The best authentic Chinese food in Chinatown. It's basically a hole-in-the-wall restaurant but the food is amazing, even the snails! [Eww I know] Was featured on A. Bourdain's travel channel show. Read more.
The Chicken Parm sandwich is best in NYC... Fresh Mozzarella, served with home made potato chips!
Tony’s new favorite restaurant in New York City! It is a mix of Japanese and Korean BBQ styles. As seen on Travel Channel’s The Layover with Anthony Bourdain.
We love the Lobster Cocktail, Roasted Bone Marrow and the Aged Rib Steak at this really sexy steakhouse. Before all that, start with an Olde English Lemonade – it’s large enough to share.
Try the addictive fried pig tails, deep-fried to order and coated with a sticky sauce made from the sweet-savory braising reduction. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Brunch here is GREAT. And it goes until 6! Goodness, gracious. Everything is amazing - but do try the apple omelette. Mmmm.
Try the exceptional Black Angus burger, ground daily, with a satisfying crust from the grill that gives way to a gorgeously pink interior that coats the mouth like steak tartare. Read more.
Head here for a great Korean-American Brunch. Winner of Best of NYC Critic's choice for best foodie adventure: Redhook, BK.
Cozy, date-worthy atmosphere, and offers unique wines that you can enjoy on comfy leather couches! On our list of 5 favorite wine bars in the West Village - try the lauded lamb-ragu sliders.
A totally vegan restaurant that offers a peaceful respite from the busy street of Koreatown. A Korean destination for everyone, vegan and otherwise.
Order the now-famous fusilli with octopus & bone marrow or the spaghetti with sea urchin and crab. For those that don't like fish, the aged sirloin steak with bone marrow panzanella. [Eater 38 Member]
Good for special occasions and dates, this vegan restaurant is good enough to make even the grizzliest of carnivores rethink their eating habits. Definitely try the Seitan Piccata.
Mentaiko spagetti = best comfort food ever. Also tried hamachi kama for first time and I will be sure to order it next time.
Consider the house-made pastas ($17-$18) or the popular charred octopus with chorizo dish ($16). Read more.
The Minetta Burger – juicy and topped with aged cheddar is worth the wait at this Greenwhich Village legend.
The Skybox at Daniel is a singular experience that any foodie who has an interest in what goes on behind the scenes must experience.
Recommended: Prawn roulade, farm egg with Parmesan foam, goat's milk ricotta gnocchi, halibut, lobster, duck for two, chicken for two, peanut butter and chocolate palette, chocolate tart with caramel. Read more.
Eric Ripert is the first to make seafood beautiful. -Luann De Lesseps, Real Housewives of New York City
Whatever you eat at Per Se is worth whatever you have to pay. Try Chef Keller's legendary butter-poached lobster, and you'll be experiencing the best of New York.
The yo-yo gets a sugary makeover at Caracas. Sweet plantains are fried in a cinnamon-spiked plantain batter, then they’re stuffed slightly chewy, fresh cheese and served with honey dipping sauce. Read more.
This restaurant produces some of the finest dim sum this city offers. At 2 p.m. pricier fare starts appearing on the carts whirling through the dining room, but over-rice dishes are always cheap.
You can get the ribs as an appetizer for 5 bucks - just ask for the rib sandwich...it's not on the menu
From the owners of Diner, this Williamsburg raw bar offers a limited but delicious menu. Read more.
takoyaki (octopus balls) and okonomiyaki (pancakey thing) at otafuku. sit outside on the small bench
Cozy Smith Street place. Definitely Kale Salad. The pastas are house made & mine was served in a delicious, flavorful broth. Definitely dive in to the complimentary flatbread! Desserts not a must.
The shirred eggs are a must try! The baked egg, freakin' AMAZING bacon, and bechamel combo will not disappoint!!
Dan Barber's fresh, eco-friendly food is driven by the harvest at his farm upstate. The room located just below street-level on quaint Village block has the same casual grace as the eats.
Bone marrow/brisket burger might go down as one of my top 3 burgers of all time. Wow. Potato chip nachos w/ pork belly are also banging.
Tyler Florence reveals his favorite on a stick, Mexican Grilled Corn, dusted with chili powder, lime and cotija cheese, at Cafe Habana on The Best Thing I Ever Ate. Find more tips at FN Local. Read more.
Find a spot at the bar, try their cocktails, try to choose between their Grilled Cheese and their Berkshire Pork Sliders
High ceiling, long communal table. You must do it family style so you can try lots of dishes. They are ALL good, especially the edamame dumplings! -Julie Kwon, Launch My Line
The pork is a tender, zesty mustard and sauerkraut masterpiece. The flourless chocolate and beet cake is as intensely rich as it is delicately light. And the service is courteous, warm and prompt.
