobody’s paying attention to. Malaysia has a large Chinese community going back

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It’s been two weeks since it snowed; if you haven’t dug your car out by now, why do you bother having one?

Exceptions made for the elderly and disabled, obviously. But if you’re one of the many cars I see that clearly haven’t moved in >2 weeks, I’m curious as to why you think you actually need it. submitted by /u/GhostOfTammanyHall [link] [comments]

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Russ & Daughters

Can’t recommend them enough. They’re next to Katz deli and have a great selection of high quality snacks and food. I opted for the chocolate jelly Grahams which were insane. I also had an Americano to go and it was honestly the best coffee I had in my 6 days in Manhattan. Definitely swing by

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Anyone else feel like they’re flushing money out the toilet when ordering delivery nowadays?

I’m also a “dash pass” holder, so in theory my fees are lower than those who aren’t (imagine that!) Are these fees even reasonable anymore? I understand operational costs are one thing, but don’t they already take a cut out of restaurants’ earnings? And then we’re supposed to shoulder some of the cost of human

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So this lady parked her car in front of our house and she’s mad at us cuz her car is covered and surrounded by hard snow. She’s being unreasonable right?

Like she came up to me Wednesday night as I was trying to make a bit of room for our garbage bin and she told me off for what happened to her car saying how I’m not supposed to be throwing snow onto the street, but I wasn’t. I was just transferring snow that was

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Non MAGA Barber

Hello. My current barber is a maga dude and I’m done with him. Anyone know a good barber in the Manhattan, Brooklyn or Queens that is not aligned with the death cult that is the American right wing? I am looking particularly for someone that is great at cutting beards. My current guy does it

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Full floor apartments with keyed elevators – what’s it actually like?

So I’ve been looking at apartments and keep seeing these full floor places that come with keyed elevator access. I know it sounds a little pretentious but some of them are actually in my budget range somehow. I’m used to regular apartment building layouts where you walk down a hallway and unlock your door like

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What are some Beautiful spots in NYC that reminds you that life is worth living?

The most important person in my life passed away recently and it’s been super tough to handle the grief. Luckily, I have some days off work this week. Rather than stay home all day feeling depressed, I would love to go explore some cool places. I’m looking for some cool spots where I can chill

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Sweetgreen is partnering with RFK Jr.’s anti-vaxxer pal

Sweetgreen, which relies on New York as its biggest market, is launching a new menu in partnership with anti-vaxxer and junk science promoter Mark Hyman. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260106608457/en/Sweetgreen-Launches-New-Menu-in-Collaboration-with-Function-Health-Designed-by-Dr.-Mark-Hyman Hyman has built a supplement hawking grift operation that’s largely based on building public distrust in evidence-based medicine. He’s also directly collaborated with RFK Jr. to promote discredited theories

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Why Trader Joes?

Been seeing tons of videos (and seen it firsthand) of people waiting in line outside of Trader Joes. Multiple locations wiped out of stock, like people are preparing for the apocalypse! But then I went into a few different grocery stores yesterday and they were all normal, stocked, normally busy! So why are people flocking

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Malaysia Beef Jerky. Fresh grilled & warm, a bit of a smoky char, sweet & salty, and very tender. (Chinatown, Manhattan)

https://malaysiabeefjerky.com Google Maps Page Rob Martinez video feature of them If you haven’t had Malaysian-style beef jerky before, please do! It’s so addictively good. They have beef, chicken, and pork jerky. It’s sold by weight and one came out to less than a few bucks? They take card and if I remember correctly, there’s a

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