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212 Schermerhorn St (btwn Hoyt St and Bond St), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 46 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: You’ll get at least twenty courses during your three-hour visit to Brooklyn’s only restuarant with three Michelin stars. – Green Guide Editor
New American Restaurant · NoMad · 292 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: The menu focuses on NYC classics with a twist: Think of a black-and-white cookie made savory with apples and cheddar. – Green Guide Editor
1 Central Park W (btwn W 60th & W 61st St), New York, NY
French Restaurant · Lincoln Square · 286 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Consider duck foie gras, turbot in a green chili vinaigrette, or Wagyu beef with mole. Save room for elegant desserts. – Green Guide Editor
French Restaurant · Theater District · 310 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Seafood-centric dishes with East Asian ingredients never disappoint. Try marinated hamachi or cobia in curry broth. – Green Guide Editor
Japanese Restaurant · Central Park · 71 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: The famed sea urchin risotto, Ohmi beef w/t ruffles, & toro caviar are even better than they sound. Sushi is sublime. – Green Guide Editor
French Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 198 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: The prix fixe menu is definitely the way to go, but if you want to order à la carte, that option is available in the salon. – Green Guide Editor
60 E 65th St (btwn Park & Madison Ave), New York, NY
French Restaurant · Upper East Side · 191 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: This is serious, old school dining: Order a dish like canard à la presse or guinea hen & you'll get a tableside show. – Green Guide Editor
Asian Restaurant · East Village · 70 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: No menu, all surprises. Look for plates like 48-hour short ribs, nori-wrapped scallop, or egg in bacon-dashi broth. – Green Guide Editor
240 Central Park S (at 59th St & Broadway), New York, NY
Seafood Restaurant · Theater District · 356 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Highlights are the cuttlefish with bottarga, lobster and burrata, and the John Dory. Don't skip the olive bread either. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Try creamy sea urchin, Seoul duck, or lobster in a complex curry-like sauce. Desserts are delicate, and worth a taste. – Green Guide Editor
357 Avenue of the Americas (btwn 4th St & Washington Pl), New York, NY
Sushi Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 85 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Expect precise preparations of raw fish, like rich bigeye tuna with avocado coulis, uni with wasabi, and ebi tartare. – Green Guide Editor
Italian Restaurant · Garment District · 177 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Taste beautifully crisp sheets of "panzanella," spaghetti w/ saffron, & bay-crusted cod. For dessert, get La Religieuse. – Green Guide Editor
13 Barrow St (btwn Bleeker & W 4th St), New York, NY
New American Restaurant · West Village · 76 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Favorites are Middle Eastern red lentil soup and grilled cobia w/ caviar. The wine list highlights female vintners. – Green Guide Editor
65 E 55th St (btw Madison and Park Ave), New York, NY
Scandinavian Restaurant · Midtown East · 106 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Seafood and rabbit dishes stand out, as does the house-infused aquavit. Come in December for their holiday smörgåsbord. – Green Guide Editor
Scandinavian Restaurant · Williamsburg · 28 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Go for Scandinavian-inflected dishes like oysters in cucumber juice, fried squid with shaved cauliflower, or cold smoked pike. – Green Guide Editor
American Restaurant · Theater District · 88 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Try dishes like pan-seared veal sweetbreads or New Zealand venison w/ trumpet mushrooms. The bar has a prix-fixe lunch. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Get spaghetti alla chitarra or mezzaluna stuffed with mushrooms to start, then torta di lamponi for dessert. – Green Guide Editor
New American Restaurant · East Williamsburg · 40 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Diners can play DJ by choosing from a stack of vinyl. Menu highlights include Sasso chicken, crudo, and agnolotti. – Green Guide Editor
American Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 149 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: It’s all local here, from veggie sliders and house-made charcuterie to roasted Brussels sprouts and braised hake. – Green Guide Editor
French Restaurant · Tribeca · 121 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Classic, opulent dining means a chariot de pain & other trolleys for cheese and digestives. The foie gras is transcendent. – Green Guide Editor
16 W 29th St (btwn Broadway & 5th Ave), New York, NY
Gastropub · NoMad · 688 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Ultra-rich scrumpets are a must. Razor clams, seared turbot, and bittersweet chocolate parfait are also worth the wait. – Green Guide Editor
Japanese Restaurant · Tribeca · 80 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Expect high-end ingredients in copious portions. Sashimi may be monkfish liver, giant clam, uni, or osetra caviar. – Green Guide Editor
100 E 63rd St (btwn 5th & Madison Ave), New York, NY
French Restaurant · Upper East Side · 92 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: You can’t go wrong, from crisped salmon or fontina+truffle arancini to celery root agnolotti or pan-seared duck breast. – Green Guide Editor
13 E 37th St (btwn 5th Ave & Madison Ave), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Garment District · 274 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Sample 3-pepper chicken with meat so tender, skin so crispy, & peppers so fiery that diners have been known to swoon. – Green Guide Editor
Korean Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 279 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Start with golbaengi moochim (whelks), then thick fillets of pearly white sablefish or a tray of bo ssäm (pork belly). – Green Guide Editor
10402 Metropolitan Ave (at 71st Dr.), Forest Hills, NY
Wine Bar · 35 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: This husband and wife team holds the only Michelin star in Queens. Try risotto, cod, clams, or duck confit. - Green Guide Editor
