Have a 1947 lager and two orders of the Manchurian cauliflower. Some lamb chops and a curry, rice and bread. Ignore the rest. All’s well. Leggi tutto.
The bar serves a great rye Manhattan, stirred into a frosted martini glass as if at a luxe club in Mumbai. Get it in advance of any meal. Leggi tutto.
The best bathroom in the city, free beer while you wait for your table, and mind-blowing food. What's not to like?
Established in1939 where German was a common language. The result? Giant, plate-flopping schnitzels and sausages. Beer garden downstairs. Winner of Best of NYC Critics' choice for Best German!
Incorporates regional Chinese, Japanese and American elements along with balls-to-the-wall spiciness in a semi-subterranean premise. Critics' choice for winner of Best of NYC, Best Chinese (Hipster)!
Order "The Original" med. rare. The smash technique produces a crispy exterior and juicy inside. The parmesan crisp, shiitake mushroom, roasted tomato, & caramelized onions make every bite umami!
They describe the duck wing drumettes as almost a reworked Spanish version of Peking duck, thanks to sea salt, sesame seeds, and a quince glaze. Epic. Leggi tutto.
The best birthday restaurant offers a homey French feast, centered on a shareable dish like roasted chicken, for groups of 8 to 12 on the long “kitchen table” in the back. Leggi tutto.
Favorite of the LES, Freemans and its designer Taavo Somer are credited with starting a whole new aesthetic both in food and fashion worlds.
Try the freshly made scooped tofu; a delicate, silken dish with a nutty flavor. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Leggi tutto.
Order the new nourishing bone broths in coffee cups. Flavors include organic chicken broth, and hearth broth made with chicken, turkey, and beef, and grass-fed-beef broth. Leggi tutto.
The Little Beet Table opens for vegetable lovers and gluten haters. The farmhouse-style restaurant has mix and match furniture and vegetables in every form, but also a good old fashioned cheeseburger. Leggi tutto.
Here, gooey pimento cheese gives a Southern twang to the Minneapolis-style Juicy Lucy—a burger variant cooked with cheese inside the patty rather than on top. It's a burger worth fantasizing about. Leggi tutto.
Charming Middle Eastern spot popular for brunch. Tagines are a must-order, especially the lamb.
Go here for Manhattan’s best budget Asian noodles. Slurp up Savory Cumin Lamb Hand-Pulled Noodles for $5 or Liang Pi Noodles for $4. Leggi tutto.
Simple and serene. Every day there is one set meal for $9 in the traditional Japanese ichi ju san sai style, one soup and three sides with seasonal ingredients. Love it here.
Get your spicy on with kung pao pastrami and the ma po tofu. You're going to need to order many, many beers for these meals!
The Akamaru Modern is the most popular. Silky broth and aromatic garlic oil coats the super-thin, elastic noodles. Tender pork chasu, cabbage, sesame kikurage mushrooms, & scallions are placed atop.
some of the best brick oven pies in the five boroughs. put your name in early and then go somewhere for a drink; they'll call your table is ready. oh, and it's BYO and they only serve pies and calzone
Mathieu Palombino and his crew have earned raves for their fluffy Neapolitan-style pizzas at Motorino. The Brussels sprouts pie and the soppresata pizza are standouts. Leggi tutto.
All of the rustic, wood-fired pizzas at Franny's are worth a try, but the clam pie is the knock-out dish here. It is quite possibly New York's best clam pizza. Leggi tutto.
The restaurant has a fancy wood-fired grill to go with the wood-fired pizza oven. Try the grilled ice cream sandwich, filled with smoked mascarpone gelato. Leggi tutto.
Everything is amazing: Cauliflower & Waffles, Celery with roasted king oyster mushrooms, Portobello Mousse and Beet/Dark Chocolate molten cake w/ pear sorbet. Support Amanda - great chef, great staff
While this place is perpetually packed it's definitely something you have to check out at least once in your life. Get the avocado toast, the couscous and get your people watching on!
The fried poached egg sandwich is insane. It's a poached egg. Somehow, fried, with the yolk still running. Boggles the mind.
Souen specializes in macrobiotic, vegan and vegetarian Japanese food; there is a gluten-free option for almost every dish on the menu. Leggi tutto.
"The clean, Japanese food ethos is meant to align the body. Choices include the dirt cheap macro plate (hijiki seaweed salad, brown rice), which is easily followed by a traditional kukicha tea brew."
Natural wines. Fancy seafood-centric plates. Clean design. The dish to get here is the warm crab meat slathered in saffon aioli, a free form crabcake that's quite frankly better than most crabcakes. Leggi tutto.
As a hidden gem of the East Village, Cherin is one of the best BYOBs in the city, serving creative sushi rolls to go with your wine! My favorite – the Surfer Sushi Roll,banana, eel, and unagi! —Tera L
The famed 24-hour Ukrainian diner serves a gut buster that includes two meat pierogi, two potato pierogi, and meat-stuffed cabbage with super rich mushroom gravy. Leggi tutto.
