JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS
Kabab King
The 24-hour Pakistani grill at the heart of Jackson Heights — biryani at any hour.
Kabab King sits on the corner where Broadway, 73rd Street and 37th Road meet, and it never closes. At any hour the grill is turning out kebabs and the Pakistani and North Indian dishes that keep Jackson Heights fed around the clock, for a crowd that changes with the shifts of the city.
Biryani is the order — chicken or goat, rice stained with spice and stocked with meat — alongside kebabs off the grill and hot naan. The room is plain and the reviews are mixed on polish, but that is not the point: when Mayor Zohran Mamdani needed his first meal after taking office on January 1, 2026, this is the kitchen that fed City Hall, and the New York Times put it on its 2026 list of the city's best restaurants.
Editor’s tip
Go late — after midnight, with the goat biryani — to see the place as its regulars do.
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Editorial draft — core details last reviewed October 13, 2026. Confirm practical details with the official site before you go.