New York is a city you eat your way through. Some restaurants aren’t just places to grab a meal — they’re landmarks, woven into the city’s story (and your camera roll). As a Montreal pop artist, I fell in love with these spots and turned six of them into original mixed-media coasters. Here’s the lineup, and why each one earned a place in the box.
1. Katz’s Delicatessen
Since 1888, Katz’s has been the cathedral of pastrami on the Lower East Side. The hand-carved sandwiches, the ticket system, the neon — it’s pure New York. (Yes, that scene was filmed here.)
2. Russ & Daughters
The appetizing shop the city runs on: lox, bagels, and a century of family history on Houston Street. Few storefronts are as instantly recognizable as that teal facade.
3. Joe’s Pizza
The Greenwich Village slice that defines the New York slice. Folded, foldable, perfect at 2am. Since 1975.
4. Carbone
The Village Italian-American room that turned spicy rigatoni vodka into a cultural event. Equal parts restaurant and reservation-impossible legend.
5. Sadelle’s
Brunch as theatre — towers of bagels, lox, and that unmistakable green script. SoHo’s see-and-be-seen weekend ritual.
6. JG Melon
The Upper East Side pub where the cheeseburger is the whole point. Unfussy, iconic, exactly the same as it’s always been — which is the magic.
(Want a different lineup? The set can swap in Nom Wah Tea Parlor or Peter Luger on request.)
Functional art for people who love this city
Each design is an original painting, finished as a durable drink coaster and packaged as a set of six in a clear acrylic display box — gift-ready for the New Yorker, the transplant who misses home, or the foodie who’s eaten at all six.
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Also available: the Montreal Iconic Restaurants set and individual coasters. Montreal fan? Read the Montreal edition of this post.