Hi everyone
id love to hear your favourites!
need some advice on where to eat for our trip to NY this comin September!
Pls list your Favourites
Breakfast (or Brunch)
Lunch
Dinner

quick bites/sandwich etc
takeaway coffee (all us australians hear that coffee in the USA is not good - prove us wrong)
Something typical of NY or America ( i want to try something local and different!)

thanks
Anastasia

You'll start big internet fights asking about the best brunch, pizza and deli. The best place for this is to checkout the Manhattan board of Chowhound.com.

It's difficult to describe what's typical NY as there is no real typical New Yorker. Local we have. Different, we have in spades.

haha nstevey - its great to hear people's opinions especially been a tourist, food makes up a big part of a trip!!

oh when i say local or different
id like to try 'soul' food even though its NY, i heard you can get some good american style food...someone mentioned chicken and waffles?! thats something different - not a dish you can get in australia...

http://www.yelp.com/biz/soul-fixins-new-york

Have never heard of chicken and waffles - and it's certainly not a New York dish.

Typical New York items are bagels (you can;t get real ones in most of the country - just wonderbread donuts - since they don;t boil the dough). Also grab a hot dog at Grey's Papaya (yes, you drink papaya juice).

A couple of other things common in NYC you don't necessarily see other places are black/white cookies (but they're no big deal).

There are a bunch of places with sol food - check out menupages.com for info.

What;s unique about dining in NYC is that you will find food from almost every cuisine in the world.

But without knowing your likes/dislikes - and your budget - it's hard to make specific recos.

as everyone has said there are lots of places to choose. my suggestion is to focus on a few must eat places (if they are medium to high end you really need to get a reservation and most places require one at least 30 days in advance -- it can be tricky, sometimes it can be a month). my personal favorite for high high end is per se (that requires 2 months) and it is expensive. there are tons of much more affordable spots. you should also check out new york magazine on line (they have a good site and pretty reliable recs, chowhound can be a bit much, and yelp is good if you are deciding between 2 spots). time out is good though there website is not so easy to use.

so with all that i have a few favorites -- not necessarily the most trendy or new spots but here are some ideas -- and as you'll see they are not all american. i think that nyc has a lot of amazing cuisines so it is worth going off the beaten track for these. also my suggestions are mostly mid-range costs. There are lots of great more affordable options as well.

prune, been around a long time excellent brunch (get there at 9:30 on sat. or sun or expect a long wait) also good for dinner
tabla bread bar (indian fusion, again been around a while but still good http://cherrypatter.com/2009/04/tabl...-going-strong/
for snacks, city bakery is excellent, http://cherrypatter.com/2009/04/bird...bakery-treats/
italian includes babbo and lupa (related restaurants), and blue hill is good american. convivio and alto are supposed to be good italian as well.
any of the momofuku chain are excellent (japanese kind-of), kefi or its relatives (great greek), and we of course have amazing pizza here. people will differ on their view of that also. a new place is called co. which is supposed to be excellent. my favorite is franny's in brooklyn and another fantastic italian (not fancy) spot in brooklyn is al di la. http://cherrypatter.com/2009/02/frannys/ and http://cherrypatter.com/2009/02/wort...ss-the-bridge/

and then don't forget fatty crab, shake shack and la superior (in brooklyn -- fantastic mexican).

good luck.

""Have never heard of chicken and waffles - and it's certainly not a New York dish.""

Nope, it is a soul food thing. I don't know why it has gotten popular because it is just fried chicken on one side of the plate and waffles on the other.

Aduchamp has an excellent list.

I second the recommendation for chowhound.com

For first rate - and at reasonable prices: Bouley Upstairs in Tribeca. David Bouley's casual place - always comfortable and fun. Last I recall - they don't take reservations.

Per Se is an extraordinary experience - but so is the price.

Suggest you give us more info to make recos - esp a budget.

You can also check out menupages.com - which lets you search by cuisine and neighborhood and has actual menus with prices.

I forgot, you can't mention soul food without mentioning http://www.sylviassoulfood.com/restaurants.html.

Lots of famous people have been, Obama, etc...

Chicken and waffles sound like something on a program where they mention bizarre foods in the US similar to when they talk about scorpion on a stick in China (the typical Chinese person does not eat this - this grieves me to no end, like when the Atlantic magazine put a fortune cookie on the cover on a piece about China's failing economy, oy vey.)

Chicken and waffles are probably up there with pork and pancakes sprinkled with cinnamon. Now you know why we have a weight problem.

thanks for the replies - ok forget the chicken and waffles then haha but 'soul' food does sound good!!
and i hear the term 'greasy spoon' is that just deep fried food??

but what about your personal your favourites in NY?

For coffee...Joe...several branches around town. I do not like Starbucks but love Joe.

Talking about soul(ish) food, is Maroon's still around? I think it was around the Chelsea area, W 26th?? I hope it's still there. I loved that place.

"Greasy spoon" implies a cheap dining spot that is probably not the best quality, perhaps even unclean.

ellenem - oh okay, thanks! want to avoid places like that hence this post!!

keep em coming!

any more recommendations?

Sorry to say Maroon's on W 16th recently closed, they did have chicken & waffles tho. Cafeteria (7th ave & 17th st)also does their version of chicken & waffles, but I'd recommend their mac & cheese instead. They were one of the 1st on board with that whole trend, but the tasting of all three (regular, truffle & bacon) m&c is one of my favorite things!