Two all-day NYC counters, omelettes to katsu curry
One Manhattan kitchen shifts its menu by the hour, the other runs a Japanese grocery with a kitchen inside.
📍 Two counters, two boroughs
🍳 All-day on Columbus Avenue
At 261 Columbus Ave, 72nd Eatery keeps one counter running through the whole day. Mornings bring omelettes and griddle plates, then the board shifts toward personal and whole pizzas, quesadillas, and entree salads. Coffee, sandwiches, and burgers stay on hand from early breakfast to a late close near half past ten. A 4.6 rating across hundreds of Upper West Side reviews reflects a room that reads breakfast crowd, lunch break, and late dinner without changing seats. Steady, casual, and easy to reach on foot.
🍛 A Japanese counter in Brooklyn
Across the river at 750 Myrtle Ave, 750 Myrtle Diner works as a grocery store with a kitchen inside. Shelves hold imported Japanese snacks and a curated run of sake, while the counter plates chicken katsu curry, beef don, onigiri, and marinated eggs. Ramen kits go home with you for later. Fresh chicken stays inexpensive, though other items climb higher. A 4.4 rating over a couple hundred Brooklyn reviews tracks a spot that keeps its shelves turning with new and seasonal stock. Casual, compact, and made for takeaway.
🚇 Worth the cross-borough trip
This pairing runs across two boroughs. 72nd Eatery sits at 261 Columbus Ave on the Upper West Side, while 750 Myrtle Diner holds 750 Myrtle Ave in Brooklyn, roughly a subway ride apart. Both trade table service for a counter and stay casual all day, with ratings that hold up, 4.6 in Manhattan and 4.4 in Brooklyn. Treat them as two ends of one eating day, an American griddle in the morning and a Japanese counter by evening.
