What are your favorite places to eat in the city? — Page 3

Honestly? Patzeria. It's a hole-in-the-wall pizza shop on 46th between 7th and 8th. Doesn't look like anything special but let me tell you, it's the best pizza in the city.

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Cafe Edison, alias Polish Tea Room. The food isn't spectacular, but the service is quick and it's super convenient to the entire theatre district. I don't know why, but whenever I'm in New York, I end up eating there at least twice. Maybe because I'm poor.

Max Brenner, Chocolate by the Bald Man just off Union Square is another favorite. The food is pretty good, and the drinks are to die for.

Spice on University Place and E 10th. Good Thai. Especially good dumplings.

Veselka on 2nd. Really good Ukranian place. Awesome breakfast fare.

If you are in the theater district, you can't go wrong with two places on West 46th Street's "Restaurant Row." Joe Allen's is a theater hang-out with good food and service. And Lidia and Joe Bastianich's Becco is fantastic. As someone mentioned, they have an "all you can eat pasta special" featuring 3 different kinds of pasta for about $22, as well as many other wonderful Italian dishes. The food and the service are terrific, and you need a reservation at Becco. BTW, I also love Taco Grill and it's on West 72nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam. Great Mexican food really cheap, not really a dine-in place but great for take out.

For fun, we enjoy Ellen's Stardust Diner. We also like Angus McIndoe's, but we only go there when we're kid-free. We try to avoid the chains (Applebees, Olive Garden, etc) when we're in the city. Nothing against them, we eat there a lot, but if we're going to a chain, we'd eat in NJ for about $5 a plate less.

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