Cuisine of New York City - wikipedia Cuisine of New York City Part of a series on American cuisine Regional cuisines Northeastern New England New Jersey New York City Philadelphia Midwestern Chicago North Dakota Omaha St. Louis Mid-Atlantic Baltimore Pittsburgh Southern ( list ) Cajun Floribbean Kentucky Louisiana Creole Lowcountry New Orleans Soul food ( list ) Texas Tex - Mex Western California California fusion Pacific Northwest Rocky Mountain Southwestern New Mexican Other Hawaiian Military rations Puerto Rican Roadkill Tailgate party History Thirteen Colonies Antebellum America Chuckwagon Culinary Revolution Ingredients and foods List of American foods Blueberry Corn Okra Pecan Potato Pumpkin Sunflower seed Styles Barbecue in the United States Kansas City Memphis North Carolina Oklahoma Santa Maria St. Louis Texas Fast food Fusion New American Pizza in the United States Ethnic and cultural American Chinese Greek - American Italian - American Asian Indian - American Jewish Native American Pennsylvania Dutch Tlingit Scandinavian Holidays and festivals Christmas Thanksgiving United States portal Food portal New York - style pizza The cuisine of New York City comprises many cuisines belonging to various ethnic groups that have entered the United States through the city. Almost all ethnic cuisines are well represented in New York City, both within and outside the various ethnic neighborhoods. New York City was also the founding city of New York Restaurant Week which has spread around the world due to the discounted prices that such a deal offers. In New York City there are over 12,000 bodegas, delis and groceries and many among them are open 24 / 7. Contents 1 Enclaves reflecting national cuisines 1.1 The Bronx 1.2 Queens 1.3 Brooklyn 1.4 Staten Island 1.5 Manhattan 2 Food identified with New York City 2.1 Food associated with or popularized in New York City 2.1. 1 Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine 2.2 Dishes invented or claimed in New York City 3 Street food 4 Notable food and beverage companies 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Enclaves reflecting national cuisines The bronx Bedford Park -- Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Korean ( on 204th St. ) Belmont -- Italian, Albanian ( also known as `` Arthur Avenue, '' `` Little Italy '' ) City Island -- Italian, Seafood Morris Park -- Italian Norwood -- Filipino ( formerly Irish, less so today ) Riverdale -- Jewish South Bronx -- Puerto Rican, Dominican Wakefield -- Jamaican, West Indian Woodlawn -- Irish Queens An Indian restaurant in Jackson Heights Astoria -- Greek, Italian, Eastern European, Brazilian, Egyptian and other Arabic Bellerose -- Indian and Pakistani Flushing -- Chinese and Korean Forest Hills ; Kew Gardens Hills ; Rego Park -- Jewish, Russian and Uzbek Howard Beach ; Ozone Park -- Italian Glendale -- German and Polish Jackson Heights -- Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Colombian, Korean, Filipino and Mexican Jamaica -- Bangladeshi, Caribbean ; African - American ; African ; Creole Little Neck -- Arab, Chinese, and Italian Richmond Hill -- Indian, Guyanese, West Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi Woodhaven -- Irish, Dominican, Mexican, Guyanese Woodside ; Sunnyside -- Filipino, Irish, Mexican, and Romanian Brooklyn Bay Ridge -- Irish, Italian, Yemeni and other Arabic Bedford - Stuyvesant -- African - American, Jamaican, Trinidadian, Puerto Rican and West Indian Bensonhurst ; Dyker Heights -- Italian, Chinese, Russian Borough Park -- Jewish Brighton Beach -- Russian, Georgian, Pakistani and Ukrainian Bushwick -- Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Ecuadorian Canarsie -- Jamaican, West Indian, African - American Carroll Gardens -- Italian Crown Heights -- Jamaican, West Indian, and Jewish East New York -- African - American, Dominican, and Puerto Rican Flatbush -- Jamaican, Haitian, and Creole Greenpoint -- Polish and Ukrainian Kensington -- Bengali, Pakistani, Mexican, and Polish Midwood -- Jewish, Italian, and Russian Park Slope -- Italian, Irish, French, and Puerto Rican ( formerly ) Red Hook -- Puerto Rican, African - American, and Italian Sheepshead Bay -- Seafood, Russian, and Italian Sunset Park -- Puerto Rican, Chinese, Arab, Mexican and Italian Williamsburg -- Jewish, Italian, Dominican and Puerto Rican Staten Island Port Richmond -- Mexican, Indian Rossville ; South Beach ; Great Kills -- Italian, Russian, Arab and Polish Tompkinsville -- Sri Lankan, Pakistani, Indian Manhattan Chinatown -- Chinese and Vietnamese East Harlem -- Puerto Rican, Mexican, Dominican and Italian East Village -- Japanese, Korean, Indian and Ukrainian Greenwich Village -- Italian Harlem -- African - American, Latin American, West Indian, and West African Koreatown -- Korean Little Italy -- Italian Lower East Side -- Puerto Rican, Jewish, Italian, and Latin American Murray Hill -- Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi Washington Heights -- Dominican, Puerto Rican and Jewish Upper East Side -- German, Czech, Hungarian Food identified with New York City Food associated with or popularized in New York City Eggs Benedict Black and white cookie Hot dogs -- Served with sauerkraut, sweet relish, onion sauce, or mustard. Manhattan clam chowder New York - style cheesecake New York - style pizza New York - style bagel