Freemans

I'm posting this for Minde and Tyler (who are holding out on us - seriously, they give the best restaurant recommendations).

Everything about Freemans is fabulous: walking down the alley in the LES to get there, the taxidermy animals on the wall, the way the light comes through the windows just so, and the food, of course the food!

I'm still craving the citrus salad and cinnamon lemonade.

Freemans

End of Freeman Avenue

Off Rivington, between the Bowery and Chrystie.

The Meatball Shop

Loved it. Dan had a hero sandwich with the traditional meatball and tomato sauce. I had the vegetable meatballs with pesto sauce.

And they have great ice-cream sandwiches.

I know I'm not the only one who's been here, so feel free to add any comments.

Meatball Shop

84 Stanton Street

Zaitzeff

Hardest name to pronounce or spell out but some of the best sliders we've had in New York.
I had one with a fried egg and jalapenos :)
So good.

Zaitzeff's website.

Caracas Arepa Bar

Caracas Arepa Bar

93 1/2 East 7th Street

Delicious - so many unique flavors and options. And cheap.

An Choi

An Choi

This Vietnamese restaurant was one of the NY Times best restaurants under $25 for 2009. It's small and not super-kid friendly but the food is delicious. We liked the Chinese crispy roast pig Bahn Mi sandwich and the Pho Chay vegetarian noodle soup. Salad rolls were tasty, too.

85 Orchard Street - Sunday to Saturday - noon to 10:30pm