Casual Weeknight Dinner
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Sawa
Watch your pita being made, then dunk it in a creamy hummus with melt-in-your-mouth beef cheeks.
Wau
Add Wau to your casual weeknight dinner rotation on the UWS, especially when you want good beef rendang.
Scarr's Pizza
Scarr's is a retro slice shop on the Lower East Side with some excellent pizza and a pretty lively scene.
Marie's
The chopped cheese raviolo gets people in the door, but you should order a regular pasta instead.
The Lions Bar & Grill
Get a casual drink and one of the best burgers in the East Village at The Lions.
The Best Restaurants At Essex Market
Eat and drink your way through these eight spots in Essex Market.
Daigo Hand Roll Bar
Daigo is a handroll bar in the DeKalb Market Hall where you'll want to eat a lot of handrolls, quickly.
Formosa
This Taiwanese dumpling shop in Bushwick makes reliably good pork and chive dumplings and feels like a neighborhood hang.
Ortobello's
Ortobello's is an old-school Italian spot in Mapleton that makes one of the best chicken parms in NYC.
Hojokban
Come to this Seoul-based import in Koreatown when you need a comforting weeknight dinner that takes less than an hour.
Joe's of Avenue U
Come to this Gravesend Italian spot for Sicilian specialities like pasta con le sarde and eggplant caponata.
Sam's Restaurant
Sam’s is a family-owned Italian spot in Cobble Hill where you can eat ziti and drink a $30 bottle of red.
Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao
Bring a group to this East Village branch of a popular soup dumpling chain for an easy, impromptu dinner.
Okiboru House Of Udon
Okiboru House Of Udon serves incredible Himokawa udon, but you’ll have to wait in line to eat it.
Class On 38th
Remember Class On 38th the next time you’re in the Garment District and want drinks and good izakaya food like monkfish karaage.
L'Industrie Pizzeria West Village
The second outpost of NYC’s best slice shop serves the same great pizza in the West Village.
Bar Moga
Drink a fancy cocktail and eat a katsu sando at Bar Moga, a Japanese bar and restaurant in Greenwich Village.
Gaudir
This quiet Spanish restaurant in East Harlem is where couples go to share some wine and paella.