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🎨 Long Island City, New York City
5 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 5 Restaurants
✨ Art, Views, Cocktails, Date Night
Queens waterfront with MoMA PS1, craft cocktail bars, and Manhattan skyline views. Rapidly developing dining scene.
Known for: MoMA PS1, Gantry Park, Dutch Kills, waterfront
Don't miss: Casa Enrique, Dutch Kills, Mu Ramen, MoMA PS1
💡 Gantry Plaza State Park has iconic Manhattan views. Combine with MoMA PS1 and Dutch Kills.
Top 5 in Long Island City
1
Meju
Korean · 1 Michelin Star
One Michelin star for a Korean tasting menu hidden in the back of a Long Island City provisions store. Hooni Kim's Meju serves a $235 menu that's intimate, creative, and deeply Kor...
92
2
Casa Enrique
Mexican · Former Michelin Star
The only Michelin-starred Mexican restaurant in NYC, and it absolutely earns that star with deeply soulful, traditional Mexican cooking in Long Island City. Chef Cosme Aguilar mole...
87
3
Mu Ramen
Japanese
Long Island City ramen from chef Joshua Smookler with handmade noodles and a tonkotsu broth that's been simmered to rich, porky perfection. The spicy miso ramen brings real heat. T...
85
4
Dutch Kills
Cocktail Bar
Dimly lit Long Island City cocktail bar with hand-carved ice, serious spirit-forward drinks, and an old-fashioned atmosphere in a neighborhood that's mostly wine bars and pizza joi...
84
5
Nebula
Club
Ridgewood warehouse club with a powerful sound system and DJ-focused programming spanning techno, house, and experimental electronic. The crowd comes for the music, not the scene. ...
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