Dining Solo
Dining Solo
Page 4Jerk House
At this counter-service Caribbean spot in Harlem, something with jerk sauce on it should be your go-to order.
Yakitori Totto
By the time you finish paying your bill, you'll already want to come back to this yakitori restaurant in Midtown.
Sushi Katsuei
This is the second location of the Park Slope spot where you can get some excellent, relatively affordable sushi.
Chilo's
Some of New York's best tacos are coming from a truck parked in the back of a bar in Bed-Stuy.
North Dumpling
North Dumpling makes extra-gingery dumplings for $3.50 a pop. It’s one of our favorite dumpling counters in Chinatown.
Bird Dog
Bird Dog is an Italian-Southern restaurant in the West Village with a room that feels like an NYC studio apartment.
Matsunori
Matsunori is a 10-seat, BYOB sushi counter where you can try a great $68 omakase with a date.
Le Crocodile
Le Crocodile is a French restaurant in the bottom of the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg. Stop by, eat some chicken, and admire the high ceilings.
Lore
Lore is a Park Slope restaurant where you can get everything from a dosa to buckwheat spaetzle. The menu is all over the place, but it works.
Nudibranch
Nudibranch in the East Village serves exciting dishes influenced by a grab bag of cuisines.
Omar's Fine Cuisine
This nondescript Prospect Heights restaurant serves incredible Indian food, tasty fusion pizza, and, yes, even good bagels.
Sushi W
If you like relatively quick meals, very little chit chat, and fresh fish, Sushi W on the Upper West Side is the spot for you.
Genki Omakase
Don't let the drab strip mall vibes at this Greenwich Village spot fool you. The sushi at Genki Omakase is high quality, but you only have an hour to eat it.
Deep Indian Kitchen
Deep makes some of the best frozen Indian food out there, and they also have three counter-service spots where you can grab a kati roll, dosa, or salad.
Nonna Dora's
At this restaurant in Kips Bay the pasta is made fresh by the real-life Nonna Dora every morning.
Takahachi
In a neighborhood full of high-end restaurants, Takahachi in Tribeca stands out as a casual spot with relatively affordable and good quality sushi.
Villa Brazil Café Grill
Villa Brazil is a buffet-style eatery and churrascaria with a rotating selection of meats and freshly baked desserts.
Eyval
Eyval is a Persian restaurant in Bushwick where you can eat stylish small plates like fava bean borani and potato tahdig.
Skirt Steak
Skirt Steak’s concept is pretty simple: Make people wait in line, and then reward them with steak, peppercorn bearnaise, and unlimited fries.
Zooba
Zooba is an Egyptian restaurant in Nolita, and it’s the one of the few fast-casual restaurants worth caring about.
Taqueria Ramirez
Taqueria Ramirez is a tiny CDMX-style spot in Greenpoint that makes some of the city’s best tacos (with suadero, tripa, and more).
Teranga
Teranga is a casual African restaurant across from Central Park where you’re going to want to dine twice a week.
Rosella
Rosella is a sustainable sushi spot on Avenue A in the East Village showing off how great American fish can be.