A Food Editors Guide to Manhattans Middle Village

From the Jan. / Feb. 2018 issue of Bloomberg Reserve, a Bloomberg Markets publication.

I recently moved. The apartment where I’d lived for three years was in a part of Manhattan I like to call the “Middle Village.” It’s south of Union Square near Broadway—so it’s not the West Village, whose unofficial boundary is 5th Avenue, nor is it the East Village, with its crowded college-town vibe. I liked the Middle Village so much, I didn’t want to leave. When an apartment I’d been coveting opened up, I made an offer, signed on the dotted line, packed my things … and moved across the hall. Laugh if you must. Yet this new space, only a few feet from my old one, has prompted me to explore my neighborhood with fresh energy. Here’s my updated Middle Village hit list, which has made me so glad I changed my address.

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