Mee Noodle Shop & Grill

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"This nifty little Chinese noodle shop appeared not long ago just west of Tompkins Square with a minimalist menu. It offers only a handful of seats, and a line waits outside most evenings, so go around 6 p.m. The place specializes in rice noodles with a few extra snacks like garlic cucumbers, potsticker dumplings, and — odd man out — sweet potato fries. The biggest hit with me on a warm summer evening after a stroll in the park was “cold rice noodles with chicken.” It came perfectly arranged like bibimbap with a chilled broth on the side, with a good quantity of slippery noodles in the bottom of the bowl. I chose to dump the broth over the noodles (though one could also dip), and $11 seemed like a reasonable price. Don’t miss the made-on-the-spot lemonade." - Robert Sietsema