Editor Pick
Best Greek: Snack
- December 17, 2003
- Rated 5 of 5 by
ext212 from New York, New York
Snack
105 Thompson St.
New York, NY 10012
212/925-1040
The best Greek food in Manhattan is at Snack. I'm not kidding. I eat at this place every week, no fail, until feta is almost coming out of my nose.
Fortunately, they have a slightly different lunch menu from dinner, so even if I come back for dinner after an already full lunch, I'm not sick of their Greek food.
When it's warm out, I order my lunch to go and sit outside on one of their benches, or else at the park right on the corner. For dinner, I avoid the peak dining hours from 7pm to 8pm because I don't like waiting for one of the four tiny tables inside. But if you wait, it's worth it. Some of my favorites...
Lunch:
1. artichoke chicken salad - If there is food that WILL come out of my nose, it will be this. The potatoes, the butter beans, and the string beans mixed with arugula is one of the best salads in the city. I sometimes ask for tuna instead of chicken just so I don't feel too fat after devouring a healthy serving.
2. roasted 1.0 - A nice sandwich of portobello mushrooms, red peppers, and arugula with feta on stirato bread. What more can I say?
3. Greek salad - No matter how good I can make my own Greek salad at home, it has no say to how Snack makes it. It's like I have a Greek grandma right next to me.
Dinner:
1. keftedakia - Don't worry, you can just point to it on the menu without pronouncing it. It's veal meatballs with almonds, pine nuts, and prunes served in red wine reduction. Heavenly.
2. boneless lamb rib - Oh man, just writing about this dish makes my mouth water. It's one of the best-smelling dishes you'll ever have because of the cumin. The tomato sauce balances out the flavors.
3. braised lamb stifado - It's this or the previous lamb dish that compete for my appetite. This is cooked with apricot and you will wonder how they can make the lamb so soft it melts in your mouth.
4. vegetarian mousaka - A classic Greek dish. Eggplants, mushrooms, potatoes in a bechamel sauce. Even if the world is ending, I will never be a vegetarian, but this dish will make it easy for me.
I think I'm heading over there right now. My stomach is grumbling just after writing all this!
From journal Eat in New York City but don't let New York City eat you!