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Bonsignour
SANDWICHES$
( 212-229-9700; 35 Jane St at Eighth Ave; mains $7-12; 7:30am-10pm, to 8pm Sun; L to
8th Ave; A/C/E, 1/2/3 to 14th St)
Nestled on a quiet Village street, this sandwich shop offers
dozens of delicious choices as well as salads, frittatas and a wonderful beef chili. Get a
sandwich or a chicken curry salad to go and wander down the street to Abingdon Sq for
al fresco dining.
Ditch Plains
SEAFOOD$$$
( 212-633-0202;
www.ditch-plains.com
;
29 Bedford St; 11am-midnight; ; A/C/E,
B/D/F to W 4th St, 1 to Houston St)
The sleek, metallic interior with wood booths is an invit-
ing place to inhale celeb chef Marc Murphy's glammed-up seafood-shack food: oysters,
mussels, fish tacos, fried clams, po' boys and more feed the masses until 2am daily.
Fatty Crab
ASIAN$$$
( 212-352-3590;
www.fattycrab.com
;
643 Hudson St btwn Gansevoort & Horatio Sts; mains
$16-28;
noon-midnight Mon-Wed, to 2am Thu & Fri, 11am-2am Sat, 11am-midnight Sun;
L to
8th Ave; A/C/E, 1/2/3 to 14th St)
The Fatty folks have done it again with their small
Malaysian-inspired joint. It's super hip and always teeming with locals who swing by in
droves to devour fish curries and pork belly accompanied by a signature selection of
cocktails.
Tartine
FRENCH$$$
( 212-229-2611;
www.tartinecafenyc.com
;
253 W 11th St btwn 4th St & Waverly Pl; mains $10-24;
9am-10:30pm Mon-Sat, to 10pm Sun; 1/2/3 to 14th St, 1/2 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq, L
to 8th Ave)
Tartine is the corner bistro of your Frenchified dreams: wobbly stacks of chairs
and tables, pink steaks and escargot and a good-cop-bad-cop duo of waitresses who in-
discriminately bounce dishes and diners around the teeny-tiny room. It's BYOB.
Kin Shop
THAI$$$
( 212-675-4295;
www.kinshopnyc.com
;
469 Sixth Ave; mains $9-28; 11:30am-3pm Mon-Sun,
5:30-11pm Mon-Thu, 5:30-11:30pm Fri & Sat, 5-10pm Sun; L to 6th Ave; 1/2/3, F/M to 14th St)
The second avatar of Top Chef winner Harold Dieterle (the first being Perilla - also a
