Food in Journal Square / McGinley Square

A vegetarian South Indian place on the India Square stretch of Newark Avenue, where the menu runs to more than a hundred kinds of dosa. The griddle is at the front and the plates come out fast. This is the upper end of Newark Avenue, a mile and a half from the downtown plaza and a different neighborhood entirely.

Daily, 10:30am to 10pm

A round stainless building on Tonnelle Avenue, built by Paramount Diners and first used as a pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows before being moved here and reassembled in 1946. It was sold as the diner of the future, with a circular counter so the cook can reach the grill, the soda station and the register without taking three steps. Small burgers, cooked in front of you, cash only.

Daily, 8am to 11pm