These restaurants usually have the following: some pasta dishes, salmon, chicken, burgers, and soups. They are typically just one step above the diners, in price, quality, and atmosphere.
With the exception of Dojo, these are all pretty good. Probably my favorites are Cafe Orlin and Yaffa.
Yaffa Cafe |
Very Good |
What a wonderfully colorful place! Step inside and you are assaulted by beads, bright colors, fancy frou-frou, and all manner of excessive decoration. What a pleasure!
I've eaten here several times and have enjoyed it every time. The clientelle is typical East Village. The last time I was there, I heard someone ask (in a nice loud voice for the whole restaurant to hear): "Are you a Lesbian?" Fun! And yes, they will give you a free condom if you ask for it.
And the food is very good too. I've had the chicken curry, the middle eastern platter (humus, tahini, and babaganoush), the tuna melt, and the chicken dijon. All were very good. Brunch is good too. The only thing I might avoid are the pastas (you can get better pasta elsewhere) and the carrot juice (which is nasty - but then again, I hate carrot juice).
$4-6 Soups and appetizers, $8 wraps, $4-7 sandwiches, $8 vegetarian entrees, $12-14 seafood entrees, $9-12 pasta, $2-4 coffee drinks. (2005-11-08)
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Cafe Orlin |
Excellent |
This is probably my favorite place to share a quick bite with friends. Cafe Orlin is a wonderfully comfortable place with excellent coffee, soups, and sandwiches. Highly recommended: The salmon sandwich.
Salads ($6-9), sandwiches ($6-8), vegetarian dishes ($5-8), hot entrees ($8-13), pasta ($7-10), (2006-01-21)
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7A Restaurant |
Very Good |
A friendly convival place. I was initially worried because the menu didn't give me much confidence. It looked like a standard diner menu with the standard cheap food. But the food that I ordered was pretty excellent: mulled cider, whole wheat quesadilla, roasted red pepper salad: everything was fresh, really good tasting, and very nicely prepared. The salsa was chunky, spicy, and wonderful. And the whole meal was $18, tax included. Not bad.
Starters ($3-7), Salads ($4-8), pasta ($7), Sandwiches ($5-8), burgers ($5-8), entrees ($10-15), stir-fry ($8), breakfast ($3-6, served until 5pm) (2006-02-12)
Around the Clock |
dependable |
Typical casual eatery - just a small step above a diner and similar to Dojo (but better) in level and food choices. Typical meals include soups (3$), sandwiches ($6-7), salmon ($11), salads ($3-7), pasta ($7-9), and burgers ($6-7), and breakfast. Many items served with brown rice.I've had the salmon steak, quesadilla, and chicken noodle soup. They were all fine. Again, not spectacular, but dependable. They have a nice outside eating area which makes eating out quite nice in warm weather. (2005-11-18)
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Virage |
Good |
Open 24 Hours - thank you! An Italian/American restaurant with more up-to-date and trendy/yuppie fare. My fellow students from the GMTWP would congregate here when we felt like treating ourselves. Contains a smattering of pasta dishes (Hot and Spicy Penne is recommended - my friend actually wrote a play about it), a few entrees (chicken, steak, salmon), and a number of mediterranean dishes (cous cous, Hummus, Octopus, Calamari, etc.). Special recommendation: Sunday BrunchIf you want Italian, go across 7th St. to Via Delle Pace, but if you don't know what you want, then Virage has something for everyone. (2005-07-19)
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