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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.
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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.
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The Best Restaurants In Harlem
From soul food institutions to one of Manhattan's only Somali restaurants, here are our favorite places to eat in Harlem.
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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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Where To Eat Fancy Vegetables
If you're planning a birthday, an anniversary, or any other kind of nice, fancy dinner, here are your best vegan and vegetarian options.
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10 Restaurants To Take Tourists To That Won’t Make You Hate Yourself
Not all touristy NYC restaurants are terrible.
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Le B
This West Village restaurant serves decadent, throwback dishes like Crab Wellington and Pheasant à la King with downtown cool.
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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.
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The Best Restaurants & Bars At Essex Market
Eat and drink your way through these 15 spots in Essex Market and The Market Line.
Guide
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.
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Café Chelsea
The latest, liveliest spot at the Chelsea Hotel, Cafe Chelsea is an art deco brasserie with prime people-watching.
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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.
Guide
The Best Restaurants In Harlem
From soul food institutions to one of Manhattan's only Somali restaurants, here are our favorite places to eat in Harlem.
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Angel’s Share
Formerly located in the East Village, this classic NYC cocktail bar still makes impeccable drinks, now in a mellow space on Grove Street.
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La Barca Cantina
We aren’t sure why or how La Barca exists, but we also aren’t 100% opposed to this floating Mexican restaurant that sails down the Hudson.
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Chelsea Market
Chelsea Market has multiple floors of reliably good food options close to touristy spots like Little Island and the High Line.
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Kissaki
At Kissaki’s Upper West Side location, you can eat some nigiri with fancy toppings, drink a good margarita, and enjoy a slightly odd EDM soundtrack.
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Mavericks
Mavericks is where you go for a big group feast in Montauk complete with steak, raw bar towers, and caviar service.
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The Restaurant at Gilder
If you’re spending a day at the Museum of Natural History, stop in at the Restaurant at Gilder to avoid hanger-related meltdowns.
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The Blue Box Café
The Blue Box Café is a fantasy dining experience inside the Tiffany & Co. flagship store. And yes, you can have breakfast there.
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Manhatta
The food takes a backseat to the spectacular views at this New American restaurant in a FiDi skyscraper. But if you know what to order, you’ll have an unforgettable experience.
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ElNico
With impressive views, cocktails and Mexican food, this rooftop bar in Williamsburg is a triple threat.
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What To Eat (And Skip) At Market 57
Market 57 in Chelsea is one of NYC’s best food halls. Here’s what you should eat when you go there.
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Torrisi Bar & Restaurant
From the people who brought you Carbone, Torrisi Bar & Restaurant is a big, glitzy spot in Nolita with a lively scene and an inventive Italian menu.
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O by Kissaki
O by Kissaki does itameshi cuisine in East Hampton, which combines Italian and Japanese dishes.
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Margot
This Fort Greene restaurant looks like a breezy Parisian wine bar and serves some of the most interesting small plates in town.
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Hakka Cuisine
This Chinatown restaurant specializes in dishes like stuffed tofu and salt baked chicken from the Hakka community.
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Yi Ji Shi Mo
If you have a few dollars in your pocket, go spend them on shrimp-stuffed rice rolls at Yi Ji Shi Mo in Chinatown.