Fonty’s Deli + Dukaan

The Best Viral Food of 2025

"While not the first to coin the term naanini”— the late Floyd Cardoz’s Bombay Bread Bar offered one with lamb and mustard potatoes in 2018 — this West Village deli revived the panini portmanteau as a gorditalike wrap. I first covered the chicken-tikka variation that went viral and found it delicious in its own gooey, sa-cy right. Yet I enjoyed the Kerala-beef naanini even more. The meat is juicy and distinct from the strata of curry leaf crisp, aloo, and mint chutney. Do what I did and bring a friend so you can try a half of each. We both ended up making second meals of our leftovers." - Tammie Teclemariam