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Here are your City's Best winners.
We nominated a short list and you picked the winners. Congratulations to the winners and in this case, it really is an honor to be nominated. Be sure to eat and drink responsibly.

Cheap Eats Winner
Gray's Papaya
Location: New York
It's no surprise that this Upper West Side dive, basically an indoor hot dog stand, has been packing them in since the 1970s. Its prices are still ...
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Sip Sak
Location: New York
"Every dish I cook I eat," says the turbocharged and fiercely proud owner/chef Orhan Yegen, in pointing out the relationship he has with the food h...
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Chickpea
Location: New York
One bite of your freshly made Israeli treat from Chickpea and you'll forget all about your other favorite late-night snack haunts. This certified k...
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Momofuku Noodle Bar
Location: New York
David Chang's humble ramen bar has earned him plaudits from the food press (He's a Food & Wine Magazine Best New Chef 2006) and devotees from t...
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Fried Dumpling
Location: New York
It really is difficult to say anything negative about a cheap Chinese takeout counter like this one. You could point out that it costs more to get ...
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Schnack Restaurant
Location: Brooklyn
You're in the land of high-concept at Schnack. In this case the concept is "boutique White Castle." On this westernmost shoal of Union St., where t...
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Rickshaw
Location: New York
Outside of Chinatown it's hard to fathom fresh steamed dumplings as a lunch option. But here they are in the Flatiron district, with the help of th...
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Shorty'S/Tony Luke/Old Philly
Location: New York
The Philly cheesesteaks are still here, but everything else is different: The onetime Tony Luke's has chucked its old name -- and its ties to the f...
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Daily Soup
Location: New York
Making soups "the way Mom used to make," in small batches with long-simmered stocks, is part of the reason for the success of Daily Soup's chain of...
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Mangal Kabob
Location: Sunnyside
Commuters speeding along Queens Boulevard may not be aware that they are passing up great Turkish food by passing by Mangal Kabob. the tiny store f...
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