The original Mamoun’s Falafel has been serving Middle Eastern staples to customers in New York City’s Greenwich Village since 1971. Insider producer Medha Imam visits Mamoun’s to try their legendary falafel, see how they’re made, and learn the history behind the beloved institution.
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How Mamoun’s Became The Most Legendary Falafel In NYC | Legendary Eats
46 Comments
Its arabic dish not middle eastren we dont like to call us this and " kuss um israiel"
the israeli falafel is actually very green and full of herbs
All us hippies spread the word in the 70's, that Mamouns on MacDougal is the only one !
Who’s the host!!??? I think I just found my wifey🥹😍😍😍😍
Mamouns is the best!
I had Mamoun’s in 1973 when I moved into my first apartment on McDougal, will always remember those days fondly didn’t have a lot of money but I had my guitar, apartment in the village and Mamoun’s.
I've been to there New Haven location back in the eighties. The food is so good, and great customer service.
i have stopped nyc trips. it is not a safe city. police have been stopped from helping. city/state govt supports criminals. too bad, it used to be great but now it is unsafe
4$ bucks for flafel! Damn here its less than 1$
I love you Egypt love all your Food dishes , just miss you
4:57 Not sure about the claim that they invented green falafel. There's variation in the middle east. I feel the falafel in the middle east is almost always green. Maybe not as green as Mamoun's but when I make my family recipe it comes out just as green as their's. In my opinion, stay away from yellow falafel.
I thought that was weed in the thumbnail for a sec LMFAAAOO
Delicious!🐾
Commentary spoken in vocal fry …yuck!
My daughter is married to Mohammed, I grew up on Mamoun . Between the food truck, New Haven 😋, and Middletown connecticut locations in particular
If it's still $4 in 2022, it won't be for long.
What are the ingredients please? I don't know English will
oh i wish they were just up the road instead of way up earth way…
4$ haaa????
I am from an Arabic country
A falafel 🥙 sandwich is sold for around the equivalent of 1.5 US dollars in most normal falafel restaurants and if it's of a higher class it usually doesn't exceed 3.5 to 4 bucks, but it's way bigger and has more stuff inside the sandwich.
Either this place is way too expensive or y'all life itself is just more expensive.
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The Kebab Stands Falafelsandwich 5mins from me was literally better than Mamouns lmao
One of my favorite places in NYC. Can go up with any place in the Middle East.
I thought Ross made Falafel 🥹
Too bad Mamouns sucks now
Insanely expensive. Had a falafel salad plate and a bottled water, and it ended up being $19 after tax.
Tahini, lettuce, tomato.. that’s how you know it’s good – you don’t even need to add the beets, turnips, garlic sauce etc… no onions???
This the popular, nationalistic and Arab-stamped cultural dish for hundreds of years, that nowadays Israelis are trying to steal it and attribute it to their newly innovated fake culture
Entonces es una torta árabe y no le hechan salsa, ok.
A tasty snack this
Fact/ falafel is mostly ground Fava beans, not chickpeas like most people think. Do research before opening thy mouth on thy short-form news article. 🙏
Best Lamb Shawarma, forget the falafel.
The consistency is great, Nice and crispy on the outside & nice and moist on the inside 😏
Love this place. Haven't been there in over 10 years. At the time, $2 for the Falafel. At the time I didn't have much money so, Gray's Papaya for a dollar hot dog, a place on 10th Ave & 40th for a large one dollar slice and Mamoun's were my 'go to's.' I guess 4 or 5 bucks ain't a bad deal, today. Gotta take my wife to Mamoun's.
Wow $4.00! Cheapest one you'd ever find where I live (eastern Canada) is $9.00, and believe me, cheap is rarely ever good around here
I went to NYU down the street in the 80's, and Mamouns Falafel sandwich was $1.50 While standing in line, folks use to brag about the father in the 70's and the $0.75 price
Tanami is bettter 😂
You put taratoor not red sauce on falafel!
You couldn’t pay me to sit on those steps….nyc needs to clean up
i disliked the video because he said israel and screw those guys
The most legendary? That's a bold claim
Bro I went to Mamoun’s and I guessed Syrian man…damn those herbs, in the falafel are so delicious. And it was like $6 on a Pita in Greenwich village, really great. Cash only, old school
My daughter goes to college round the corner from Mamoun's and it is quite literally her food addiction! The price is more like $6.00 now. The falafel is DELICIOUS!
Nixee
Buy one an throw some shedded steak in it. 😜😂
Wait aint this a gyro?
Wow, my younger self loved this place, my older self not so much,everything tasted flat. Times have changed. 😢
How does a food journalist not like tomatoes?