1 Crown Heights Restaurant Lands On NYT's 100 Best Citywide Ranking

CROWN HEIGHTS, NY — One Crown Heights eatery landed on the New York Times' top 100 NYC eatery list released this week.

Rangoon, located at 500 Prospect Place, landed at spot 52 on account of its Burmese cuisine and "rewardingly" detailed planning, according to NYT's ranking.

"Inspired from traditional Burmese dishes passed on to her through her mother, grand-mother and great grand mother, Chef Myo Moe prepares comfort food made from fresh and simple ingredients," the restaurant's website reads.

"As Myo says it’s about 'Keeping the tradition alive'."

Moe has been building a following in Brooklyn for years with pop ups and Rangoon NoodleLab, according to Eater. Rangoon opened in Bed Stuy in 2020 and Moe also opened a Chelsea location.

"Myo Moe, who grew up in Myanmar before working in several New York kitchens, brings a modern chef's concern with sourcing to her cooking but stays fairly close to home in dishes like curried pork shoulder with fermented tea leaves and a glorious mohinga," Pete Wells wrote in his review.

Brooklyn landed 19 spots in the top 100, including eight in Williamsburg and one in Bed Stuy.

The number one spot went to Tatiana, an Upper West Side spot serving a fusion of American, Caribbean and Creole flavors. The top ranking Brooklyn spot was Aska, a Scandinavian tasting restaurant in Williamsburg in the No. 16 spot.

"Aska has outlasted almost all the other local restaurants that came in on the New Nordic wave. It didn't just survive; it flourished, maturing into a remarkable and original restaurant," the Pete Wells wrote in his review.

Williamsburg's Lilia followed closely behind in the No. 17 spot on account of its high end Italian flavors stripped down in "elemental" dishes. Beloved Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Bronx food truck Birria-Landia took the No. 18 spot.