DK Travel : New York : Chinatown and Little Italy : Places to eat

Canton

Cantonese food at its best lures locals even though the prices are high for Chinatown.
Da Nico

A rustic setting and a wonderful courtyard garden make this family-run restaurant with 16 kinds of pizza a favorite.
Golden Unicorn

Dim sum is the star but all the dishes are well prepared in this crowded, third-floor restaurant. Go in a large group to enable more sampling.
Grand Sichuan

For the spicy flavors of China’s Sichuan province, this is a no-frills bargain storefront with authentic specialties.
Great N.Y. Noodletown

The decor is simple and so is the menu, with wonderful soups, noodles, meat dishes, and creative ways with seafood.
Il Palazzo

One of the better choices on Mulberry Street; cozy, candlelit, non-touristy. The menu includes all the Italian favorites, and the garden is a summer delight.
Jing Fong

This enormous, glittery room is packed on weekends for the amazing selection of dim sum. Point at your choices as the carts roll by and ignore the din.
Joe’s Shanghai

The Chinatown branch of the Flushing restaurant famous for its soup dumplings (look for steamed buns on the menu).
Lombardi’s

Pizza doesn’t come much better than at this unpretentious old-timer that turns out delectable thin-crust pies.
New Pasteur

A tiny Vietnamese hole-in-thewall offering fast and cheap noodles and a range of Asian beverages. Avoid the spicy dishes unless you like to sweat.