11 street food places in New York City we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in New York City | Street Food across every city.

New York's street food is the city at its most direct, sold from carts, windows and counters built for speed. The Halal Guys grew from a Midtown cart into a global chicken-and-rice brand, N.Y. Dosas serves vegetarian South Indian crepes from a Greenwich Village cart, and Xi'an Famous Foods began as a Flushing basement stall before spreading hand-pulled noodles citywide. Vanessa's Dumpling House in Chinatown rounds out the cheap, fast tradition.

The Halal Guys ★ 4.5

Street food · $

midtown · W 53rd Street and 6th Avenue New York, NY 10019

The Halal Guys cart at 53rd and 6th has served halal chicken and rice in Midtown New York City since 1990. At W 53rd Street and 6th Avenue New York.

Sammy's Halal ★ 4.4

Street food · $

jackson-heights · 73rd St And Broadway, Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Sammy's Halal cart on Broadway in Jackson Heights, New York City has served Bangladeshi-style biryani and grilled chicken since 2001. Open daily 10:00-22:00.

King Souvlaki of Astoria ★ 4.4

Street food · $

astoria · 31st Street and 31st Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106

King Souvlaki of Astoria has grilled pork and chicken souvlaki on a Queens corner cart in New York City since 2006. Open tue-sun 12:00-22:00.

Adel's Famous Halal Food ★ 4.4

Street food · $

midtown · 1221 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10020

Adel's cart sits across from the Halal Guys at 53rd and 6th in New York City. Located in Midtown. Open mon-sat 11:00-22:00. At 1221 6th Avenue.

53rd & 6th cart ★ 4.3

Street food · $

midtown · 53rd Street & 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10019

The 53rd and 6th late-night cart corner is a New York City institution: three carts side by side, the Halal Guys and two rivals, feeding bar crowds.

N.Y. Dosas ★ 4.5

Street food · $

greenwich-village · Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012

Thiru Kumar's vegan South Indian dosa cart has run on the south side of Washington Square Park in New York City since 2001. Located in Greenwich Village.

Birria-Landia ★ 4.5

Street food · $

jackson-heights · Roosevelt Ave & 78th St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Birria-Landia is the Jackson Heights food truck that sparked New York City's birria craze, slow-cooking Tijuana-style beef served with consomme.

Xi'an Famous Foods ★ 4.5

Street food · $

chinatown · 45 Bayard St, New York, NY 10013

Jason Wang's Xi'an Famous Foods has slung hand-pulled biang biang noodles in New York City since 2005. Located in Chinatown. Open daily 11:30-21:30.

Vanessa's Dumpling House ★ 4.2

Street food · $

chinatown · 118A Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002

Vanessa's on Eldridge Street has sold four dumplings for $1.50 in Manhattan's Chinatown, New York City since 1999. Pan-fried, steamed or boiled.

Uncle Gussy's ★ 4.3

Street food · $

midtown · 345 Park Ave, New York, NY 10154

Uncle Gussy's cart at Park and 51st has grilled pork and chicken souvlaki for Midtown office workers in New York City since the 1970s. Tzatziki.

Souvlaki GR ★ 4.0

Street food · $

lower-east-side · 116 Stanton St, NY, NY 10002

Souvlaki GR opened as a cart on the High Line then grew into a brick-and-mortar in the Lower East Side, New York City. Open daily 12:00-23:00.

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