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New York City Restaurants - East Village/Lower East Side Restaurants

Bond Street

6 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012
This New York Japanese restaurant is refreshingly minimal in décor, yet excitingly inventive on the plate. Along with Nobu (from which BondSt's chefs originally hailed), BondSt serves the best and freshest sushi in New York. Models, financiers and fish aficionados all flock to the perennially hip establishment to dine on sashimi and other Asian-inspired, minimalist dishes.

Esperanto

145 Avenue C, New York, NY 10009
Brazilian.

Lucky Cheng's

24 First Avenue New York, NY 10009
The pre-eminent drag revue, Lucky Cheng's draws fame, fortune, and notoriety. Making appearances in Growing up Gotti and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and home to appearances from everyone from Prince Albert of Monaco to Lenny Kravitz; Lucky Cheng's is a New York institution for food, fun, and flamboyant flair. The restaurant serves pan-Asian fair from macadamia nut lemongrass coconut sirloin stir-fry to smoked tofu shrimp pad Thai. Come for the food, come for the fun, see and be seen at one of New York's premier party destinations.

Starfoods

64 East 1st Street, New York, NY 10003
A cheap, fun East Village restaurant with detailed and humorous decor eye candies, Starfoods offers bar dining, a late night menu and weekend brunch.

Suba

109 Ludlow Street, New York, NY 10002
A New York tapas lounge housed in a 1909 tenement building, Suba is an architectural delight with a tapas lounge, a dining island set in an illuminated pool of water and a festive Skylight room. The menu offers tempting contemporary Spanish cuisine with American touches.

Time Café

380 Lafayette St., New York NY; Tel. 212.533.7000
The venerable Time Café continues to please with its inventive new American fare. The outdoor patio makes for great sunny weather dining. The nearby Fez lounge is a draw for Soho hipsters. Currently closed for renovations.

Waikiki Wally's

101 East 2nd Street New York, NY 10009
Waikiki Wally's. If the name doesn't make you cringe, then this restaurant is for you. A 1950s Hawaiian outpost in New York City's East Village adds a little spark to New York's restaurant mix in the form of flaming pupu platters. Enjoy tropical drinks like mai tais and blue Hawaiians in the tropical décor complete with a cascading waterfall, bamboo, palm trees, and live birds from the South Seas. Waikiki Wally's Hawaiian dancers will keep you entertained while you wait for taro crusted mako shark with hearts of palm salad or macadamia encrusted chicken. Remember it's tiki not tacky.