{"id":607,"date":"2026-10-25T11:23:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/?p=607"},"modified":"2026-10-25T11:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:23:17","slug":"falafel-review-11-mamouns-ues-new-york-city-october-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/2026\/10\/falafel-review-11-mamouns-ues-new-york-city-october-10-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Falafel review #11: Mamoun’s UES, New York City, October 10 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I didn’t expect to have another falafel opportunity so soon after #10, and wow, I have done more of these than I necessarily expected. As with almost all my projects, each individual post might be the last, but I do have more persistence as I get older. And this has been fun, frequently delicious, and fruitful in terms of figuring out what I like best and find most worthwhile. Takeaway so far: favor wraps over pita, except for Yalla<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mamoun’s is the first falafel sandwich I remember having; we used to frequent the St. Marks Place location in the 80s and 90s. They claim to be the first in NY<\/a>, so that makes sense. The one near where we stay in New York opened recently and this was my first visit. The one-handed photo is blurry but it was a delicious mess! Unfortunately I didn’t take very good notes and I’m writing this weeks later, so I might need to redo these ratings at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Falafel itself<\/strong>: Tasty, green, not exceptional. 8\/10<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bread<\/strong>: Nicely toasted, decent-tasting pita. 7\/10<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Sandwich fixings, taste and texture<\/strong>: Big hunks of fresh tomato, hummus and tahini both moist and delicious (which added to the mess), decent lettuce… overall yummy. 8\/10<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Value for money<\/strong>: Incredibly cheap, especially for New York! Only $7.99 for a decent-sized sandwich with hummus ($6.75 for basic). More fixings cost more, but wow, what a bargain. 9\/10<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Eatability<\/strong>: So messy that you’d almost be better off with a knife and fork. If I hadn’t ordered the hummus version, and had held off on the tahini, it might have been less of a problem, but not sure that would be worth it. Pita is inherently less tidy than a wrap. 2\/5<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bonus points:<\/strong> 1 for being my first falafel and 1 for being so close to our NYC location! 2\/5<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Total<\/strong>: 36\/50<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I didn’t expect to have another falafel opportunity so soon after #10, and wow, I have done more of these than I necessarily expected. As with almost all my projects, each individual post might be the last, but I do have more persistence as I get older. And this has been fun, frequently delicious, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-falafel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}