Lunch Break: Comfort Food, Classic And New Alike

Ridiculous pizza, amazing panino, or dim sum all day- it's all in today's New York Lunch Break. By Yvo Sin.

Adrienne's Pizza Bar

54 Stone Street
New York, NY 10004
(212) 248-3838
adriennespizzabar.com

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The wait for a table during peak lunch hours at Adrienne's can be ridiculous, and with good reason: the pizza is ridiculous. Ridiculously good, that is, and though you'll need to snag a coworker or two to help you eat a pie (this is not a by-the-slice place), it's well worth the effort to wrangle reticent coworkers content with eating from the mediocre but company-subsidized cafeteria into joining you. Each pie comes on its own baking sheet, with a super thin crust (though not so thin you think "crackers" as you chew), topped with high quality ingredients, and baked to perfection.

Press 195

195 5th Ave
Park Slope, Brooklyn
(718) 857-1950

40-11 Bell Boulevard
Bayside, NY 11364
(718) 281-1950

22 North Park Ave
Rockville Center, NY
(516) 536-1950
press195.com

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While it's true that panini are nothing new, Press 195 takes them to a whole new level. Innovative ingredients and a lot of care go into each one – any panino with their housemade maple syrup basil pesto (which can be purchased on its own to go), for example, is worth getting, but if you're having a bad day, the meatloaf panino deserves a second look. Comfort food at its finest, the meatloaf panino delivers tender, moist meatloaf, mashed potatoes, cheddar, and gravy, all in a handheld device sure to please. Eat with one hand while still banging out angry emails on your smartphone – truly innovation at its finest. You'd also do well to order the frites, some of the best around, with delicious dipping housemade sauces – roasted garlic, honey jalapeno, or roasted pepper being just a few of the options available.

Nom Wah Tea Parlor

13 Doyers Street
Chinatown, NY 10013
(212) 962-6047
nomwah.com/

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With such a rich history as Nom Wah, it's easy to assume that it skates by on reputation alone. But this is not so; reopened with a new owner, Nom Wah brings more than just the fact that it is the oldest dim sum parlor in Chinatown to the table: Nom Wah serves freshly prepared dim sum from 10:30am to 9pm every day, giving you no excuse to ever go more than a week without dim sum since you don't even have to wake up early anymore! With some unique dishes on the menu such as scallop dumplings and scallion and parsley rice rolls (pictured), along with all your standard dim sum favorites like shrimp rice roll, crystal shrimp dumplings and more. Do yourself a favor and plunge right into the history that has been preserved inside Nom Wah's walls. It's just a coincidence that the name bears the word 'nom' but you'll certainly be saying that enough as you indulge in the small plates. Bonus: this is one of the few places in Chinatown that accepts credit cards happily.

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Yvo Sin is the founder and head writer of Feisty Foodie.