New American Restaurant · Upper West Side · 130 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Go for ravioli w/ wild greens, vegetable consommé, or monkfish in mustard sauce. Come Sunday for a bargain 3-course meal. – Green Guide Editor
15 E 15th St (btwn 5th Ave & Union Sq W), New York, NY
Japanese Restaurant · Union Square · 136 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: The omakase focuses on sushi and sashimi of high quality, like tender octopus, creamy toro, & seared isaki (grunt fish). – Green Guide Editor
42 E 20th St (btwn Broadway & Park Ave), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Flatiron District · 446 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Perfectly seasonal standouts have included butternut squash soup, duck breast over parsnip purée, and tarte tatin. – Green Guide Editor
Chinese Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 158 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Dim sum is delicious: chive dumplings, sticky rice w/ chicken, duck-stuffed pumpkin puffs. Also try sea bass or gai lan. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: The omakase-only menu is a parade of fluke, Hokkaido ocean trout, toro, and salmon roe, all flawless in composition. – Green Guide Editor
Japanese Restaurant · East Village · 102 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Sashimi and sushi are superb, with wasabi grated tableside. For dessert, get jasmine ice cream with chocolate cookies. – Green Guide Editor
125 E 39th St (btwn Park & Lexington Ave), New York, NY
Japanese Restaurant · Murray Hill · 72 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Highlights include wakame soup w/ homemade tofu & black truffle rice. Downstairs, Kokage has zen, but not vegan, lunch. – Green Guide Editor
Japanese Restaurant · East Village · 61 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Sushi is excellent, but kaiseki is best. Try tempura-fried lotus root, dashi w/ mini bok choy, & strawberries w/ whelk. – Green Guide Editor
Chinese Restaurant · Garment District · 52 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Spice levels here can verge on incendiary. Order one of the fish pots, mapo tofu, or camphor tea-smoked duck. – Green Guide Editor
New American Restaurant · Tribeca · 2 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: A prix-fixe menu is the only option, and may include treats like white asparagus-tinged tapioca bursting with caviar. – Green Guide Editor
Italian Restaurant · Lincoln Square · 95 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Ask about the Italian region highlighted monthly. House-made pastas stand out, as does rustic porchetta & polenta. – Green Guide Editor
American Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 621 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Grilled meats are always high quality, like the excellent bone-in New York strip steak. Order a side of pommes Anna. – Green Guide Editor
New American Restaurant · Midtown East · 197 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Homemade bread with goat‘s milk butter is a prelude to foie gras terrine, a slow-poached egg with spätzle, & roasted lamb. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: A cold-smoked scallop pairs with pear, cucumber, sea beans + black garlic, while New Zealand red doe gets juniper + fennel. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Begin with shrimp cocktail or a wedge salad, then Porterhouse with French fries & creamed spinach, then cheesecake. – Green Guide Editor
210 Elizabeth St (btwn Prince & Spring St), New York, NY
Australian Restaurant · NoLita · 211 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Asian and Mediterranean flavors mix in Ora King salmon or anchovies. Check out the bar’s cocktails & alcohol-free drinks. – Green Guide Editor
141 Duane St (btwn W Broadway & Church St), New York, NY
Japanese Restaurant · Tribeca · 18 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: All the kaiseki options offer high quality, fluke sashimi and grilled yuzu-marinated pike to tempura and hot pots. – Green Guide Editor
10 E 60th St. (btwn Madison & 5th Ave.), New York, NY
New American Restaurant · Upper East Side · 82 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Start with seasonal toasts with cranberry tapenade or Maryland crab, then maybe venison à la plancha. Try the juice bar. – Green Guide Editor
Austrian Restaurant · Theater District · 43 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Try artfully composed pork belly or fluke with winter squash. Austrian desserts are intense, especially Sacher cake. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Settle in for seared, crispy mackerel with smoky pancetta or moist & deliciously crisp pork belly. End with banoffee pie. – Green Guide Editor
428 Greenwich St (btwn Vestry St & Laight St), New York, NY
Sushi Restaurant · Tribeca · 78 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Faithful renditions of traditional sushi are a highlight. Also try tender Wagyu beef tataki or chawan mushi with crab. – Green Guide Editor
Sushi Restaurant · Upper East Side · 133 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Oysters may be baked in their shells, Goldeneye snapper paired with black truffles. Ask to try fish imported from Japan. – Green Guide Editor
New American Restaurant · Lincoln Square · 86 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Pick the trout, a seasonal entrée, and don’t skip a house cocktail and a wine pairing. Lunch is a steal. – Green Guide Editor
Italian Restaurant · NoLita · 140 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Your menu may be pork terrine, bowtie squid ink pasta, duck breast, then lemon cake layered with buttercream. – Green Guide Editor
Austrian Restaurant · West Village · 52 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Go for terrine of foie gras, herb-crusted venison loin with cheese and potato schupfnudeln, and pear strudel. – Green Guide Editor
50 Clinton St (btwn Stanton & Rivington St), New York, NY
Molecular Gastronomy Restaurant · Lower East Side · 163 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Both prix-fixe menus highlight innovation in technique + ingredients. Diners are encouraged to visit the kitchen. – Green Guide Editor
Portuguese Restaurant · Union Square · 118 tips and reviews
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: The arroz de pato is rightly popular, possibly even addictive. Also try suckling pig, clams, & spicy chocolate tart. – Green Guide Editor