1. 1. Mandler’s: The Original Sausage Co.

   601 Eighth Ave., nr. 39th St.; 212-244-4777

   The sausages at this spiffy spinoff of the Union Square original are swaddled in custom-made rolls and topped with everything from bacon bits to peppadew relish.

2. 2. Metro Marché

   625 Eighth Ave., at 41st St.; 212-239-1010

   Why anyone would want to put a nice brasserie inside the Port Authority Bus Terminal, we don’t know. But there it is, with its imported zinc bar, its cheery red-and-yellow walls, and its steak-frites, like something that fell out of the sky.

3. 3. Ressie Mae’s Soul to Go

   612 Eighth Ave., nr. 40th St.; 212-382-3886

   Before you board that bus to Jersey, fortify yourself with a smothered pork chop or maybe some chicken and waffles. Harlem’s Amy Ruth’s consulted on the menu.

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