Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
The Dutch draws in a crowd for the eclectic offerings of chef and owner Andrew Carmellini. Packed with everything from oysters and fried chicken to steak served over kimchi-fried rice, the menu has something for everyone. In addition to dinner, the brunch and midday menus make it the right choice for any time of day.
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The Dutch
131 Sullivan StThe Dutch draws in a crowd for the eclectic offerings of chef and owner Andrew Carmellini. Packed with everything from oysters and fried chicken to steak served over kimchi-fried rice, the menu has something for everyone. In addition to dinner, the brunch and midday menus make it the right choice for any time of day.
The graceful French spot from the prolific restaurateur Stephen Starr (Buddakan, Morimoto) and Daniel Rose, the American chef who made it in Paris with his much-loved seasonal restaurant, Spring. With vaulted ceilings, handblown chandeliers and 12-inch candles set at each table, the restaurant attracts all types for fancy date nights featuring refined French fare
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Le Coucou
138 Lafayette StThe graceful French spot from the prolific restaurateur Stephen Starr (Buddakan, Morimoto) and Daniel Rose, the American chef who made it in Paris with his much-loved seasonal restaurant, Spring. With vaulted ceilings, handblown chandeliers and 12-inch candles set at each table, the restaurant attracts all types for fancy date nights featuring refined French fare
Not only is the iconic Balthazar still trendy, but the kitchen rarely makes a false step. The bread is great, the food is good, and the service is surprisingly friendly. No matter what time of day, you're bound to have a flawless French meal making it a favorite spot for spontaneous dining.
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Balthazar
80 Spring StNot only is the iconic Balthazar still trendy, but the kitchen rarely makes a false step. The bread is great, the food is good, and the service is surprisingly friendly. No matter what time of day, you're bound to have a flawless French meal making it a favorite spot for spontaneous dining.
Floyd Cardoz, of Tabla and Top Chef Masters fame, deserves major props for this Soho Indian spot. The space is a circus for the senses, with massive Pop Art murals and prints of dapperly dressed men throughout the dining room. A kingdom of carbs, this spot focuses on all things bread, including magnificent naan and kulchas.
The Bombay Bread Bar
195 Spring StFloyd Cardoz, of Tabla and Top Chef Masters fame, deserves major props for this Soho Indian spot. The space is a circus for the senses, with massive Pop Art murals and prints of dapperly dressed men throughout the dining room. A kingdom of carbs, this spot focuses on all things bread, including magnificent naan and kulchas.
The 75-seat, split-level dining room is airy and bright, if nondescript, with bare white-oak finishes, vaulted ceilings and large windows diffusing natural light throughout. From chef Ignacio Mattos of Estela, Café Altro Paradiso offers uncomplicated Mediterranean dishes including a variety of pastas to enjoy with a glass of Italian wine from their extensive list.
Café Altro Paradiso
234 Spring StThe 75-seat, split-level dining room is airy and bright, if nondescript, with bare white-oak finishes, vaulted ceilings and large windows diffusing natural light throughout. From chef Ignacio Mattos of Estela, Café Altro Paradiso offers uncomplicated Mediterranean dishes including a variety of pastas to enjoy with a glass of Italian wine from their extensive list.
Devoted in equal measure to seasonal cooking and serious wine, this West Village spot spills out onto the sidewalk with one of the most popular spots to eat outdoors (especially with raw seafood options galore). With accents of Italian flavors, the new-American menu is packed with vibrant pastas and succulent roast meats.
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Charlie Bird
5 King StDevoted in equal measure to seasonal cooking and serious wine, this West Village spot spills out onto the sidewalk with one of the most popular spots to eat outdoors (especially with raw seafood options galore). With accents of Italian flavors, the new-American menu is packed with vibrant pastas and succulent roast meats.
DOMODOMO
140 W Houston StBar Pitti
268 6th AveFormerly known as Hundred Acres, the restaurant has been completely rebranded as Shuka, filled with dishes inspired by the chef's history with Moroccan and Middle Eastern flavors. From mezzes to kebab and heavenly baklava, the food is just as appealing as the Moroccan-influenced tiles and textiles decorating the restaurant.
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Shuka
38 MacDougal StFormerly known as Hundred Acres, the restaurant has been completely rebranded as Shuka, filled with dishes inspired by the chef's history with Moroccan and Middle Eastern flavors. From mezzes to kebab and heavenly baklava, the food is just as appealing as the Moroccan-influenced tiles and textiles decorating the restaurant.
Ushered out from a revolving-tray oven with an energetic “hot bagels!” bellow and stacked onto oak dowels set above the counter, glossy, boiled-then-baked bagels flicker with salt crystals and caraway seeds, with freckles of poppy and sesame overlaid across the golden exterior. To top 'em off, their seafood towers offer all the accoutrements your heart could desire.
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Sadelle's
463 W BroadwayUshered out from a revolving-tray oven with an energetic “hot bagels!” bellow and stacked onto oak dowels set above the counter, glossy, boiled-then-baked bagels flicker with salt crystals and caraway seeds, with freckles of poppy and sesame overlaid across the golden exterior. To top 'em off, their seafood towers offer all the accoutrements your heart could desire.
Dominique Ansel honed his skills as executive pastry chef at Daniel for six years before opening this American and French patisserie. While the sweet genius is know for his Cronuts, there is so many other great offerings on the menu. Caramelized croissants and madeleines are met with savory offerings, like roasted butternut squash soup and a pork club sandwich.
