Category: New York Restaurants by Area
New York City Restaurants by Neighborhood
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229 Ninth Avenue at 24th Street 212/620.5200 about $60 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ New York City has some great selection of Chinese food. Unfortunately, it doesn’t include Sichuan, the spicy kind. When I crave the flavor of numbing Sichuan peppers, I go to Grand Sichuan International in Chelsea. They have a…
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85 Tenth Avenue on 16th Street212/497-8090$810 for six, with a few drinks, with tip♥ ♥ The latest from the Batali-Bastianich empire, Del Posto’s staircase, marble floors and plush seating all scream money. You walk past the valet (!) through the lobby and it’s like you’re in someone’s mansion outside of New York. Its 18,000-square-foot space…
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90 Bedford Street on the corner of Grove 212/741.4695 $100 for two, with two drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ We told ourselves we will find another place in the West Village if the wait for a table at The Little Owl was unbearable. Thankfully, we were seated right away when we walked in at…
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239 East 5th Street off 2nd Avenue 212/979.1012 $130 for two, with two drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ The latest from the Jack and Grace Lamb empire, Degustation is the replacement for Jewel Bako’s robato grill next door. They kept the same layout: an open kitchen where you can sit at the bar and…
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178 Broadway, right under the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn 718/387-7400 about $400 for four, with a bottle of wine, with tip, cash only ♥ ♥ ♥ Most New Yorkers will think of Peter Luger when porterhouse is the topic of conversation. How could we not when it’s been around since, oh, 1887. Even our cab…
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203 East 10th Street off Second Avenue 212/995.9511 $104 for four, desserts only with matching drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ If you have room for dessert, Chika will whip up one of the most simple yet satisfying desserts for you at ChikaLicious, a tiny space on 10th Street. Assuming, of course, that they haven’t sold…
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458 West 17th Street off Tenth Avenue 212/929.8544 about $400 for six plus room fee, with a few drinks, with tip ♥ When I get slow service in a restaurant, I’m usually ticked off, but for some reason I always excuse it when it comes to a Japanese restaurant. Do you do this? They’re so…
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3rd floor of the Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle at 60th Street 212/823.9366 $64 for two, without drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ It’s in the mall, but it has Thomas Keller’s name on it, so how can anyone say no to Bouchon Bakery even though it’s just really a bunch of tables and…
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50 Clinton Street between Stanton and Rivington Streets 212/477.2900 about $300 for two, with a bottle of wine, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Wylie Dufresne, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways… 1. Pickled beef tongue with fried mayonnaise and onion streusel. I loved the beef tongue carpaccio style; you can barely…
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78 Second Avenue at 4th Street 212/253.5410 about $200 for five, with two bottles of wine, without tip ♥ ♥ Three of us drank two bottles of Algerian red wine while waiting for the rest of our group. When the five of us were complete, we shared two lamb shanks that were so tender, the…
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8 Stuyvesant Street off Third Avenue 212/598.3041 about $60 for a lot of food for two, with drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Kimchi fried rice, ramen bowls, yakitori, cold noodles and duk bo kki… What more could you ask for after a night of drinking?
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70 Grand Street at Wythe Avenue, Wiliamsburg, Brooklyn718/388.5100about $125 for two, with a bottle of wine, without tip♥ ♥ Dinner’s always nice when a group of you eat and drink without feeling like you’re at a restaurant. The waiter asks for your orders and serves them unobtrusively. He also knows when to ask if everything…