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16 Restaurants With Action At The Bar
A guide to spots with good food, a fun atmosphere, and bar seating where you can get a solo meal or meet friends.
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Corner Bar
Corner Bar is an upscale American bistro in a Lower East Side hotel where you can eat steak au poivre and oysters Rockefeller.
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Cucina Alba
Cucina Alba is a sceney restaurant in Chelsea that wants to make you feel like you're on holiday in Italy. It's a pretty space, but the food is just OK.
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KGB Bar
KGB Bar is a divey Soviet-themed bar in the East Village that hosts readings for the local literary scene.
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Saint Theo's
This West Village Italian spot from the people behind American Bar is very much a scene.
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Parcelle
If you care about wine and talk about it often, you’ll like hanging out at Parcelle on the Lower East Side.
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Lobby Lounge
Lobby Lounge is a fancy cocktail bar from the people behind Estela in the Nine Orchard hotel on the Lower East Side.
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Lullaby Bar
The next time you're looking for a bar that has house-party energy and interesting cocktails, head to Lullaby on the Lower East Side.
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Ding-A-Ling
Ding-A-Ling is an East Village cocktail bar with a '70s theme, a late-night scene, and a small food menu with a few different hot dogs.
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Frenchette
Frenchette is a French brasserie in Tribeca with an energetic room and a constantly-changing menu of rich dishes.
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Macao Trading Co.
"Look for the red lantern," instructs the Macao Trading Co. website. This is how you will know you have reached your destination - the Portuguese colony of Macao circa 1952, "a fugitive's heaven from which there is no turning back." Awesome. We're apparently having dinner at Universal Studios tonight.
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Paradou
The lesser of many evils, Paradou is nowhere near as in-your-face awful as many of its neighboring monkey cages. By Meatpacking standards, Paradou is a quaint little French bistro.
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Peacefood Cafe
We learned a lot of things from eating at Peacefood Cafe, mostly related to non-violence and how nachos are apparently good for you.
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Bowery Meat Company
An East Village steakhouse that doesn’t really feel like a steakhouse. And that’s a good thing.
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Sunday in Brooklyn
A Williamsburg restaurant that’s a good place for brunch, and an even better place to hang out.
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10 Corso Como
10 Corso Como is a big Italian restaurant at the Seaport with a memorable space and much less memorable food.
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Blue Ribbon Sushi
If you’re looking for a place to order à la carte nigiri, maki, and sashimi in Soho, this iconic late-night spot is still your best option.
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Bar Pitti
This sceney restaurant in Greenwich Village has a big outdoor patio where people go to be observed—but the classic Italian dishes are the real draw.