2 american diner rooms in New York City we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in New York City | American Diner across every city.
The diner and the appetizing counter are two faces of the same New York habit: feed everyone, all day, without ceremony. On the Lower East Side, Katz's Delicatessen has been carving hand-cut pastrami since 1888, while Russ & Daughters has sold smoked fish and bagels on Houston Street for more than a century. Together they anchor the downtown idea of breakfast and lunch as civic institutions.
Katz's Delicatessen ★ 4.9
lower-east-side · 205 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10002
Katz's on East Houston has cured, smoked and hand-sliced pastrami in New York City since 1888. The corner-of-the-counter sandwich is the deli's whole point.
Russ & Daughters ★ 4.9
lower-east-side · 179 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10002
Russ & Daughters has slung appetising on East Houston in New York City since 1914: hand-sliced smoked salmon, sturgeon, schmaltz herring and bagels to take.