10 Iconic Foods of New York City, and Where To Find Them

From: The Village Voice

7.

 Eggs Benedict 

This epic dish has defined brunch for many decades, an agglomeration of poached ova and Canadian bacon on an English muffin splooged with a very French hollandaise sauce (only in New York!). It was the creation of the legendary Oscar of the Waldorf -- who also invented the velvet rope as a crow control device -- and first served at the Waldorf Hotel in the 1890s, supposedly with a shaved truffle on top. Since the hollandaise is often the iffiest part of the concoction, I recommend going to a French restaurant to enjoy the dish -- or somewhere where the sauce is not just curdled yellow goo. 

Tartine, 253 West 11th Street, 212-229-2611