Sigiri Sri Lanka Restaurant
www. sigiri nyc .com
91 1st Ave (and 6th Street)
New York, NY 10003
(212) 614-9333---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nirvana Cafe & Bar
http://www.nirvanacafenyc.com/
218 3rd Ave (at 19th St),
New York 10003
Phone: 212-777-1555
The highest density of Sri Lankans in the New York/New Jersey region is in Staten Island. Its the place you want to vist if you want groceries and a cheap meal. All the Grocery Stores and Restaurants are on Victory Blvd, within a mile of each other. Getting to Staten Island can be made a quite a pleasant trip.
Take the 1 &9 or N &R subways downtown and get down at Whitehall, The Ferry Terminal is right outside. From there the ferry ride is free and half hour across. You can stand on the deck, watch the Statue of Liberty go by and see a great view of the Manhattan Skyline Now without the World Trade center, seem like any other city.
Coming across the Verrazano or other bridges is the fastest. The Verrazano bridge has a $9 toll.
Lakruwana Restaurant
www. lakruwana .com
226 Bay St
Staten Island, NY 10301
(718) 420-0027
Get directions
Sunshine Restaurant
3 Corson Avenue (Victory Boulevard),
Staten Island
(718) 876-9870
New Asha Restaurant
322 Victory Blvd
Staten Island, NY 10301
718-420-0649Laksmis and New Asha are two take out type places next to each other. Two groceries store with Sri Lankan stuff next to them. The food is very authentic, and hot. They have have "Mas or Elevalu" roti and rolls. A rice and curry meal costs $5.00. Getting there: From the ferry take the any one of 61, 62,66,67 buses and get of at Cebra ("Zebra") Avenue intersection with Victory Blvd. About 10 minutes from the ferry.
Dosa Hut (This is the place by the Queens Hindu Temple)
45-63 Bowne Street
Flushing NY 11355
Tel: 718-961-6228
Fax: 718-961-5897Good masla Thosai and Paper Thosai with just the right Sri Lankan taste reminiscent of Shanti Vihar. Mainly take out, but has a couple deli type seats. This place is next to the large hindu temple in Flushing. Run by a couple of Sri Lankans. Paper Thosai is $2.50, Mysore Masala Dosa $4.50.
Public Transport: Take the #7 subway train to the end of the line at Main Street. At the station take the connecting Q27 Bus (Its a free transfer from subway if you use the MetroCard) and get off at Holly and Bowne Street Intersection. (Travel time 1:15 mins from Mid town Manhattan)
Driving In. Long Island Expresway LIE/495 (East from Manhattan, West from Cross Island Expressway). Kew Gradens Exit, and head north on Kissena Blvd. Turn right at Holly Ave. Restaurant is at Holly and Bowne Intersection. (Travel time 45 mins from Mid town Manhattan).
Sri's Bownie Restaurant (This is a nov veg place by the Queens Hindu Temple)
143-05 45th Ave (at Bowne Street
Flushing NY 11355
Tel: 718-463-8621
You have come to the Queens Hindu Temple with you veg friends. You have no wish to be eating veggie stuff. Walk a block along Bownie street to 45th Ave. Right at the intersection is this non-descript place (The owner Sri is also pretty unassuming too). You can have Dosa with Chicken/Goat curry. Or Pittu (Puttu if you are tamil), String hoppers, kottu roti, Appa (Appam). The great thing I found here is that evrything is made from scratch. The red rice is pounded, sieved and then made into pittu, string hoppers or appa.
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