If you’re here during the day, order the Duck lunch, tender pink breast meat with a candy-crisp skin served with flaky scallion pancakes & white rice. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the Hawaiian-style shaved ice with a sweet kiss of condensed milk andtoppings, including mochi, diced kiwi and homemade brownies. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
A staple of Cobble Hill. Come for the Steak Frites (with peppercorn sauce), a Late Night Giant Burger or simply sip a glass of wine and listen to the nightly jazz music.
Check out their Trivia Night…it’s so much fun. We also love the $4 cans of Porkslap and either their Burger or Bodega Fish Tacos.
Take a ride on the Tram with your metrocard and enjoy some of the best views of the city – especially great at sunrise or sunset.
A fairly young institution, KGB Bar opened in 1993 and has since been a staple in the NYC reading series circuit, heavy on cheap drinks and literati. Check out fiction on Sunday or poetry on Monday.
One of the most delicious menus in town, the French onion soup dumplings are an absolute must.
You MUST have the mussels. You think you've had mussels, but you haven't until you've had the perfectly cooked, perfectly garlicky mussels at River Deli.
February is Hot Chocolate month with a different flavor every day. Come check it out before the month is over. Read more.
Come here on Sunday for the cheap sushi dinner – get 6 pieces of sushi, a special roll, miso soup and salad for $10.95. It’s also BYOB – but they also serve alcohol.
Try the lush beef brisket, which spends up to 14 hours in the smoker before it hits the table; leaner cuts are sliced for platters ($15), while the fattier meat gets chopped up for sandwiches ($10). Read more.
Open the little drawer inside one of the tables and you will find a notebook filled with things that random people have written. Feel free to add something yourself. Its really cool to see what othe
Please, in the name of God, if they have the fresh doughnuts with maple and bacon glaze order them. Your life will forever change.
Go when the weather is right and sit in the garden – it’s like walking into a fairy tale. We recommend the outrageously delicious Stuffed French Toast with Mascarpone.
Most of the snacks on chef Jason Marcus’s often-changing menu are $10 or less. Snag a table on the lush back patio, & feast with the knowledge you’re filling your belly without emptying your wallet. Read more.
Try the pork and peaches tacos, and wash it down with one (or two) watermelon margaritas!
My favorite xiao long bao (soup dumplings) in NYC. Also must try the beef scallion pancake.
