♀ Best Women-Owned Spots in New York City
29 women-owned spots in New York City, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Women-Owned Spots
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Via Carota
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...
99
2
Lilia
Missy Robbins turned a Williamsburg warehouse into one of the five best Italian restaurants in America. The mafaldini with pink peppercorn is the dish that put her on the map, and the agnolotti will h...
99
3
Don Angie
Don Angie took the red-sauce Italian joint and turned it inside out. The pinwheel lasagna is an architectural marvel, the chrysanthemum bread is absurdly good, and the cherry pepper rigatoni could con...
99
4
I Sodi
Rita Sodi's tiny West Village Italian has 30 seats, zero pretension, and pasta that will make you reconsider everything you thought you knew about Italian food. The cacio e pepe is the definitive vers...
96
5
Dirt Candy
Amanda Cohen's Lower East Side vegetarian restaurant has a Michelin star and deserves two. The five-course tasting menu ($110) proves that vegetables can be just as exciting as any protein on Earth. T...
92
6
Superiority Burger
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...
90
7
Misi
Missy Robbins Williamsburg pasta palace where every single noodle is made in-house and treated with the respect it deserves. The cacio e pepe is transcendent, the mafaldini with pink peppercorn and fe...
90
8
Sailor
April Bloomfield's triumphant return to New York after a complicated departure. The Fort Greene restaurant with Gabriel Stulman is her at the top of her game — the herb-butter roasted half chicken wit...
89
9
Mắm
Jerald Head and Nhung Dao's Lower East Side Vietnamese restaurant started as a pop-up and became one of the most exciting restaurants downtown. The menu changes frequently — one night it's pho, anothe...
89
10
Sunn's
Sunny Lee's Chinatown wine bar won Eater's Best Wine Bar award, and the banchan alone is worth the trip. Every dish is vegetable-forward and creative — even the house salad is extraordinary in her han...
88
All 29 Women-Owned Spots in New York City
La Mercerie
88
Levain Bakery
87
Amy Ruth's
87
Mah-Ze-Dahr
87
Buvette
87
Melba's
86
Kopitiam
86
Chez Ma Tante
86
Sahadi's
85
La Morada
85
Clinton St. Baking Co.
85
Supermoon Bakehouse
84
Arepa Lady
84
Bar Pisellino
84
Sisters Caribbean Cuisine
83
Doughnut Plant
83
Bunna Cafe
83
Dough
83
Eileen's Special Cheesecake
83
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