These 7 on the map
The 7 restaurants on this page, pinned where they actually are. Tap a marker to see which one it is — all 15 are on the map in the Whosly app.
Where to go
Astoria is the Greek neighborhood: pick a whole fish from the day's catch and order for the table. Brooklyn has the Palestinian kitchens, on Third Avenue in Bay Ridge and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights.
7 of the 15
Tanoreen
Bay RidgePalestinian$$Rawia Bishara has cooked Palestinian food on Third Avenue since 1998, and her daughter Jumana runs the room with her now. Come with a group, cover the table in mezze, then get the musakhan, sumac-roasted chicken on flatbread.
Taverna Kyclades
AstoriaGreek seafood$$Astoria's packed Greek seafood taverna on Ditmars Boulevard. Pick a whole fish from the day's catch, add grilled octopus, and don't skip the lemon potatoes. Built for big family-style tables.
Kabab Cafe
AstoriaEgyptian$$Chef Ali El Sayed opened this tiny Steinway Street room in 1989, before the strip was known as Little Egypt. There's no printed menu: tell him what you like, start with the mixed meze platter, and bring cash.
Shmoné
Greenwich VillageIsraeli$$$$Eyal Shani's small, Michelin-starred Greenwich Village restaurant, where the menu shifts with whatever is ripe at the market that week. Grab a bar seat to watch the cooks work the charcoal.
Shukette
ChelseaMiddle Eastern$$$Chef Ayesha Nurdjaja's Chelsea follow-up to Shuka, a loud, fun room for Levantine breads and dips, kebabs and joojeh chicken off the grill. She was a James Beard Best Chef finalist in 2022.
Balaboosta
West VillageIsraeli$$$Chef Einat Admony's West Village restaurant, named for the Yiddish word for a woman who keeps a full, welcoming table. Her cooking draws on her Israeli upbringing and her family's Yemenite and Persian roots; dinner Tuesday to Sunday, brunch on weekends.
Al Badawi
Brooklyn HeightsPalestinian$$From the owner of Ayat, a Palestinian restaurant on Atlantic Avenue: flatbreads topped with cheese and pistachio straight from the open oven, musakhan, and lamb platters sized for sharing.
The other 8
The 15 are spread across 10 neighborhoods. Astoria (4), Fort Greene (2) and Upper West Side (2) have the most; Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Heights, Chelsea, East Village, Greenwich Village, Prospect Heights and West Village have one each.
+8 more in the app
A live-fire kitchen in Fort Greene, a Persian room of concrete tables in Prospect Heights, the Upper West Side's brisket shakshuka, an Astoria fish taverna open since 1990, and more.
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Common questions
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Where can I see all 15?
All 15, on your own map
This page is 7 of them. The NYC Mediterranean & Middle Eastern pack in Whosly has all 15 — add it and every one drops onto your map, ready to save, rate and turn into a plan your friends RSVP to from a text, no app needed to answer. The pack is included with Planner Pro.
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