Italian · West Village · James Beard Outstanding Restaurant 2023
The most impossible walk-in in New York. Jody Williams and Rita Sodi's West Village Italian has been packed to the rafters for a decade, and the cacio e pepe still makes grown adults weep. Seasonal ve...
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Balthazar
French Brasserie · SoHo · James Beard America's Classics Semifinalist
Keith McNally's SoHo brasserie has been the center of New York dining gravity since 1997 and shows no signs of slowing down. The steak frites are perfect, the raw bar is impeccable, and the bread bask...
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Russ & Daughters
Jewish Appetizing · Lower East Side · James Beard America's Classics
The appetizing shop that invented the genre. Since 1914, four generations of the Russ family have been slicing smoked fish, spreading cream cheese, and making New Yorkers feel like they belong. The Su...
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Di An Di
Vietnamese · Greenpoint · Michelin Recommended
Vietnamese-inspired cooking in a retro-diner setting that somehow became one of Brooklyn's most beloved restaurants. The rice noodle salad and the lemongrass chicken are outstanding, but it's the ener...
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Dante
Italian Cafe & Cocktail Bar · Greenwich Village · World's Best Bar #1 (2019), James Beard Nominated
Voted World's Best Bar in 2019, and the negroni menu alone justifies the title. Dante transformed from a century-old Italian cafe into the cocktail epicenter of Greenwich Village without losing an oun...
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Cafe Boulud
French · Upper East Side · 1 Michelin Star
Daniel Boulud slightly more casual Upper East Side jewel that remains one of the best French restaurants in the city, full stop. The four-muse menu concept gives the kitchen room to flex, and the exec...
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Thai Diner
Thai-American · Tribeca · Michelin Recommended
Thai meets American diner in the most delightful way possible. The khao soi French toast at brunch is unhinged genius, and the crab fried rice for dinner is the dish that made this place famous. Nolit...
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The Red Rooster
American Soul Food · Harlem · James Beard Nominated
Marcus Samuelsson's Harlem landmark is part restaurant, part cultural institution, part community center. The fried chicken is legendary, the cornbread is addictive, and the weekend gospel brunch is a...
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L'Artusi
Modern Italian · West Village · Eater NY, Infatuation Pick
The West Village Italian that every neighborhood wishes it had. The pastas are handmade, the wine list is all-Italian, and the cocktails are better than they need to be. The ricotta gnudi and the lamb...
Roberta's turned a Bushwick warehouse into a pizza empire and helped gentrify an entire neighborhood. Love it or resent it, the margherita pizza is still one of the best in Brooklyn. The backyard is m...
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