The cavatelli pasta alone is worth the trip to Carroll Gardens, but, then, so is the rest of the food & scene here, which is quintessentially Aging Hipster in the best possible way. [Eater 38 Member]
I highly recommend going double porky: start with the pork belly tacos (homemade tortillas + guacamole are slamming) and end with the Heritage pork. Oink!
An evening of charm on a dreamlike West Village corner. Owner/chef Joey Campanaro's meatball sliders are legendary. Try it for a date: there's a reason regulars call it "the closer." [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Scoop up the colorful Miang Kana salad with Chinese broccoli leaves here. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the pork souvlaki: herb-marinated pork butt seared over wood-charcoal embers and served in a fluffy grilled pita. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the green-bean salad. Crisp stalks of green beans, fried almonds, raw fennel and celery heart join forces in this crunchy, satisfying tangle. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the crunchy purani delhi ki papri chaat, composed of a layer of fried wheat discs piled with chickpeas and diced potatoes. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the fragrant dum biryani, an Indian-style potpie filled with glistening hunks of ginger-marinated goat leg tossed with saffron-dyed basmati rice. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011 Read more.
Try Laurent Manrique’s signature Caesar, which deploys grilled Romaine hearts heaped with shaved Parmesan and draped in silky smoked cod. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
The deeply flavorful sauce in the Tajarin al sugo d’Arrosto pasta is made with pan drippings. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the luxurious scallop and bone marrow starter. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the Ukoy for brunch. Shrimp, sprouts and leeks, plus snow peas and napa cabbage, are stuffed into a banana leaf and plunged into the hot oil. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the rich beer-braised-tongue tacos. The soft, shredded meat is slow-cooked with Negra Modelo, bacon and chorizo. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the candylike Ba Si. Deep-fried taro, sweet potato and apple form the starchy base of this funky, interactive Northern Chinese dessert. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the Rosejat Rápida—a paella riff made with short noodles instead of rice—which incorporates poached chicken, chorizo and briny cockles. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the Earl’s Eggo waffle, drizzled with maple syrup and stacked with aged Cabot cheddar, coffee-cured bacon and rich slabs of grilled foie gras. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Be adventurous. The crazier it sounds, the better it tastes: smoked duck drumettes,bone marrow with beef cheek jam, tripe w/ blood sausage. Pay with Cover and skip waiting for the check!
Great food, terrific atmosphere. Try the pork ribs, the pork tenderloin and the butcher's steak. The curry chicken noodles are yummy as well.
Diners can play DJ by choosing from a stack of vinyl. Menu highlights include Sasso chicken, crudo, and agnolotti. – Green Guide Editor
don't bother going anywhere else for soup dumplings. worth the trek for Taiwanese dishes.
Same owners as the original Mee that was on E 13th street! Prawns and broccoli are delish.
When I walk into the restaurant and smell the Sichuan peppercorns, I want to cry because it smells like my second home.
Have some ricotta on toast to begin, mushrooms or a steak if available, and a date cake you can walk off with a hike down Atlantic Avenue, to Brooklyn Bridge Park. Read more.
Cornbread’s a must. Then? Duck-liver pudding: Discuss. (Yes.) Red Caesar salad: yes. Fried yard bird: Yes. Go malted for dessert. Read more.
This spot's authentic tapas include spicy tongue taquitos & fried blood sausage. The cocktail program's exclusively latin wines, 100+ rums, & carafes of Latin liquors served on trays w/ lines of sugar Read more.
Order seafood salad or tuna tartare. Follow with Thai-spiced lobster or steak. And ask for help on the wine. Do prom right this time around. Read more.
Stay until 3am at this late-night sushi spot, and you might just catch celebrity chefs like Daniel Boulud and Gordon Ramsay who often frequent here after work.
Sushi Nakazawa is the 10-seat omakase restaurant from former Jiro Ono-apprentice Daisuke Nakazawa. Sushi Nakazawa serves omakase tastings paired with sake, but plans to introduce an expanded menu.
only the best Taiwanese restaurant in Flushing... AND it's dirt-cheap!
Chef Joe Paqualetto, fresh from Daniel and Café Boulud, brings seasonal produce to the forefront of his menu. Meats like Long Island duck are paired with fresh sweet cherries ans braised Swiss chard.
Dan Dan noodles best I've had yet in NYC. Beef and tripe in chili oil appetizer is excellent but very "Mala" (tingly spicy) so watch out!
