Trinidad Golden Place

On the Nostrand Avenue stretch where Crown Heights eats Trinidadian, this narrow bakery and takeout counter nearly always has a line. It moves quickly, so come knowing what you want, with cash in your pocket. There is nowhere to sit; this is food for the walk home.

Get doubles — curried chickpeas folded into soft fried bara — and a goat roti so large it could double as a pillow. Then do what the regulars do and add something from the bakery case for later, a coconut roll or a raisin bun. The kitchen also runs a full Trinidadian-Chinese menu of lo mein and fried rice, the island's other comfort food.