Great live music and an amazingly chill vibe, this lower east side hot spot is the place to go for both having a casual drink with friends or listening to local and visiting talented music. - Whitney
Guests at the Algonquin Hotel claim to see ghostly members of The Round Table, a group that included writers such as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Franklin Pierce & Harpo Marx.
For lunch, served from noon to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, the most popular entrees are the miso Alaskan black cod ($26) and the grilled burger with bacon and pickled ramp dressing ($19). Read more.
There's two locations in Brooklyn, both commonly filled with ex-pats and of course fish and chips lovers. The Atlantic ChipShop will show 6 Nations Rugby Championship matches.
Try one of 18 Deutsch brews on tap, 20 by the bottle, and traditional foods like wurst, schnitzel, and of course, sausage.
The dogs are just a stage for the audacious toppings. The Sidney is adorned with a perfectly pitched Thai mango salsa. The Ito delivers high notes off a baseline of ginger, garlic and salt. Read more.
Serving all kinds of Prime beef, plus a fair share of meaty foods like veal meatloaf, prime beef rib stroganoff and enough beef medallions to bail out Europe. Read more.
You will likely forget about the sacrilege once your table is covered with plates of the deliciously unclean eggs scrambled with lobster and mascarpone ($14), a few pork dishes and bacon doughnuts. Read more.
An under-the-radar, rustic-with-worn-floorboards joint serving classic romance dishes. It's also tucked way out on 10th Avenue, which means you're taking a cab together - wherever you're going.
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.
Our choice, of course, is the perfect combination of a 600gm rib eye & a Hawksmoor Julep. Read more.
The bone marrow matzoh ball soup is a must, as is the pork crackling with zatar, pretzel dog sliders, mac + cheese with crab & sea urchin, & a skate wing that's joined the Axis as a schnitzel. Read more.
Red Cat is one of the NYT restaurant critic Sam Sifton’s 50 favorite NYC restaurants. To see the full list, get The Scoop iPhone app, an inside guide to New York: NYTimes.com/thescoop
Popular items, scrawled on a beat-up surfboard that serves as a menu, include the turkey and pesto sandwich (dubbed the Grant), the Asian noodle salad, pork quesadilla and chicken caesar salad wrap. Read more.
This trattoria, with dishes like bluefish ragù, is a pretty and unexpected addition to the neighborhood. Outside of the pizzas, you go back to Saraghina to try something new. Skip the panzanella. Read more.
Best goddamn avgolemono soup in the known universe. Lunch menu only, but sometimes they have it by special request at dinner.
Order a Bistro Burger & a McSorley's Ale. To avoid the massive queue, go during the day. Or find a seat at the bar. Say hi to Tommy White behind the bar.
Recommended: Salad of greens, herbs and citrus; lentil dal; radishes; tacos de cabeza. The passion fruit crème caramel is a perfectly poised dessert. Read more.
Endless brunch? Of course! Try the "Heart Stopper" or "Queen Adelaide" for deliciousness.
Recommended: Cereal-milk soft-serve ice cream, chocolate-chocolate cookie, candy-bar pie, chocolate cake with yellow-cake icing, banana cake with hazelnut crunch, Chinese-sausage focaccia. Read more.
Recommended: Nachos, loaded potato skins, potato chips, Mexi mac and cheese, Chicago hot dogs, Creamsicle float spiked with tequila, Rocky Road shake spiked with bourbon. Read more.
You made it in! Order a big drink and a burger, some extra fries, something with an egg. Now, who’s here we recognize from Page Six?
