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  • replying to u/Dry-Revolution9754: If you had to pick 3 which would they be? It looks like we live real close to each other. 👀 I see no pizza shop on your list so I would suggest you try out Andrea’s

    I will pick BBF since they deserve more business

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  • LES has a couple of good kissaten places that might make it worth skipping Izakaya (Davelle and BBF are two that are great for lunch and Davelle having a tone of Katsu curry style options, BBF doing things like tamago sandos, katsu sandos and friendly made onigiri).

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  • To dine in for the price BBF is my favorite.

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  • My repeats are the numerous places in Les and EV you can spend 35$ for a pretty good dinner or 20ish for a luxury ch. Looking at you BBF, Little Myanmar, Raku, Obiburo house of tsukemen, ramen ishida, izakaya juraku, toriya, cafe mogorador, yuca, three times for your BOGO Xiao long BAO you always have on Uber eats.

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  • For example here are three Japanese restaurants that do something that would be better than any place you'd find in a city like Tampa, Charlotte, Kansas City or St.Louis and probably have concepts thatose cities have never seen.

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  • There are are also a number of Japanese Kissatens (Cafe's that have a food focus) that take their coffee seriously, but I wouldn't necessarily go their for their latte (BBF, Hi-Collar, Davelle).

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  • there are a number of Japanese restaurants that have excellent day time coffee programs. Hai Collar, BBF and Davelle.

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  • replying to u/Snoo-18544: For coffee: BBF is a Japanese restaurant that operates as a excellent coffee shop during day time and has a good lunch program. They let people work there til 4:30. This would be my recommendation if you want to combine lunch and coffee. Everything they do is solid, but people are in love with their egg sandwiches. They also have freshly made onigiri, Japanese French toast, pancakes, katsu plates etc.  Rex Coffee is another spot that you could also do. REX and Black cat are two other spots that are work friendly. Black Cat is a vibe, but Rex is better quality (they serve counter culture). However, if your more concerned with just a place to hang then Black cat is probably the coolest out of these. They also have by far the worst coffee of all four. Warning make sure you have your own hot spot, because a lot of nyc coffee houses dont have public wifi. I think Rex,  Black Cat do, Sammy L does. Rex also has a pretty extensive food program, but given your here for one day may want to skip as there are more special bites. East Village also has Sammy L coffee which is near Astor place. Its good for work from. The owner is an award winning Italian trained barista and he opened the shop for nyu students. It has an Asian flair, as he is Taiwanese. Has a decent food program, but nothing that is worth writing home about, so I'd skip for something special. For drinks, lullaby is a great hidden gem  cocktail bar. For famous spots you fan also take a shot at super bueno, 

    Seconding BBF

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  • I think this area and Chinatown always have many options for good quick bites. Here’s some places you can plug into google maps to plan out a route.

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