Try the pastrami or the hot dogs. Katz's is a landmark eatery that's been serving up delicious meats since 1888.
If you need a little comfort food, head over to Sylvia's for some authentic, lip-smacking Southern soul food.
Home of Harlem’s best chicken and waffles. As seen on Travel Channel’s Man v. Food Nation.
Take on the Squealer Challenge! You have 15 minutes to devour a 2-lb. pulled pork po boy topped with a scorching hot BBQ sauce. As seen on Travel Channel’s Man v. Food Nation.
Profoundly porky broth and excellent noodles make this a ramen destination worth waiting for.
Barbecue is a cornerstone of cheap eatin’, and there’s no better spot for carnivorous feasting on a budget than Hugh Mangum’s packed East Village smokehouse (TONY’s pick for best new 2013 BBQ joint). Read more.
The addictive “double cheese”—a squishy toasted bun sandwiching 2 juicy patties cloaked in melted American cheese with onion, lettuce & tomato—is a gloriously greasy retort to Golden State smugness. Read more.
Try the Barbacoa taco here, available on weekends only. It's one of NYC's 26 best tacos! Also check out the gratis-condiment station offering vats of lively salsas and other toppings. Read more.
Come to enjoy a slice of the roasted duck, with its succulent meat and crackly, burnished mahogany skin. You can get the bird over rice or congee, but purists should stick to a mere drizzle of hoisin. Read more.
Try the candylike Ba Si. Deep-fried taro, sweet potato and apple form the starchy base of this funky, interactive Northern Chinese dessert. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the steamed-to-order shrimp-and-snow-pea-leaf dumplings, packed with minced shrimp, flecks of scallions and bright, fresh snow-pea leaves. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Owner Bobby Munekata's mini empire also includes Totto Ramen, Soba Totto and Yakitori Totto. Read more.
In accordance with the restaurant’s name—jin is the kanji character for benevolence—owners Isan Chang and Jenny Ko contribute to charities supporting community-revitalization projects. Read more.
Order the ma-yu ramen with pork tonkotsu broth—a luscious meaty soup, more cloudy than creamy—with earthy, crunchy kikurage mushrooms and a half-submerged sheet of briny nori.
While the J&R smoker was trucked in from Texas, the duo have kept their low-key chophouse Brooklynized with their protein locally sourced and the pits fueled with upstate sugar maple and red oak. Read more.
Satisfy your carnivorous cravings at this wood-clad 60-seat den with grass-fed meats, artisanal quaffs stirred by a mustachioed barkeep and house-made mason-jar lights hanging preciously overhead. Read more.
Jersey-born Daniel Delaney—a bespectacled former Web journalist—might not seem like an obvious poster child for purist Texan ’cue. But the Yankee is turning out some seriously craveworthy meat. Read more.
There is a surprisingly strong jukebox here that boasts early- to mid-aughts breakouts like Interpol, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, as well as party-rock standbys Thin Lizzy and Cheap Trick. Read more.
