Steakhouse · Williamsburg · Michelin Recommended, James Beard America's Classics
Cash only, no reservations for parties under 4, waiters who've been there longer than you've been alive, and the greatest porterhouse in the history of steak. Peter Luger has been slinging dry-aged be...
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Casa Mono
Spanish Tapas · Flatiron / NoMad · Michelin 1-Star, NY Times 3-Star
This Gramercy Spanish tapas bar from Andy Nusser has held a Michelin star for over a decade by doing one thing perfectly: small plates that make you forget you're not in Barcelona. The razor clams, th...
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Sip & Guzzle
Cocktail Bar · West Village · Spirited Awards Best Cocktail Bar US
A chill LES cocktail bar that feels like your cool friend's living room. The drinks are creative but not pretentious, the music is always right, and the space is small enough that every night feels li...
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Superiority Burger
Vegetarian Burgers · East Village · James Beard Finalist
Brooks Headley left a Michelin-starred pastry chef gig to open a vegetarian burger joint in the East Village, and somehow it works perfectly. The Superiority Burger itself is a revelation — a tiny, sm...
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Dame
Seafood · West Village
A tiny West Village seafood spot from chef Ed Szymanski that punches miles above its weight class with an obsessive focus on British and European seafood traditions. The fish and chips elevated to fin...
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Abraço
Specialty Coffee & Pastries · East Village
A walk-up espresso window on East 7th Street that's been making some of the best espresso in the city since 2007. Tiny, cramped, no seats, and absolutely essential. The olive oil cake is legendary — o...
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White Bear
Chinese Dumplings · Flushing · NYT 100 Best
White Bear in Flushing makes wontons that are so good, people take the 7 train to the end of the line specifically for them. The No. 6 — wontons in chili oil — is the essential order. Red oil, tinglin...
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Buvette
French · West Village
Jody Williams's tiny West Village gastrothèque is the most charming restaurant in New York. French small plates, natural wines, and a candlelit space so intimate that strangers become friends by desse...
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Vanessa's Dumpling House
Chinese Dumplings · Chinatown
The original Vanessa's on Eldridge Street has been feeding the Lower East Side cheap, excellent dumplings since forever. Pork and chive fried dumplings — crispy on the bottom, juicy inside — for a cou...
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McSorley's Old Ale House
Historic Pub · East Village
New York's oldest bar has been pouring ale since 1854. Lincoln drank here. Teddy Roosevelt drank here. The sawdust is still on the floor, the light ale and dark ale are still the only beers on tap, an...