Last Update: 7/4/2025 Where does a San Francisco Foodie eat in New York? Follow our journey and learn from our experiences over several trips. Here is a compilation of more casual restaurants, snack places we visited during our 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023-2024 New York City trips. Our goal was to find good eats at reasonable prices, primarily restaurants where locals go. We have no interest sampling cuisine that is done better at home in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is challenging on an expensive ‘island’, full of pricey tourist traps. Food that is better in New York than in San Francisco Pizza Bagels Italian Sichuan Ethnic food – African, South American, etc.. Our Trip includes visits to Brooklyn, Flushing. Read our Highly recommended or High end New York City restaurant recommendations Babbo Don Antonio Starita Eleveen Madison Park Le Bernardin Lincoln Ristorante momofuku noodle bar Peter Luger Steakhouse Xian Famous Foods Last Visit: 6/24/25 Bonnie’s 398 Manhattan Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 (914) 875-3709 https://bonniesbrooklyn.com Bonnie’s is a Cantonese American restaurant from Calvin Eng, named after his mom. It is located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that we read about this spot and gave it a try because we were on vacation […]

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