What should we eat? Yes, that’s the ultimate question to ask when you’ve got an hour or less to spare before the concert. Let this serve as a quick guide for you, especially if you don’t have enough time to study the entire menu before your next show at NYC’s Webster Hall.
1. The Smith
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30 minutes: Vegetable Bibimbap; Seared Tuna Salad; Crispy Flounder Sandwich; Chicken Pot Pie; Lobster Roll + Charred Asparagus
An hour: Pot of Mussels; Ricotta Gnocchi; Burger Royale (American cheese + apple smoked bacon + pickles + romaine lettuce + red onion + 50/50 sauce)
2. Vanessa’s Dumplings
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15 minutes: Chives and Pork Dumplings + Sesame Pancake; Chicken and Corn Soup + Sesame Pancake with Grilled Tofu; Sesame Pancake with Roast Pork
30 minutes: Wontons in Chili Oil + Sesame Pancake with Egg; Szechuan Chicken Teriyaki + Sour and Spicy Cucumber; Szechuan Shrimp Teriyaki
3. Baohaus
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15 minutes: Chairman Bao (pork belly + Haus Relish + crushed peanuts + Taiwanese red sugar + cilantro) + Fried Fish Bao or Birdhaus Bao (fried chicken + Haus seasoning salt + lemon-garlic aioli, peanuts + red sugar + cilantro)
30 minutes: Coffin Bao Fried Chicken (large fried bao + fried chicken + chili condensed milk syrup + peanuts + red sugar + cilantro); Minced Pork Stew on Rice + Fried Chicken for an additional $2; Manager’s Meal (pork belly + minced pork stew + Chengdu chicken + Birdhaus fried chicken + rice + Haus relish + cilantro)
4. The Halal Guys
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15 minutes: Falafel or Chicken Sandwich + Fries; Chicken Platter + Extra Sauce; Chicken and Falafel Platter + Fries
5. Dumpling Man
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15 minutes: Seared Shrimp Dumplings + Green Curry Sauce; Seared Pork Dumplings + Cool Monster Sauce
30 minutes: Seared Sampler (chicken, pork, veggie, shrimp) + Miso Soup; Seared Chicken Dumplings + Pumpkin Dumplings; Soup Dumplings + Hot and Sour Soup
6. Udon West
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15 minutes: Marinated Beef and Kimchi Udon; Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura Bowl
30 minutes: Katsudon (pork cutlet rice bowl) and Udon Combo; Curry Rice and Udon Combo; Tempura and Udon Combo
7. Mamoun’s Falafel
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15 minutes: Falafel or Hummus Sandwich + Spinach Pie; Baba Ghanoush Plate (eggplant spread + parsley + garlic + tahini); Falafel Plate + Lentil Soup; Meat Plate Combo (3 veggie items, 1 meat)