Culinarily, the East Village is one of the city’s most diverse neighborhoods. The area has long supported an immigrant population — but it’s also a magnet for younger New Yorkers from all over the city. Here, you’ll find restaurants serving Mexican, South American, Dominican, Korean, Tibetan, Philippine, Thai, and Italian fare, among many others, and over the last decade, the neighborhood has attracted so many Chinese restaurants that it has become a Chinatown unto itself. Pick the food from a country or region, and we bet you can find it there.
But where is “there”? The disputed boundaries go from the north side of Houston to the south side of 14th Street, and from Third Avenue to the East River, thus including what is now called Alphabet City (largely due to the musical Rent) and even Cooper Square. Take a walk along the neighborhood’s three-block backbone of St. Marks Place to get an inkling of the range of dining options, from french fry-stuffed burritos to Moroccan tagines.
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