New York/ Food & Drinks
Published on June 10, 2020
Check out the 3 top spots in New York's Nolita neighborhoodPhoto: Café Gitane/Yelp

Spending time in Nolita? Get to know this New York neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from a bubble tea shop to a century-old pizzeria.

Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit in Nolita, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of neighborhood businesses. Read on for the results.

1. Bar Pa Tea

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Topping the list is bubble tea and ice cream shop Bar Pa Tea, which specializes in customizable hot and cold tea drinks, as well as tea-flavored soft serve. Located at 85 Kenmare St. (between Cleveland Place and Mulberry Street), it's the highest-rated business in the neighborhood, boasting 4.5 stars out of 834 reviews on Yelp.

2. Café Gitane

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Next up is Café Gitane, situated at 242 Mott St. (between Houston and Prince streets). This cafe offers a menu of French- and Moroccan-inspired daytime fare, such as croissants, breakfast sandwiches with merguez sausage, couscous platters, cocktails featuring French spirits, and more, and with four stars out of 713 reviews on Yelp, it's proved to be a local favorite.

3. Lombardi's Pizza

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Then there's Lombardi's Pizza. In business for more than a century, this spot, which can be found at 32 Spring St. (at the corner of Spring and Mott streets), claims to be "the first pizzeria in the United States," and Yelpers give it four stars out of 6,097 reviews.


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