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Where To Have A Private Dinner In NYC Right Now
The wine cellars, sushi counters, and cute backyards where you should host your next private dinner.
The Best Restaurants For Special Occasions In NYC
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Where To Have An Excellent Vegetarian Meal In NYC
Where to eat when you want more vegetarian options than “seasonal market sides.”
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NYC restaurants that feel fancy enough for a special occasion meal involving pancakes and Bloody Marys.
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Eleven Madison Park
Eleven Madison Park struggles to justify its $365 price tag, but it’s still an interesting experiment.
Jeju Noodle Bar
At Jeju Noodle Bar, you can eat photogenic crudo, and some solid Korean noodle dishes.
Don Peppe
Decorated with horse-racing memorabilia, this Italian restaurant has been making family-style classics in South Ozone Park since 1968.
Emilio’s Ballato
The long line and the celebrity guests at this classic Nolita Italian restaurant get all the attention. But you should come for the food.
Bar Miller
Bar Miller does an exciting, $250 dollar omakase dinner that almost exclusively uses locally, and sustainably, sourced ingredients.
Park Side Restaurant
Eat shrimp scampi at this Italian restaurant from the 1960s when you have something to celebrate.
The Best Restaurants For Special Occasions In NYC
Where to celebrate an anniversary, a graduation, or an unusually large tax refund.
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.
Crabtree's Kittle House
Crabtree in Chappaqua is great for a civilized, grown-up meal with your parents, or a glass of wine and a veggie burger at the bar in the taproom.
The Inn At Pound Ridge
The Inn at Pound Ridge became an instant hotspot among the three-car-garage crowd when it opened a decade ago, and the buzz hasn’t worn off since.
Greywind
This Hudson Yards spot by the chef behind Loring Place is a great choice for a special night out after work.
NYC Restaurants Offering Valentine’s Day Specials
Multi-course dinners, special desserts, and more ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day in NYC.
Nōksu
Nōksu is hidden in a subway station, but that’s not the most interesting thing about this restaurant with a Korean-influenced tasting menu featuring squab and venison.
The Best Fondue in NYC
If you love dipping bread in hot cheese, these are the best places to get fondue in NYC.
Food Hall at SoJo Spa Club
Bulgogi will become your new favorite spa food after a meal at this Korean spa in Edgewater, New Jersey.
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.
Where To Have A Private Dinner In NYC Right Now
The wine cellars, sushi counters, and cute backyards where you should host your next private dinner.
I Sodi
I Sodi isn’t the flashiest Italian restaurant in New York City, but it’s consistently one of the best.
Blue Hill at Stone Barns
We can’t think of a more “farm-to-table” restaurant than Blue Hill at Stone Barns, where you drive past your dinner on the way to eating it.
Meju
Part seminar on Korean fermentation, part impressive tasting menu, this eight-seat counter in Long Island City is one of the most unique fine dining options in town.
Where To Get A Thanksgiving Dinner In NYC
If you aren't doing the cooking thing this year, here's where you can grab some food on Thanksgiving.
The Office of Mr. Moto
The most impressive thing about this East Village sushi spot isn’t the hidden door or secret code. It’s the 21-course omakase with lightly dressed nigiri.