"If a Transmitter Park or McCarren Park picnic sounds like your ideal lunch plan, you should pick up your food from Taku Sando. The Japanese sandwich shop in Greenpoint specializes in shokupan that’s almost donut-like in its light chew, with a whisper of milky sweetness. Whatever bread they don’t sell is turned into panko that breads their katsu. They’ve got some indoor and outdoor seating, and sell natural wine by the glass in the restaurant." - willa moore, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, sonal shah