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New York "Eating & Drinking"
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853 Manhattan Ave between Milton
and Noble Sts, Greenpoint, Brooklyn (718-383-4382). Subway: G to Greenpoint Ave.
Mon-Sat 8am-9pm; Sun 8am-8pm. Average main course: $6. Cash only.
Don't order
light and don't look for low-carb options. Go to Christina's for
stick-to-your-ribs Polish fare served in a homey, brick-walled diner setting.
Steamed pierogi are perfectly prepared, but a diet-be-dammed fried version is abetter
way to go.
Beef goulash arrives with tender bits of meat in a savory gravy,
served with your choice of potatoes. Figure in the sides of beets and green
beans your daily dose of vegetables.
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"Nosh
New York" Myra Alperson
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Christina's Restaurant is my
favorite in this area. A sweet, homey place with acounter
and comfortable booths, it offers a nice selection of Polish and
American specialties and, more to the point, it's friendly and accessible to
non-Polish speakers.
You'll find traditional Polish cuisine - kielbasa and babka
- along with French toast, blintzes, potato pancakes, and pierogi (acomplete
platter is $4.25; a half - order is $2.50).
Check out the soups - various types of
borscht (Ukrainian, white, and red) and cucumber soup. Areally
great blintz is filled with cheese and plum butter. You can also get more
traditional diner entrees and sandwiches.
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Christina's Polish Restaurant on
zagat.com
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Delicious authentic Polish
food - goulashes (pork, chicken, beef) served on crisp potato pancakes,
piergois - so many options from spinach & ricotta to red cabbage & mushrooms,
homemade borscht and more. "Cheap & Cheery" - well worth our trip from
Manhattan. A wonderful, winter meal - not too heavy, but portions are generous...
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Christina's on
brooklyn.citysearch.com
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One of the best diners in
Greenpoint- good for weekend breakfast/brunch. A solid value - you can have a
large breakfast for $6! Cooking can be on the dry side, but the service is very
friendly, and the near-identical appearance of the waitresses can make for a
good conversation with your fellow-diners...
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Christina's on
offmanhattan.com
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Tired of Manhattan’s default pizza,
deli, and sushi diet? Christina’s Restaurant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn will plate
Polish food that will surprise even your Jean-Georgian and Momofuku-tested
palate. From the quickstep of Manhattan to the bohemian calm of an eastern
European community, the thirty-minute ride on the L and G is well worth your
time.
As you make your way from the station, expect to see grandmothers with
unnatural orange hair pushing shopping carts side-by-side while engaging in
dialogues that waver between argument and gossip. They meander toward Kiszka
Meat Market, whose windows are strung with links of sausages...
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Christina's Restaurant on
porkchop-express.com
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Christina's promises “Home Cooked
Meals, and the atmosphere is pretty homey too. This is a genuinely relaxed
place. The warmth is evident in everything from athick
entrance curtain to a friendly waitstaff.
Add some exposed brick, discreet
lighting, stained glass, and the dulcet tones of an artificial waterfall, and we
were in the mood to kielbasa...
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Mariusz
Kwiecien about Christina's Restaurant
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Kwiecien has suggested holding this
interview at Christina’s, his favorite neighborhood Polish restaurant. He’s a
regular there, and no wonder -
the food is sensational. “I’m here basically every day when I’m in New York,” he
says over asteaming bowl of white borscht...
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