Try the hand-held breakfast Kolache stuffed with potato, egg & jack cheese or with chorizo sausage, egg & cheese. Good stuff!
Plenty of good eating on the menu with smoked pork belly, strip steak served 2 ways, mussels steamed in beer with chorizo, and seared scallops in grain mustard foie gras butter - beers go for $4 a cup
The Italiano: prosciutto di Parma, hot sopressata, deliciously fatty-edged ham roasted in-house, "Petit Jesu" salami, and a shower of Pecorino Sardo with fresh arugula, roasted peppers, and tomato. Read more.
The bone marrow solves all... a gateway protein kinda like bacon. So great the whole world stands on its head. - Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations
Quant place for good Italian. Portions are large, food is fresh. Sausage plate looked delish.
Ceviche and seafood , fresh and authentic. Sit back and enjoy a breezy night of nibbling and sipping on coconut mjitos in a col inviting setting created by OOF Restaurants Inc. -Arnold Myint, Top Chef
Salumi is open just a handful of days and only for lunch, so come prepared for crowds. And yes, it's worth it. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
For Northern Italian cuisine, you can’t do better than Pepolino. The food, the atmosphere and the service are all exquisite.
Try the little oyster sandwiches. Sesame-speckled buns each cradle one fat, crispy mollusk, iceberg lettuce and a smear of pickled okra sauce. They’re one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Don’t miss the amazing pizzas, pastas and house-cured meats at Franny’s. The eggs and spicy pickles and the prosciutto are not to be missed. – Adam Richman, Man v. Food Read more.
Look out for a variety of beers (lager, hefe weizen, dunkel, dunkel weizen, bock, Knut bock) running on 24 taps, live music, and enough wurst derivatives to tide you over until Oktoberfest. Read more.
Outstanding new restaurant with whole animals offered every night. Get the whole suckling pig.
the century club: since the 1870s. a lunch and after-work spot when i used to work at sony
real taqueria with just 15 seats, cooks chopping meat and cilantro as you walk in, 2 tacos de carnitas for 7 dollars and a stinging cold can of tecate for 2 bucks and a quarter and a nickel
Eat mezze style. The standards like labneh, hummus with meat, tabouli, and fatoush are all good. Grilled meats are excellent.
Plenty of Sixpoint flowing and a full bill of fare with seafood towers, French onion soup, buttermilk-fried chicken, strip steaks, and a bacon-cheeseburger with truffle fries. Read more.
As far out as the Eater 38 ventures. Worth the trip, given that this Thai food is considered to be the best in the five boroughs. If you don't know, now you know: see-PRA-pie. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Looking for a cheap & delectable brunch deal? For $14.50 prix-fixe, choose from 9 entrees w/ drink included. Try the Nutella French Toast. Read more.
They say you should eat protein when you drink. Not a problem here: sausage platter for one and a 1/2 liter will set you right.
Best frozen margaritas in town, on the rocks are great too, $4.50 from 4-7 weekdays. Read more.
Pork & Pepper Pie is not on the menu but they do have it. Just ask for it.
West Village restaurant serving Chesapeake Bay-inspired seafood and other shore-based comfort foods. Owned by the guys behind neighborhood favorites Dell'Anima and L'Artusi.
You simple can't go wrong with the brunch at Hundred Acres. Start with the ricotta fritters, and don't forget a Bloody Mary.
The salt-crust baked duck has been consistently excellent, and the only constant on the menu, since this place opened in 1990.
Go at 11 if you want immediate lunch seating. It's packed & people waiting by 11:30 every day. Busiest weekday is Friday.
Hot & Spicy chicken wings and drumsticks are bangin'. Soy Garlic are good as well, but hot & spicy is the way to go if you can handle a bit of heat.
Order up a side of currywurst sauce with the fries. Nice little kick to balance that liter of beer you have. Prost!
Order the pork buns and the Momofuku Ramen. It's not your usual 40-cent shady microwave ramen.
Must have the fries with homemade ketchup & garlic aioli. The diner doughnuts are the biggest hit of the menu. Skip the devil eggs! They are tasteless.
recommended: goose liver ravioli w/balsamic and brown butter, pork chop, maple cheesecake
Charming little spot that's always open and stocked up with steak. Can't go wrong with the strip or hanger. Mmm gratin!
