Two sisters run 88 Orchard, which is one block away from the Tenement Museum. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, diners can enjoy great beer and a moderately priced selection of sandwiches, salads and desserts. Large picture windows are features of this restaurant, and seating is also available in an intimate downstairs area. Dinner selections from this comfort food restaurant include lamb sloppy joes and pesto penne. Wine and beer are served here, and 88 Orchard offers brunch specials, called Egg-in-a-Hole, on the weekends until 3 p.m.
An Choi made the New York Times "Best under $25" restaurant list in 2009. Featuring Vietnamese street food, An Choi offers specials such as pho bo (beef noodle soup) and banh mi thit nuong (grilled lemongrass pork sandwich). The Banh Mi sandwiches are traditional Vietnamese sandwiches with pickled carrots, daikon, cucumber, jalapeno and cilantro on a French baguette. Delivery and takeout is available at this restaurant, which is just one block away from the Tenement Museum.
Bunny Chow is a South African restaurant that takes innovative twists on traditional recipes. It plays homage to the "shabeen," or South African dive bar. The moderately priced restaurant is on two levels with funky African decor. The upstairs lounge offers a full bar with contemporary African music. Small plates include shrimp peri peri, which is shrimp with the shell on in a peri peri pepper sauce, and main dishes include hake fish made South African-style. The restaurant's specialty is the Bunny Chow, which is a loaf of bread stuffed with curry, mango chutney, toasted coconut and a variety of fillings, such as chicken and poached egg.
A Casa Fox is a Latin restaurant that also serves beer and wine. The specialty of the restaurant is empanadas, which are an appetizer of meat or vegetable with a pastry exterior. A Casa Fox sells various portion sizes that can be purchased in a prepared food section of the restaurant along with salads, crab cakes, chips and other items. The dining menu has moderately priced small dishes and higher-priced items, such as costillas de cerdo (ribs marinated and braised).
