Perfectly executed food and spot on service makes this restaurant a must visit. Plus pastry chef Vera Tongl’s Banana Pudding with Bacon Brittle is out of this world. -Zac Young, Top Chef Just Desserts
Celeste is a cash only family-owned Italian restaurant where the pasta is made fresh daily. The chef goes to Italy every month to hand-pick several local and hard-to-come-by cheeses. The recitation of
This is an amazing little middle eastern/Druze cooking. My friend turned me on to it on my last trip to NYC. Incredible, authentic food. Really fresh and interesting -Susan Feniger, Top Chef
Jeffrey Steingarten tells us this is his "favorite new Manhattan restaurant" in his New York Diet. He's a particular fan of the sauteed squash with parmesan. Read more.
A casual cafe menu gives way to a dead-seriously formal tasting version in the dining room itself, well worth riding through to dessert.
Miss USA Rima Fakih loves to eat outdoors here on Sunday nights, according to her NY Diet. Calamari to start, shared seafood pasta, and a bite of chocolate cake for dessert. Read more.
“I think Eleven Madison is my favorite restaurant in the city,” chef Scott Conant told us in his New York Diet. The lobster lasagna is “awesome” and the milk-and-honey dessert is “just delicious.” Read more.
Gary's modern American food is amazing. Go check out the beautiful space at the newly remodeled Georgian Terrace hotel for a pre Fox theatre meal. -Eli Kirshtein, Top Chef
This modern impasse restaurant offers creative presentation with traditional sensibilities. Impeccably fresh fish is the star here. -Kevin Gillespie, Top Chef
The inside is members only, but why not scope out the smarties leaving the building? After all, this is where B met her British boyfriend. Read more.
The best black cod I've ever had. Chef Michael Anthony is a true artist. -Ron Duprat, Top Chef
