8 handles pulling brew like 21st Amendment's Back in Black IPA, Empire Cream Ale and Mother's Milk Stout from Keegan Ales. Read more.
The menu is down-to-earth stuff, though, with hearty fare like chicken Kiev, braised short ribs, and beef stroganoff, plus their own house-made honey-pepper vodka. Read more.
Extra Place is a 50-seat Mediterranean spot with an industrial feel, roll-up garage-style windows, and an open kitchen with four doner rotisseries to let you know what’s for dinner. Read more.
Food is focused on oysters. There are some snazzy bar bites such as beet tarte tatin and Maine-mussels pot pie. Plenty of quaffable cocktails including gin-based Basil Brush & rum in a Coke bottle Read more.
While I miss the old Empire Diner, the Highliner has filled in well. Try the Brisket Hash with poached eggs - crazy delicious. Read more.
Favorites include the Gin Gin Mule, with lime juice, simple syrup, crushed mint, gin and house-made ginger beer, and the Blackberry Bramble, with gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and blackberries. Read more.
Win major points with a beer lover at this subterranean gastropub: A selection of 12 stellar craft and microbrews is always on tap. Read more.
Order the herbaceous Broken Mirror Skyscraper. A mix of absinthe, lime & muddled mint—w/ dandelion & burdock bitters—is chilled with slow-melting ice. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks of 2011. Read more.
Kaya toast is grilled brioche with thick coconut custard. Fragrant Singaporean chili crab is interpreted as a crab cake mixed with tomato-y chili crab sauce and served with shredded apple salad. Read more.
Try the harissa honey-roasted chicken sandwich. It comes with sweet roasted peppers, melted manchego, and preserved-lemon mayo, and is one of our 101 Best Sandwiches in NY. Read more.
Recommended dishes: Grilled sardines, iceberg salad, grilled eggplants, grilled steaks, pork chop, lamb saddle, mackerel, scallops, grilled potatoes, long beans, shishito peppers. Read more.