"Mamoun’s may have been the first place to bring the falafel sandwich to New York City in 1977; it gradually became one of the city’s favorite inexpensive meals. Enjoy the café’s quaint premises on MacDougal Street — one of the city’s premiere cheap eats thoroughfares — just south of NYU, and ask that the gritty hot sauce be applied to your sandwich. The shawarma and Middle Eastern pastries are similarly compelling." - Robert Sietsema
Robert Sietsema/Eater