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🎭 Greenwich Village, New York City
40 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 40 Restaurants
✨ Date Night, Jazz, Comedy, People Watching
NYU energy meets jazz history. Washington Square Park, comedy clubs, and decades-old dining institutions.
Known for: Comedy Cellar, Blue Note, Minetta Tavern, WSP
Don't miss: Minetta Tavern, Blue Note, Comedy Cellar, Babbo
💡 Comedy Cellar has surprise drop-ins from top comedians. Buy tickets online.
Top 10 in Greenwich Village
1
Carbone
Italian-American · Michelin 1-Star
The most theatrical Italian restaurant in America. The tuxedoed waiters, the Sinatra soundtrack, the spicy rigatoni vodka that launched a thousand Instagram reels — Carbone is dinn...
99
2
Dante
Italian Cafe & Cocktail Bar · 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 w...
95
3
Semma
South Indian · Michelin 1-Star, James Beard Best Chef NY 2025, NY Times #1 Restaurant
The first Michelin-starred restaurant dedicated to South Indian cuisine in America. Chef Vijay Kumar's Semma in the West Village serves gunpowder dosa, Chettinad chicken, and uttap...
94
4
Frevo
Brazilian · 1 Michelin Star
One Michelin star for a 14-seat counter hidden behind an art gallery in Greenwich Village. Brazilian chef Franco Sampogna serves a $245 tasting menu that fuses South American soul ...
94
5
Family Meal at Blue Hill
New American · 1 Michelin Star
One Michelin star for Dan Barber's farm-to-table vision in Greenwich Village. Family Meal at Blue Hill serves a $145 four-course family-style dinner with ingredients sourced from S...
93
6
Shuko
Sushi
Nick Kim and Jimmy Lau's modern Greenwich Village omakase counter that broke from the traditional hushed sushi mold — music plays, chefs joke, and the fish is pristine. 20-course n...
93
7
Shmoné
Israeli · 1 Michelin Star
One Michelin star for Israeli cooking in Greenwich Village from Eyal Shani, the man behind a global empire of vibrant Mediterranean restaurants. The whole cauliflower is the showst...
92
8
Minetta Tavern
French
Keith McNally's Greenwich Village bistro is home to the Black Label Burger — a dry-aged blend that is, by most accounts, the best burger in New York City. The bone marrow appetizer...
91
9
Blue Hill
New American · James Beard Outstanding Chef
Dan Barber's downtown restaurant (sibling to the upstate Stone Barns flagship) that helped define American farm-to-table cooking. Underground Washington Place dining room, seasonal...
91
10
Joe's Pizza
Pizza
The greatest slice in New York, and anyone who disagrees hasn't been paying attention. Thin, floppy, perfectly charred, always fresh out of the oven — Joe's has been the benchmark ...
90
All 40 Restaurants in Greenwich Village
Blue Note Jazz Club
Jazz Club
90
Comedy Cellar
Comedy Club & Bar
88
Song' E Napule
Neapolitan Pizza
88
Il Mulino New York
Italian
88
Washington Square Park
Tourist Attraction
86
Leon's
Italian / Mediterranean
86
Existing Conditions
Cocktail Bar
85
Le Poisson Rouge
Live Music
83
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Coffee
83
La Lanterna di Vittorio
Italian
82
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