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Dominique Ansel Bakery
189 Spring StDominique Ansel honed his skills as executive pastry chef at Daniel for six years before opening this American and French patisserie. While the sweet genius is know for his Cronuts, there is so many other great offerings on the menu. Caramelized croissants and madeleines are met with savory offerings, like roasted butternut squash soup and a pork club sandwich.
The 40-seat restaurant—sporting dark-green leather banquettes, brass railings and marble counters—serves homey fare, like matzo ball soup made with duck fat and a skirt steak sandwich served alongside hand-cut fries. In the morning, find Stumptown coffee, homemade croissants and a green shakshuka sure to make it onto your Instagram.
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Jack's Wife Freda
226 Lafayette StThe 40-seat restaurant—sporting dark-green leather banquettes, brass railings and marble counters—serves homey fare, like matzo ball soup made with duck fat and a skirt steak sandwich served alongside hand-cut fries. In the morning, find Stumptown coffee, homemade croissants and a green shakshuka sure to make it onto your Instagram.
As famous for its 4am closing time as for its long lines, this downtown haunt has been an after-hours magnet for clubbers, clocked-out chefs and ne’er-do-wells since 1992. The restaurant’s trappings—brick walls, globe lamps, slanted mirrors—reflect the bistro menu (hanger steak, escargot), but seafood is also a big focus: Look out for the raw-bar towers.
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Blue Ribbon Brasserie
97 Sullivan StAs famous for its 4am closing time as for its long lines, this downtown haunt has been an after-hours magnet for clubbers, clocked-out chefs and ne’er-do-wells since 1992. The restaurant’s trappings—brick walls, globe lamps, slanted mirrors—reflect the bistro menu (hanger steak, escargot), but seafood is also a big focus: Look out for the raw-bar towers.
The retro yacht interior at this sexy subterranean restaurant might make you forget you’re docked in Soho. Hit the sushi bar to compare the flavors and textures of premium catches, or grab a table for a more extensive meal. While the fish is aces, the secret stars are the two burger options.
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Lure Fishbar
142 Mercer StThe retro yacht interior at this sexy subterranean restaurant might make you forget you’re docked in Soho. Hit the sushi bar to compare the flavors and textures of premium catches, or grab a table for a more extensive meal. While the fish is aces, the secret stars are the two burger options.
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Drinks & Nightlife
The far-reaching influence of New York's reigning queen of mixology, Audrey Saunders, is hard to measure. Pay a visit to this urbane barroom, a second floor sanctum on bustling Houston Street, and explore Saunders’ eminent opus, which includes new classics such as the Gin-Gin Mule, a vivacious elixir of homemade ginger beer with Tanqueray gin, fresh mint and lime juice.
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Pegu Club
The far-reaching influence of New York's reigning queen of mixology, Audrey Saunders, is hard to measure. Pay a visit to this urbane barroom, a second floor sanctum on bustling Houston Street, and explore Saunders’ eminent opus, which includes new classics such as the Gin-Gin Mule, a vivacious elixir of homemade ginger beer with Tanqueray gin, fresh mint and lime juice.
Unabashedly grown-up and yuppie-friendly, this slick club launched by oenophile Michael Dorf, founder of the Knitting Factory, is New York’s only fully functioning winery, as well as a 350-seat concert space. Acts range from singer-songwriters and rock groups to stand-up comedians and even retrospective talks on legendary artists.
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City Winery
155 Varick StUnabashedly grown-up and yuppie-friendly, this slick club launched by oenophile Michael Dorf, founder of the Knitting Factory, is New York’s only fully functioning winery, as well as a 350-seat concert space. Acts range from singer-songwriters and rock groups to stand-up comedians and even retrospective talks on legendary artists.
This sultry lounge, outfitted with jewel-toned velvet couches and antique mirror columns, has a DJ spinning on weekend nights filled with pretty people partying until the wee hours of the night at the 11 Howard hotel. If you don't want to reserve bottle service, be sure to show up when it opens to have a chance of getting into the Soho spot.
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The Blond
11 Howard StThis sultry lounge, outfitted with jewel-toned velvet couches and antique mirror columns, has a DJ spinning on weekend nights filled with pretty people partying until the wee hours of the night at the 11 Howard hotel. If you don't want to reserve bottle service, be sure to show up when it opens to have a chance of getting into the Soho spot.
Part dive bar, part after-work hangout, Spring Lounge is the kind of place where you need never drink alone. The liquor’s been flowing on this corner since the 1920s; the wooden tables and benches reek of whiskey, hops and malt. Weeknights draw all types, but come weekends, a swarm of loud, aggressive singles takes over.
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Spring Lounge
48 Spring StPart dive bar, part after-work hangout, Spring Lounge is the kind of place where you need never drink alone. The liquor’s been flowing on this corner since the 1920s; the wooden tables and benches reek of whiskey, hops and malt. Weeknights draw all types, but come weekends, a swarm of loud, aggressive singles takes over.
Thanks to lofted ceilings and six large skylights, this often-packed beer mecca inside a former parking garage offers a sunny beer-garden-like experience year-round. Beer maidens and barkeeps sling comically large, sudsy one-liter steins of brewskis to a predominately dude-heavy crowd, but the more manageable 12-ounce and half-liter mugs afford a greater range of sampling from the ten rotating taps of Greenpoint Beer Works.
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Houston Hall
222 W Houston StThanks to lofted ceilings and six large skylights, this often-packed beer mecca inside a former parking garage offers a sunny beer-garden-like experience year-round. Beer maidens and barkeeps sling comically large, sudsy one-liter steins of brewskis to a predominately dude-heavy crowd, but the more manageable 12-ounce and half-liter mugs afford a greater range of sampling from the ten rotating taps of Greenpoint Beer Works.