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Sunset Park eats
Dumplings, Sichuan, pastries and tacos within a few blocks of Eighth and Fifth Avenues.
6 placesHalf a dayRead the guide ↓
1. Kai Feng Fu Dumpling HouseDumplings by the dozen.Sunset Park & KensingtonFood & drink15 minA few dollars
2. Xin Fa BakeryPastries for later.Sunset Park & KensingtonFood & drink10 minA few dollars
3. Chuan Tian XiaSichuan for a group.Sunset Park & KensingtonFood & drink1 hourAbout $20–30 a person
4. Tacos El BroncoTacos on Fifth.Sunset Park & KensingtonFood & drink30 minTacos about $3–4
5. La Brasa PeruanaRotisserie chicken.Sunset Park & KensingtonFood & drink45 minAbout $15–25
6. Coszcal de AllendeMexican plates.Sunset Park & KensingtonFood & drink1 hourAbout $20–35
The guide
How to do it: Sunset Park eats
Sunset Park has Brooklyn’s biggest Chinatown along Eighth Avenue and a long Mexican and Central American strip on Fifth, a few blocks apart.
Come hungry and share everything.
- The order to do it in
- Dumplings and pastries on Eighth Avenue, Sichuan for lunch, then tacos and rotisserie chicken on Fifth.
- When to go
- Weekend lunch or early dinner.
- Getting there
- N to 8th Ave for Chinatown; R to 45th St for Fifth Avenue.
- What it costs
- About $15–30 a person.
Worth knowing
- Kai Feng Fu and Tacos El Bronco are cash only.
- Hainan Chicken House has closed.
Started from the pins on Eating With Ziggy’s Best Restaurants in Brooklyn map (the map). Places, notes and the guide checked and written by us; prices and opening times change, so check before you go.