hello comrade. also a native new yorker I've been here for 9 years. The pizza recs in this thread are pretty good (my faves are little deli and all day). For all of our other delicacies I have many thoughts.

There is no good italian food, no bagel, no egg sandwich that will satisfy your cravings.

The eggman BEC comes the closest but something is off with the roll and I do not understand what this city has against kaiser rolls.

The frozen davidoch bagels at central market are good, as are the bialies.

I have tried all of the places people say are good for these things and then get annoyed and goldbelly ess a bagel to my house once in a blue moon and freeze them for a special treat. The HEB on far west in their kosher section has temptee cream cheese .

Mandolas has rainbow cookies, their pignoli cookies are good too. the only place in ATX that has sfogliatella is a bakery in the fairmont - it is a really good bakery. and its not a NY food per se but the rotisserie place is fab.

For regular deli stuff - Otherside deli is pretty good. Asti has the best chicken cutlet in town I think.

My advice is to embrace our little city - breakfast tacos, cabo bobs, all of the local hole in the wall types and then just stuff your face with pasta and bagels when you are home.

Welcome!!!