Take the D Train to Fordham Road in the Bronx. When you get off the train, you’ll walk 10-15 minutes to Arthur Avenue and 187th Street.
Here’s some of our favorite spots:
Palombo Cafe (pictures 1 and 2) has the most delicious Italian pastries. The best cannoli cream we’ve ever had. It was our first stop and our last stop.
Casa Della Mozzarella (pictures 3 and 4) sells homemade cured meats and cheeses.
Cosenza’s Fish Market (pictures 6 and 7) offers a raw bar as well as your fish monger needs.
Arthur Avenue Retail Market (pictures 8-10) shows you all of Arthur Avenue in one covered hall, including hand-rolled cigars and the famous Peter’s Meat Market.
We happened upon Arthur Avenue during the Ferragosto Festival, which celebrates the harvest season. It was similar to the San Gennaro festival in Little Italy, but way more varied booths and generally less insanity while still being super busy and lively.
For more Arthur Avenue recommendations, check out this great article on NYC GO. We also tried Roberto’s, which was great but super expensive!
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Here’s where we’ve been thus far, where should we go?
[Check out the interactive Google map here.]
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Chad W. Beckerman’s original illustration of our version of “The Trader and the Djinn.” Listen to the full chapter on our website: www.1001nightspodcast.com
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Check out "The 1001 Nights Podcast": the Arabian Nights stories, reinterpreted by modern authors and told to us by Scheherazade. Listen and subscribe: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-1001-nights-podcast/id969736849
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Take a QUEST for Dim Sum in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Take the N to 8th Ave
Wow! The dim sum scene in this neighborhood is insanely crowded, lively, and worth all the fuss and initial confusion. We ended up at New Spring Garden Restaurant (65th near Fort Hamilton Parkway). The destination is a banquet hall of cart dim sum, stuffed to capacity and compete with an MC shouting out your ticket number. Nervous at first that we wouldn't be able to understand when our number was called (everyone else's number was being called out in Chinese), we were relived when the MC made a note to call our number out in English. We sat at a 10 person table with two of families, who were super helpful in our understanding. Recommendations: pork puff pastry, soup dumplings, and pork dumplings. Our whole meal for two people (including limitless delicious tea) cost $20 plus tip.
You should also check out Fei Long Market, the many bakeries, and Sunset Park itself. Why not take a stroll over to Greenwood Cemetery, while you're there?
More Resources for your Sunset Park, Brooklyn Trip
http://www.ediblebrooklyn.com/2014/05/07/dumpling-tour-sunset-park/
http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2012/12/yun-nan-flavour-snack-yunnan-chinese-sunset-park-brooklyn.html
http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/where-do-the-locals-eat-sunset-park-chinese-brooklyn.html
http://ny.eater.com/maps/sunset-parks-dim-sum-renaissance
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