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Lakruwana
Lakruwana is a Sri Lankan restaurant in Staten Island. History The restaurant was founded in Manhattan in 1994, but later moved to Staten Island, and began operating in its current location in Stapleton in 2010. In 2017, Julia Wijesinghe, the daughter of Lakruwana's owners, opened a museum focused on Sri Lankan culture in the restaurant's basement. Reviews and accolades Lakruwana has been included on lists of the 100 best restaurants in New York City published by ''The New York Times'' in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The Infatuation The Infatuation (formerly known as Immaculate Infatuation) is an American New York–based restaurant recommendation website and messaging service, created by former music industry executives Chris Stang and Andrew Steinthal in 2009. They are mos ... included the restaurant on a 2024 list of the best restaurants on Staten Island. References Restaurants in New York City Staten Island Sri Lankan cuisine 1994 establishments in New York City {{U ...
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Stapleton, Staten Island
Stapleton is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City, United States. It is located along the waterfront of Upper New York Bay, roughly bounded on the north by Tompkinsville, Staten Island, Tompkinsville at Grant Street, on the south by Clifton, Staten Island, Clifton at Vanderbilt Avenue, and on the west by St. Paul's Avenue and Van Duzer Street, which form the border with the community of Grymes Hill. Stapleton is one of the older waterfront neighborhoods of the borough, built in the 1830s on land once owned by the Vanderbilt family. It was a long-time commercial center of the island, but has struggled to revive after several decades of neglect following the 1964 construction of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which shifted the commercial development of the island to its interior. Stapleton is part of Staten Island Community Board 1, Staten Island Community District 1 and its ZIP Code is 10304. Stapleton is patrolled by the 120th Precinct of the New York C ...
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Sri Lankan Cuisine
Sri Lankan cuisine is known for its particular combinations of herbs, spices, fish, vegetables, rices, and fruits. The cuisine is highly centered around many varieties of rice, as well as coconut which is a ubiquitous plant throughout the country. Seafood also plays a significant role in the cuisine, be it fresh fish or preserved fish. As a country that was a hub in the historic Maritime Silk Road, oceanic silk road, contact with foreign traders brought new food items and cultural influences in addition to the local traditions of the country's ethnic groups, all of which have helped shape Sri Lankan cuisine. Influences from Indian cuisine, Indian (particularly South Indian cuisine, South Indian), Indonesian cuisine, Indonesian and Dutch cuisines are most evident with Sri Lankan cuisine sharing close ties to other neighbouring South Asian cuisine, South and Southeast Asian cuisines. Sri Lanka is historically famous for its cinnamon. The 'true cinnamon' tree, or ''Cinnamomum verum ...
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Staten Island
Staten Island ( ) is the southernmost of the boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York (state), New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With a population of 495,747 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at ; it is also the least densely populated and most suburban borough in the city. A home to the Lenape Native Americans, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was City of Greater New York, consolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formerly known as the Borough of Richmond until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island. Staten Island has so ...
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The Infatuation
The Infatuation (formerly known as Immaculate Infatuation) is an American New York–based restaurant recommendation website and messaging service, created by former music industry executives Chris Stang and Andrew Steinthal in 2009. They are most known for publishing restaurant reviews and guides, and as creators of the hashtag #EEEEEATS. They have developed an Android and iPhone app, and operate an SMS-based restaurant recommendation service called Text Rex. In 2017 they launched their food and music festival brand EEEEEATSCON. On March 6, 2018, the company acquired the Zagat rating company from Google for an undisclosed amount. On September 9, 2021, the company was acquired by JPMorgan Chase & Co. History ''Immaculate Infatuation'' was established in 2009 by Stang and Steinthal with the aim of providing honest restaurant reviews without accepting invitations from restaurants or announcing their presence to a wait staff. They later shortened the company name to The Infatu ...
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Restaurants In New York City
This is an incomplete list of notable restaurants in New York City. New York City’s restaurant industry had 23,650 establishments in 2019. Restaurants in New York City * 54 Below * Bickford's (restaurant), Bickford's * BurritoVille * Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill * The Halal Guys * El Internacional (New York), El Internacional * Jahn's * Jing Fong * Joe's Shanghai * Kennedy Fried Chicken * Lucciola (Italian restaurant) * Korilla BBQ * Max and Mina's * The Meatball Shop * Munson Diner * Old Homestead Steakhouse * Piccolo Cafe * Ravagh Persian Grill * T.G.I. Friday's – first location opened in 1965 in New York City * Xi'an Famous Foods * Zaro's Bakery * Zaab Zaab Brooklyn * Aska (restaurant), Aska * Childs Restaurants (Coney Island Boardwalk location) * Childs Restaurants (Surf Avenue location) * Claro (restaurant), Claro * Clover Hill (restaurant), Clover Hill * Defonte's * Francie (restaurant), Francie * Gargiulo's Italian Restaurant * Gage and Tollner * Junio ...
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