New York - style pastrami Corned beef Baked pretzels New York - style Italian ice Knish Eggs Benedict Lobster Newberg Waldorf Salad Doughnut Delmonico steak Black and white cookie Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine Bagel and lox Challah Matzo ball soup Much of the cuisine usually associated with New York City stems in part from its large community of Ashkenazi Jews and their descendants. The world famous New York institution of the `` Delicatessen, '' commonly referred to as a `` Deli, '' was originally an institution of the city 's Jewry. Much of New York City 's Jewish fare has become popular around the globe, especially bagels. ( New York City 's Jewish community is also famously fond of Chinese food, and many members of this community think of it as their second ethnic cuisine. ) celery soda New York - style pastrami, pastrami on rye brisket corned beef tongue knish New York - style bagels and lox ( see also : appetizing ) Bagel and cream cheese cream cheese whitefish with and without pike Gefilte fish blintzes potato pancake bialy challah bread matzo egg cream pickled cucumbers ( especially dill pickles ) kishka potato kugel chopped chicken liver matzo ball soup lokshen soup Dishes invented or claimed in New York City Egg cream Bloody Mary Chef salad Chicken à la King Chicken and waffles Chicken Divan Cronut Delmonico steak Egg cream Eggs Benedict General Tso 's chicken Ice cream cone Lobster Newburg Mallomars Manhattan Manhattan Special -- A type of carbonated espresso drink. Pasta primavera Penne alla Vodka Reuben sandwich Steak Diane Spaghetti and meatballs Vichyssoise Waldorf salad Street food Pizza truck in Midtown Vendor in New York City arepas calzones Chinese kebabs ( chuanr ) churros cuchifritos dumplings falafel fried chicken fried noodles Gray 's Papaya, Papaya King -- combined papaya juice / hot dog stands corndogs grilled chestnuts gyros / shawarma Halal chicken / lamb over rice hamburgers honey - roasted peanuts, almonds, cashews, and coconut hot dog stands Italian ice Italian sausage, bratwurst knishes Mister Softee ice cream muffins piragua pizza, especially New York - style pizza soft pretzels souvlaki / shish kebab stromboli tacos take - out soup, as Soup Kitchen International Notable Food and beverage companies Clinton St. Baking Company & Restaurant Serendipity 3 is a popular restaurant in the Upper East Side of Manhattan founded by Stephen Bruce in 1954. A&P AriZona Beverage Company Balducci 's Benihana Blimpie C - Town Supermarkets Carnegie Deli Clinton St. Baking Company & Restaurant Dean & DeLuca Dr. Brown 's -- sodas Drake 's Cakes -- cakes, pies, pastries Entenmann 's -- cakes, pies, pastries Fairway Market Food Network -- cable TV channel Fraunces Tavern -- George Washington said goodbye to his troops here. Some departments of his new federal government were originally located here. Gray 's Papaya -- hot dog institution where there is always a `` recession special '' Grimaldi 's Pizzeria Häagen - Dazs Hebrew National Junior 's -- The World 's Most Fabulous Cheesecake Katz 's Deli Lindy 's Lombardi 's -- first pizzeria in America Nathan 's Papaya King PepsiCo, Inc. Peter Luger Steak House Ray 's Pizza -- a fierce debate over which was the original Russian Tea Room Second Avenue Deli Serendipity 3 Sbarro Shake Shack Stella D'oro -- biscuits, cookies T.G.I. Friday 's -- originally a NYC bar Vitamin Water Yoo - hoo -- chocolate drink Zabar 's See also New York City portal Food portal Cuisine of New Jersey Regional cuisine List of American foods References Jump up ^ Zelinsky, W. ( 1985 ). `` The roving palate : North America 's ethnic restaurant cuisines ''. Geoforum. 16 : 51 -- 72. doi : 10.1016 / 0016 - 7185 ( 85 ) 90006 - 5. Jump up ^ Gergely Baics, Feeding Gotham : The Political Economy and Geography of Food in New York, 1790 -- 1860 ( Princeton UP, 2016 ) ^ Jump up to : Let 's Go New York City. Retrieved May 14, 2011. ^ Jump up to : Gilbert, Jonathan ( 2010 ). Michelin Green Guide New York City. Portugal : Michelin España. ISBN 9781906261863. Jump up ^ Tuchman, Gary ; Harry Gene Levine ( October 1993 ). `` New York Jews and Chinese Food : The social construction of an ethnic pattern ''. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 22 ( 3 ) : 1. doi : 10.1177 / 089124193022003005. Retrieved 9 May 2013. Jump up ^ Editorial ( 5 March 1915 ). Chicken a la King Inventor Dies. New York Tribune, pg. 9, col. 5 Jump up ^ Barron, James ( December 8, 2005 ). `` The Cookie That Comes Out in the Cold ''. New York Times. Jump up ^ Knafo, Saki. `` Decline of the Dog ''. New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2013. Jump up ^ `` Serendipity 3 ''. Retrieved March 10, 2009. Further reading Baics, Gergely. Feeding Gotham : The Political Economy and Geography of Food in New York, 1790 -- 1860 ( Princeton UP, 2016 ) xviii, 347 pp. Hauck - Lawson, Annie ; Deutsch, Jonathan, eds. ( 2010 ). Gastropolis : Food & New York City. New York : Columbia University Press. ISBN 978 - 0 - 231 - 13652 - 5. Sietsema, Robert. `` 10 Iconic Foods of New York City, and Where To Find Them. '' Village Voice. Friday February 17, 2012. External links New York Food Anywhere Who Cooked That Up ? 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Question: what kind of food is new york known for
Answer: cuisines belonging to various ethnic groups