{"id":247962,"date":"2025-09-23T04:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247962\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T04:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:04:30","slug":"best-restaurant-dishes-eater-ny-editors-ate-this-week-september-22-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247962\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Restaurant Dishes Eater NY Editors Ate This Week, September 22, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Eater editors dining out sometimes several times a day, we come across lots of standout dishes<\/a>, and we don\u2019t want to keep any secrets. Check back for the best things we ate this week.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a sucker for fried shrimp, especially when they\u2019re fried whole, crisp from head to tail. When they\u2019re done right, they rival my favorite snack: a bag of shrimp chips. The t\u00f4m chi\u00ean at M\u1eafm, the Vietnamese restaurant that\u2019s gradually expanded along Forsyth Street<\/a>, certainly delivered in this regard. The shrimp are crunchy but not greasy, and they\u2019re savory with what the restaurant calls a \u201cnorthern spice mix.\u201d<\/p>\n

The restaurant uses modestly sized shrimp here, though a generous number come with an order ($15). Their smaller size is favorable since it yields the ideal ratio of crispy, flavorful coating and sweet, bouncy flesh in each bite. I was glad that my dining partners and I had sprung for two orders of shrimp instead of just one. 70 Forsyth Street, between Hester and Grand, Chinatown \u2014 Bettina Makalintal, senior reporter<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

The cinnamon bun at Tall Poppy. Nadia Chaudhury\/Eater NY<\/p>\n

Life is short, so why not enjoy ginormous pastries? I was walking around Manhattan before a work event, looking for some coffee, when I realized I was near this bakery that\u2019s been on my radar for some time. Though Tall Poppy is known for its croissants<\/a>, I went for a glorious late afternoon breakfast of a cinnamon bun ($8.50) with a cold brew. Even though the array of flavors was enticing (I\u2019ll save the strawberry miso one for a later visit), I opted for the classic. It was such a ridiculously pillowly and tall cinnamon bun that\u2019s made using its leftover croissant dough, and it shows, resulting in this pastry that\u2019s pull-apartable (I have a very specific way of eating cinnamon buns so that I can have the doughy center last). It\u2019s the perfect meal to have on one of the outside tables on a nice day. 156 West 20th Street, at Seventh Avenue, Flatiron \u2014 Nadia Chaudhury, deputy dining editor, Northeast<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

The La Llarena arepa at Coppelia. Rebecca Roland\/Eater LA<\/p>\n

La Llarena arepa at Coppelia<\/a><\/p>\n

Late-night hunger pangs brought me into Coppelia<\/a> this weekend, a 24-hour pan-Latin diner with retro touches. The restaurant was bustling, even in the middle of the night, as guests sipped on mojitos while digging into plates of pancakes, Cubanos, and churrasco steak. The La Llarena arepa ($14) caught my eye, stuffed with skirt steak, queso fresco, avocado, and tomatoes. While sometimes, 24-hour restaurants rely more on charm than the food itself, that is not the case here. The steak was cooked to medium rare, well-seasoned, and tender. The arepa had a pleasant crisp on the exterior, and the avocado and tomatoes were ripe. The queso fresco was just salty enough to bring it all together. Even after just one visit, I know this is going to be in my regular late-night Manhattan rotation. 207 West 14th Street, near Seventh Avenue, Chelsea \u2014 Rebecca Roland, deputy editor, Eater Southern California\/Southwest<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

The Kanto fried chicken at Naks. Nicole Adlman\/Eater<\/p>\n

Kanto fried chicken at Naks<\/a><\/p>\n

Let me start by saying that the claypot adobo rice that arrived at the table next to ours at Naks<\/a> smelled heavenly. Our heads turned instantaneously in its general direction as a server delivered it from the kitchen. But my dining partner abstains from pork, so this is about the pyramid of Kanto fried chicken<\/a> ($16) that adorned our table, which we demolished inside this slip of a restaurant after a long day of travel. The chicken seemed, to my untrained eye, to be exclusively dark meat and might as well have been chicken tenders, since each piece arrived thin and thoughtfully deboned with a crisp, ruffled battered exterior. It was juicy and well portioned, with a side of creamy, pale yellow garlic aioli ready to receive each morsel. Did my gluten-intolerant dining partner risk her precious stomach health for this dish? Maybe, but please don\u2019t tell our waiter. 201 First Avenue, near East 12th Street, East Village \u2014 Brenna Houck, dining editorial manager<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

The shishito peppers with duck sausage at Claud. Stephanie Wu\/Eater<\/p>\n

Shishito peppers with duck sausage at Claud<\/a><\/p>\n

Every time I go to Claud<\/a>, I find a new dish that surprises me and gets added onto my must-order list (if you\u2019re wondering, that list also includes the sizzling shrimp<\/a>, the chicken liver agnolotti, the foie gras terrine, and the chocolate cake). This time around, it was the shishito peppers ($17) \u2014 fried with a light, airy batter and stuffed with duck sausage, it reminded me a bit of Via Carota\u2019s famous sausage-stuffed fried olives. The peppers were served with a dill sauce on the side for a kick, and were an absolute stunner for our first bite of the night, followed by many, many more wonderful dishes across the late-summer menu. 90 East 10th Street, between Third and Fourth avenues, East Village \u2014 Stephanie Wu, editor-in-chief<\/p>\n

\"One<\/a><\/p>\n

The callos madreli\u00f1os at Bartolo. Melissa McCart\/Eater NY<\/p>\n

Callos madreli\u00f1os at Bartolo<\/a><\/p>\n

Tripe with blood sausage at the newly opened Bartolo<\/a> from the folks behind Ernesto\u2019s is actually glorious. A saucy, savory dish ($36) with a cut of morcilla, scented by garlic and brightened with tomatoes, is a great crossover dish to fall. Don\u2019t worry: there are plenty of reminders of summer in the rearview mirror \u2014 gazpacho ($9) and an appetizer in which honeydew is the star<\/a> ($25), among others. I ordered with a cuttlefish main and a side of beans with housemade chorizo ($22) for an exciting dinner out. The bar, by the way, is tiny and enthralling, with the front of two rooms as snug as the cabin of a luxurious sailboat. 310-312 West Fourth Street, near West 12th Street, Greenwich Village \u2014 Melissa McCart, dining editor, Northeast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Eater editors dining out sometimes several times a day, we come across lots of standout dishes, and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":247963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,9765,16319,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-247962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-best-dishes","10":"tag-dining-out-in-ny","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115251635646331324","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}