Little Park opens in Tribeca tonight, with a menu that's heavy on vegetables. It will include fire roasted meats and the full list of cocktails at Evening Bar. Read more.
A Robert Sietsema top cheap eat: Why not take advantage of the expertly prepared Chinese charcuterie? Any two selections from the front window over rice comes to $6. Ask for "green sauce." Read more.
A good first exposure to the place is the combination shawarma sandwich ($5.99), a gutbomb of meat oozing juices, pickles, tomatoes, tahini, and the fluffy white Levantine garlic sauce called toum. Read more.
A Robert Sietsema top cheap eat: the regular red tandoori chicken is probably a shade better than any other version you've tried. Read more.
The pork chop over rice alluded to in the restaurant's name is particularly admirable, two nicely browned chops with tender, crusty, and gnarly bits lubricated with a ground-pork sauce. Read more.
Try the thukpa, a really wonderful salad of shredded chayote, and a fiery curry of cubed chicken sided with a steamed loaf of bread. It was way more than we could finish, and the entire tab was $19. Read more.
