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Cuisine: Indian
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Before there were artisanal food trucks in Hell's Kitchen, or mobile Milk Bars at the Brooklyn Flea, there was this humble Greenwich Village vendor dishing out New York City's best dosas. The word is... Read More
Before there were artisanal food trucks in Hell's Kitchen, or mobile Milk Bars at the Brooklyn Flea, there was this humble Greenwich Village vendor dishing out New York City's best dosas. The word is out on Thiru Kumar's (or Dosa Man, as he is often called) popular street snack, which parks on the corner of Washington Square Park and attracts a long line of South Asian ex-pats, hungry college students and stylishly unkempt hipsters. The crowd-pleasing Pondicherry masala dosa combines curried potatoes, chopped peppers and diced carrots in a paper-thin, lentil and rice flour crepe, and the lentil soup is hearty and homey. At less than $6, it's one of the best bargains in New York City.
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EXPERT TIPS BY:
Maria Lisella
New York Local Expert
- Indian: "Though something of a fixture in the neighborhood, Kumar's cart stays put from Mon.-Sat. but check his Twitter feed (@nydosas) for closing time."
- Best for Indian Because: Better known as the Dosa Man, Kumar opened his tiny world-renowned cart, NY Dosas (a dosa is a South Indian crepe), in 2001.