We like the migas- a scramble of eggs with cheese, pico de gallo, red or green hot sauce, shredded cheddar, and leftover tortillas, usually fried into chips
the dress code is ridiculously relaxed but the food is serious. the arctic char is a stand-out, as is the basement dining annex by the fireplace. bread pudding for dessert is never a mistake.
Order the chicken sandwich w/pancetta at lunch- it's the second best sandwich in DUMBO!
Chicken-shrimp dumplings a must. Try the mushroom spring rolls as well. Affordable elegant place great for large groups
In the West Village. Don't miss the Pork Belly & Pickled Watermelon Salad. The Skate is pretty fantastic too. -Laurine Wickett, Top Chef
Their Beef Goulash soup and German Shepherd's pie were featured dishes at Choice Eats
They brought Imitation Lobster, Cucumber Salad, Fried Capers, and Buttermilk Pudding with Mango to Choice Eats- yum!
Get the pickle dog-a Hartmann's frank which is boiled, basted with butter and lard, and then topped it with three pickloid substances: brine-pickle spears, sliced dill pickles, & a sweet pickle relish
Recommended appetizers: Seafood chowder, crispy pork terrine, squid ink tagliatelle, pork belly and charred octopus salad. Main courses: Skate, scallops, squab, sweetbreads. Read more.
The best pizza you can possibly eat in New York City. Others will scream about Grimaldi's or some other place, the is no better pizza than Di Fara. Take the Q train to Ave J, you will never regret it Read more.
Totonno's is consistently ranked among the best pizzas in New York City! Order a white and a red. And remember: no individual slices, only whole-pie deliciousness.
The menu includes greenmarket ingredients in dishes like Peekytoe Crab Toast, Shaved Fluke with Blood Oranges, Roasted Pork T-Bone with Apple Meyer Lemon Puree, & Chocolate Layer Cake. Enjoy
The Vanderbilt's offer of refined food & drink at a price that won’t liquidate your savings is a welcome addition. Michelin-starred chef Saul Bolton & Ben Daitz collaborated on an A plus menu.
Cozy and reliable breakfast, lunch, and dinner from the peeps behind Odeon and Café Luxembourg. -Andy Cohen, Watch What Happens Live!
Huge, delicious sandwiches. Try "The Dennis" - they will at first deny its existence but eventually give in and serve up a beautiful blend of chicken, prosciutto, and mozzarella. Read more.
The fried chicken/biscuits are enough for two hungry or three snackie people and delicious as hell. The burger is not to be missed, wit' cheese!, and the fries are perfect.
New York tacos that your L.A. friends can't knock. These carnitas will have you seeing the world through pork-colored lenses. - IFC Staff
To avoid the crowd and the scene, check out weekend brunch (starts at 11am). French toast is the best I've ever had.
if you're ever in BK during the summer hit this spot on a friday, saturday or sunday! OFF THE HOOK!!! Get the cuban corn and a mohito.
Try the lemongrass caramel ribs here, which Adam Platt calls “the finest ribs (sticky, charred, infused with lemongrass and caramel) ever to be served in the vicinity of 56th Street and Fifth Avenue." Read more.
I love the elote and taco specials here! And they don't charge extra for cheese! The owner dominc is really sweet! This is amazing Northern Mexican coastal style Mexican!
PHH is a “country café” specializing in a fried chicken varietal offering faves like cornmeal-fried okra, crispy oyster po’ boys, low-country rice, black-eyed peas, and grits. Read more.
Mustard seed crusted tuna is great, esp if you like asian-inspired dishes. Turtle soup and the wild game plate are amazing
One of the city’s best views, and excellent food still, after all these years. A sunset reservation’s best, with rabbit and dumplings.
Sip tea and sample any of the 12 varieties of baklava at this comfortable cafe. The honey- and pistachio-filled treats are sure to brighten anyone’s evening.
Juventino is the namesake of the owner. This resto is as understated as the food but the food is simply delicious. Juventino couldn't be a nicer guy. Go and come back many times.
It's all counter service, so roll up and ask for the brisket. It's cooked for 20hrs with bourbon and apple cider, as well as some secret spices, then injected with bourbon Read more.
Fried chicken & bacon butter: Empire Biscuit is the 24hr biscuit emporium you've been waiting for. Read more.
Chef Marc Forgione's Tribeca steakhouse features a rib steak that's rubbed in pastrami spices and smoked before cooking.
