And, being of Indian origin, I can assure you what you call Indian food in Manhattan is considered crap. It never used to be this way, honestly – I don’t know what happened. In the 80’s NYC was the place to go for an Indian meal.
But now it’s definitely Jersey. Curry Hill is a S**th*le. And I went to Tabla with some friends a couple of weeks ago and felt like puking.

The same applies to other types of ethnic cuisine. A lot of these chefs/cooks who come to this country cannot afford opening up shop in Manhattan, so they have opened up on the outskirts – throughout NJ, Brooklyn, Queens etc – these are the places to go for real ethnic cuisine. – including Thai Food, Korean food etc.

And, although this is not considered ethnic, even for Italian food, although I will admit there are fine Italian establishments in the city. But Northern NJ – areas like Nutley/Belleville, etc. you find amazing homestyle Italian Restaurants.

And for the moron who said the only places where you have a good variety of choices in NJ is Hoboken – you’re clueless. Hoboken is the worst – it’s a collection of small chain food restaurants and the type of Thai and Indian restaurants you would find in Manhattan – in other words, Bleh!
Montclair has a far better collection of eateries as a whole, but for individual ethnic cuisines there are particular neighborhoods you have to visit.

My 2 cents.

Now, to the commenter who can’t find good Chinese in NJ, you need to try Petite Soo Chow in Cliffside Park. The owners used to run a place in NYC Chinatown, and the one in NJ is comparable to those in NYC. Always packed with Chinese patrons who drive in from other Jersey towns, it’s known for its soup dumplings, and is pretty cheap.

@BenBen, good job giving props to the grease trucks! I’d love to see some cart in midtown start shilling Fat Darrels, Fat Elvis’s, etc. Hoagie Heaven is rock solid but I have to give a shout out to Lee’s Hoagies just for their chicken cheesesteak.

Even with the $10 limit a lot of the food on here is too expensive when I know I can walk to the corner of my block and get a 1/2 pollo a la braza with potato & salad and a handmade empanada for $4.25.
I’m forcefeeding a Walgreens burger to the next person who asks “What exit off the parkway?”

Always a trade off.

This author of that is simply trying to make the best of their crappy situation by insulting the site/community that is here. Also, w/a name/alias such as ‘Rocky’ you know that it belongs to someone who is a douchebag.

…Or a troll.