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14 Cool Restaurants That Are Quiet Enough For Your Parents
Fun places to take your parents that won't be too loud.
14 Bars That Are Quiet Enough For A Conversation
All the best spots where you can have a drink and talk to someone without having to guess what they’re saying.
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Da Adriano
This small Italian cafe and restaurant on the Upper East Side is a low-key neighborhood spot for a plate of pasta and a glass of wine.
Chef Huang
Chef Huang in Murray Hill serves elaborately presented Chinese dishes, including a Peking duck with super crispy skin.
Zawa Japanese
Zawa offers high-quality fish on the Upper East Side that you'd pay a lot more for at fancier sushi restaurants.
Sergimmo Salumeria
This Midtown salumeria makes excellent Italian deli sandwiches, but their pastas are even better.
House of the Red Pearl
House of the Red Pearl is a Chinese-inspired place in the Tin Building by Jean-Georges. The decor is cheesy, but the duck with perfectly-crisped skin will inspire repeat visits.
Shikku
Skikku is your best option if you want a relaxing break from all the people-dodging you’ll be doing at the Tin Building. The sushi is high-quality, and the rolls have interesting components.
Kosaka
Kosaka is a small, upscale sushi restaurant in the West Village that has one omakase in a tranquil setting.
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.
Villa Brazil Café Grill
Villa Brazil is a buffet-style eatery and churrascaria with a rotating selection of meats and freshly baked desserts.
Punjabi Grocery & Deli
Punjabi Grocery & Deli is an NYC institution, like The Met or the Statue of Liberty, serving vegetarian curries and chaat on Houston Street.
Happy Stony Noodle
Happy Stony Noodle is a Taiwanese restaurant in Elmhurst that makes excellent beef noodle soup.
Sushi Jin
Sushi Jin is a sushi spot on the UES, and it’s one of the best places to get a sub-$150 omakase in the East 80s.
High Street on Hudson
High Street on Hudson is a Philly import in the West Village that will happily make you a sandwich or a bowl of tripe. You should have both.
Tsurutontan
This is the first US location of a very popular Japanese chain, and they specialize in udon.
Olmsted
A Prospect Heights restaurant serving some of the most inventive, delicious food in New York City.
Sushi Azabu
This underground bunker of a sushi restaurant in Tribeca would be a really good place to wait out an apocalypse. Or to eat excellent, expensive sushi.