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14 Trendy Restaurants You Can Get Into
If you’re looking for an impressive place to get a table when you didn’t plan weeks in advance, here are some great options.
14 Affordable Places To Impress An Out-Of-Towner
All the best places where you can eat with a tourist without having to spend an upsetting amount of money.
Where To Eat Near The Met
Viennese pastries, pastrami on rye, carbonara lunch specials and more stuff to eat by the museum.
Where To Have An Excellent Vegetarian Meal In NYC
Where to eat when you want more vegetarian options than “seasonal market sides.”
Where To Get A Business Lunch When Your Company Is Paying
14 spots perfect for impressing clients or colleagues (and not worrying about the check).
The Best Restaurants & Bars At Essex Market
Eat and drink your way through these 15 spots in Essex Market and The Market Line.
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San Sabino
San Sabino in the West Village feels like a seaside cafe, except they do fancy Italian food you should go out of your way to eat.
L'Industrie Pizzeria West Village
The second outpost of NYC’s best slice shop serves the same great pizza in the West Village.
14 Trendy Restaurants You Can Get Into
If you’re looking for an impressive place to get a table when you didn’t plan weeks in advance, here are some great options.
Four Twenty Five
The latest restaurant from Jean-Georges is predictably fancy, very Midtown, and much less boring than it seems.
Ilis
Ambitious, ridiculous, and one of a kind, this hyper-local restaurant from a Noma vet is the most fascinating fine-dining option in town.
L’Industrie Pizzeria
L’Industrie in Williamsburg makes NYC’s best slice of pizza, marrying Italian ingredients with classic New York-style crust.
Apropos
Apropos sits high on a hill overlooking the Hudson River, in a former convent that was reinvented as a luxury boutique hotel.
Naks
Want to eat 18 courses of inventive, regional Filipino food? Try this East Village spot, which also has a few a la carte highlights.
10 Restaurants And Bars With Over-The-Top Holiday Decorations
Scrooge would hate the 10 spots on this guide.
Hoexter's
Hoexter’s on the Upper East Side feels like one of your grandfather’s favorite restaurants.
Where To Eat Near The Dyker Heights Christmas Lights
Seeing the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights is a NYC rite of passage. Here's where to eat in the area.
The Polo Bar
The NYC outpost of Ralph Lauren's Polo Bar is one of the sceniest (and preppiest) rooms in town. It's a good time, but reservations are impossible.
Nobu 57
As you’d expect from a glitzy worldwide chain, Nobu 57 is expensive and touristy. It’s also kind of fun, and the food hits the spot.
Where To Have An Excellent Vegetarian Meal In NYC
Where to eat when you want more vegetarian options than “seasonal market sides.”
Le B
This West Village restaurant serves decadent, throwback dishes like Crab Wellington and Pheasant à la King with downtown cool.
George Bang Bang
A speakeasy-themed hidden bar, George Bang Bang is a good spot for a dessert-like drink after dinner at Okdongsik in Koreatown.
The Best Restaurants & Bars At Essex Market
Eat and drink your way through these 15 spots in Essex Market and The Market Line.
Café Chelsea
The latest, liveliest spot at the Chelsea Hotel, Cafe Chelsea is an art deco brasserie with prime people-watching.
14 Affordable Places To Impress An Out-Of-Towner
All the best places where you can eat with a tourist without having to spend an upsetting amount of money.