Pasquale Jones is Charlie Bird with pizza, and that’s why we love it so much.

An absolute classic. It hardly gets better than L’Artusi, and that’s been the case for a long time.

Uncle Boons isn’t just the best Thai food we’ve eaten in New York City. It’s some of the best food we’ve eaten in New York City, period.

Why are your parents in Williamsburg? Probably because of Lilia.

The only thing that is keeping Rubriosa from being one of NYC’s classic Italian restaurants is time. Let’s eat vodka sauce pizza while we wait.

For your next special occasion/fancy night out dinner in SoHo, consider the French fine dining at Le Coucou.

Universally appealing, consistently excellent, and one of our favorite places in all of NYC.

Al Di La is the ultimate neighborhood Italian restaurant. If you live in Park Slope, congratulations.

The original Blue Ribbon in Soho, in which you can eat bone marrow, fried chicken, and oysters from a white table cloth at 3am. What a world.

Open late and always excellent, Sushi Seki Upper East Side is our favorite sushi restaurant in NYC. Sit at the counter and order piece by piece.

Razza is a wood-fired pizza spot in Jersey City that’s well worth a trip from New York. Or from anywhere else.

Marlow & Sons is one of the original modern Brooklyn restaurants, and it’s still one of the best places to eat in the city.

A Prospect Heights restaurant serving some of the most inventive, delicious food in New York City.

Wildair is a casual wine bar on the Lower East Side, attached to the acclaimed tasting menu restaurant Contra.

St. Anselm is the best casual steakhouse in NYC.

Dinner or brunch at Diner is required NYC eating.