Since we all gotta eat a couple times a day, here are some good local places to do that, owned by good people who make great food and give a shit about our community.

Slow-cooked beef chunks mingle with thick egg noodles in savory brown gravy, creating a hearty mixture that gets poured over mashed potatoes like gravy-covered gold. No carrots, no peas, no nonsense.

Walking into Veniero’s Pasticceria & Caffè in Manhattan’s East Village feels like stepping straight through a time portal into old-world New York. Since opening its doors in 1894, this family-run ...