Best of New York 2012 • Eating

Minetta Tavern's French dip.   (Photo: Riad Nasr/Courtesy of Minetta Tavern)

• French Dip

• Minetta Tavern

  113 Macdougal St., at Minetta Ln.; 212-475-3850

  Los Angeles may have invented it, but New York has perfected it. Lunch only.

• Horseradish Sandwich

• 606 R&D

  606 Vanderbilt Ave., nr. St. Marks Ave., Prospect Heights; 718-230-0125

  It’s not just a condiment anymore. Ilene Rosen gives the ancient root a star turn on Grandaisy Pullman with butter and red onion. Even optional Benton’s bacon gets second billing.

• Goat Face Sandwich

• Goat Town

  511 E. 5th St., nr. Ave. A; 212-687-3641

  House-smoked goat on Texas toast by way of the neighborhood Japanese bakery. It’s Julie E. Farias’s deliriously good tribute to the Lone Star State’s butcher-paper barbecue joints. Mondays only.

• Saratoga Club

• Parm

  248 Mulberry St., nr. Prince St.; 212-993-7189

  The triple decker gets the Torrisi Boys treatment. The key is what they call �zesty mayo��good housemade stuff mingled with the kind of herbs and spices you might associate with a bottle of Wish Bone Italian.

• Croque Monsieur

• La Promenade des Anglais

  461 W. 23rd St., nr. Tenth Ave.; 212-255-7400

  Alain Allegretti’s clever, New Age take combines all the elements of the old classic (béchamel, melted Gruyère, ham) twirled together like a modern-day wrap.

• Fried-Chicken Sandwich

• Smith Canteen

  343 Smith St., at Carroll St., Carroll Gardens; no phone

  Crispy thigh meat, a buttermilk dressing, and iceberg lettuce on a Martin’s potato bun�it’s better than Chick-fil-A, and that’s a compliment.

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