"An iconic stop from lunch through late night, Mamoun’s started out in Greenwich Village in 1971 before the Chater family opened a New Haven outpost on Howe Street in 1977. Located halfway between popular watering holes like Three Sheets and Rudy’s Bar, the petite restaurant has glowed up with a significant patio out back in the former parking lot. Obviously the falafel — crispy on the outside, moist and bright green inside — deserves your attention, but don’t sleep on the kebab, shawarma, fava bean ful medames, and eggplant makdous either." - Stasia Brewczynski
