One of the city’s best views, and excellent food still, after all these years. A sunset reservation’s best, with rabbit and dumplings.
A little wine bar with great salads and paninis. Open late--you'll find all sorts of restaurant workers hanging out in this tiny spot. -Anita Lo, Top Chef Masters
Stop by for the “fish heads, eel bones & beer” dinner, a monthly fete with dishes like whole roasted tuna collar, salmon skin salad & deep fried eel bones-all for $45 with Sapporo from the keg. Read more.
Try your hand at bocce, croquet and horseshoes, or take a dip in the pool before a fantastic meal prepared by the best chefs around.
A bottle of Grower Champagne, like Camille Saves’s Brut Rose from the region of Bouzy, offers a blush of berry and a tartness of mandarin – perfect for your Oscar night party!
Order pizza to be delivered from Rivoli Pizza 2 (Hudson & Christopher).
Go just for the elevator ride, where Marco Brambilla's video artwork, "Civilization," is major Hieronymus Bosch.
Try the Flatiron Steak Frites entrée ($28), the pastrami Rueben on country white bread ($15), or the BLT Burger with aged cheddar ($16). Read more.
Chef/owner Jonathan Waxman runs this neighborhood place and makes food that makes people happy. -Jimmy Bradley , Top Chef
I love the Red Velvet Twinkies & Chocolate Snowballs at LuLu Cake Boutique in NYC. – Chef Anne Thornton, Dessert First
Nothing on the lunch menu costs more than $15. On a recent visit, the daily po'boy was made with five fat, juicy fried oysters. A plentiful BLT is summer comfort food defined. Read more.
Order a patacón Maracucho in this full-service setting. Fillings include asado negro, pot roast in a sweet onion-and-red-wine sauce, and carne mechada, stewed shredded flank steak. Read more.
Try the tlacoyos ($3): long masa flatbreads stuffed with refried beans and topped with bright-orange spicy pork, sweet chopped onion, lettuce, and cilantro. One of our 25 favorite food trucks! Read more.
Mussels, served about a half-dozen ways, are the most popular menu item. The restaurant also features an impressive beer list. Read more.
Smaller plates include the roasted lemon chicken on tarragon and couscous ($11). Among the larger entrees and sandwiches, try poached fish with mint salad ($20) or the pulled-pork sandwich ($10). Read more.
The high-living Cipriani boys make a killer chicken club loaded with bacon and homemade mayo - it's one of our 101 Best Sandwiches in NY. Read more.
Everyone comes for the chicken and it lives up to the hype. It's juicy, the skin is crispy and the portion is plentiful. Another option: velvety gnocchi, tossed with corn and roasted cherry tomatoes. Read more.
George Mendes’s Flatiron spot is Adam Platt’s pick for the best Portuguese in New York. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Sit down for a healthy lunch at Little Georgette, then stop into Marc by Marc Jacobs next door and say hello!
Popular midday dishes include the peppered chicken on arugula ($19); marinated sea bass with asparagus on a salad ($19); and the pasta with black pepper, egg and guanciale, cured pig jowl ($15). Read more.
This cousin of the more famous original on the Upper East Side serves lighter lunch fare such as tuna tartar and grilled swordfish with a fennel-pepper vinaigrette, though pasta is the main draw. Read more.
The $32 fixed-price brunch begins with a basket of warm baked goods; next comes a plate of canapés, then the entree and finally a plate of bijou dessert bites. Read more.
There's a hidden garden between the two buildings of this condominium. A putting green and greenhouse atrium sit atop railroad tracks built in the 1930s. Read more.
