NY has made me love speakeasies. Speakeasies have made me truly appreciate great cocktails. Absolutely delicious cocktails are certainly found here. Highly recommended; if you can find the door..
Drinks, appetizer, entrees, deserts, services, interior and music. Everything is so perfect. Love the coffee selection of Blue Bottle for espresso and Irving Farm for French press.
Neatly tucked away on a quaint but gorgeous West Village block, this fantastic Italian spot is a perfect choice for an intimate date. Order tapas style and share a couple pastas and apps. Molto Buono!
You will definitely need a reservation, but the cute and quirky vibe coupled with ecclectic fun cocktails is a must on your speakeasy checklist.
What to Order: The cold-brew coffee is made fresh daily, but a classic Italian Shakerado is also a good bet: Espresso and raw simple syrup are shaken over ice and garnished with an orange slice.
The classic burger is great, but we’re more about “the Mexican”: a chorizo burger with jack cheese, pickled jalapeños and chipotle mayo. Followed by a decadently thick milkshake, of course. Read more.
Ryan Sutton's 1 star review: "Try the bone marrow and suet-laced burger; it sports a soft, pate-like texture and a gentle, dry-aged funk." Read more.
One of the best dining experiences in the city. The wings, pork belly curry, and boar collar are out of this world. But so is the rest of the menu.
Rustic restaurant with an open rooftop in the summer and glass in the winter. A lot of beer selection. Formaggi and salumi boards are delicious. Pork sholder, steak and sausages are delicious.
If you can find the elbow room in this always-lively joint, you won't be disappointed with the abundance of whiskey and perfectly-balanced cocktails.
At St. Mazie, an easy-to-miss door across from the bar opens onto a staircase that descends to the cellar where you’ll feel transported back to the 1880s. Read more.
With extremely unique vibes, the bar’s 250 plus specialty drinks are divided into categories like Health, Stress Relievers and Pain Killers. Read more.
I love love love this bar. Awesome cocktails. Don't stray too far away from their signatures.. The Alibi or Devils Garden is a great place to start.
Pastrami is INSANE. Something everyone must try once in their life, even if only visiting NYC, and especially if living here.
Sit at the counter and enjoy the best Philly Cheese Steak outside of Philly! Also good are the hot pastrami sandwich and the egg cream.
Try the Curious George ($6.95), which includes three fried eggs, French fries in the sandwich (Yay!), 3 strips of bacon, 2 slices of melted cheese, and two pieces of boiled luncheon meat ham. Read more.
A cozy French cafe with chocolate chip cookies and a great Toby's Estate cappuccino. If you're hungry, get their toast with garlic scramble eggs. Free wifi, mamannyc is the password.
Get the classic chicken biscuit sandwich. Juicy chicken filet nestled between two warm, perfectly baked biscuits and dressed in gravy and slaw. You can literally taste the love
I'll echo everyone else: get the picante bocadillo (a pressed Spanish sandwich). The chorizo is so good, as is the spicy aioli.
Wide open space, and a great selection of food from the 4 restaurants they rotate in and out each season.
This casual rooftop in Williamsburg has patio furniture and graffiti, and very large and strong signature cocktails during happy hour. You can also score cheap beers. Read more.
Tucked away in Brooklyn. Look for the feather on a big black door. Dimly lit and a perfect setting to sip on some prohibition era drinks. Their version of old fashioned was perfect.
Cocktail bar that’s unpretentious enough that you could walk in on for a casual drink and the big charcuterie plate, but vibey enough to continue a date night. Drinks made to your taste + Back Patio
Amazing cocktails - definitely try the garden variety margarita and the moonshine drink!
Choose between the Maine- and Connecticut-style rolls at this cult-favorite New York establishment. Word on the street is it sells up to 5,000 rolls on a good summer day. Read more.
Pies are topped with a three cheese blend, snips of fresh basil, and a thin layer of olive oil. Read more.
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. Read more.
Burger: OK, this one is technically vegetarian, but judging by the lines wrapping around the block to try a taste, it definitely deserves a slot. Read more.
The hibiscus doughnut is tangy, it’s sweet and it’s the most Instagrammable food in NYC. Read more.
Located inside the chic Ace Hotel, this cozy Flatiron gastropub is serving up contemporary British comfort food like sweetbreads ($19), braised lamb ($17) and seafood sausage ($19). Read more.
The weekend and holiday lines are themselves legendary. Join the throngs, or opt for a calm weekday morning. Lunch is almost always busy; at dinnertime, you practically have the place to yourself. Read more.
With only 12 seats, this spot fills up fast. Grab a coffee at the barber shop-slash-café next door while you wait, or, weekends, check to see if local tea importer Kettl is doing a pop-up upstairs. Read more.
The estrella pasta (made with chicken livers) is as good as everyone says it is. Read more.
Don’t ignore the potatoes—or the desserts (remember cheesecake?). Request a seat near the window upstairs. Read more.
The laminated baguettes—that’s a baguette wrapped in croissant dough!—come out at 1 p.m. Monday to Thursday and at 11:30 a.m. Friday and sell out quickly. Be there. Read more.
It’s more fun to over-order the small plates and descend on them as a group. Whatever comes with burrata, get. Dessert? You can skip it. Also try their new Italian restaurant, Café Altro Paradiso. Read more.
Great pasta and a beautiful bottle of Barolo are the only way to go. If the pizzocheri (a short taglietelle) with Brussels sprouts, fontina, and sage is on the menu, get it. Read more.
With its luxuriance of fried chickpea fritters, nutty tasting tahini, and fresh greens, onions, and tomatoes, Mamoun's falafel redefined a quick bite for New Yorkers. Read more.
A plate of pierogies with sour cream and caramelized onions is the essential order — they're made in house and the restaurant goes through a lot of them, so you know they're gonna be fresh. Read more.
Like the rest of the Del Posto menu, Mark Ladner's show-stopping baked lasagna combines the best of the Italian and Italian-American culinary traditions. Read more.
New York City is overrun with chickens for two, but this is the bird to beat. Daniel Humm stuffs a mixture of foie gras, black truffles, and bread crumbs between the skin and the meat. Read more.
Office workers and tourists alike line up day and night for the combo over rice at Halal Guys. You feel like a beast finishing one of these tubs of meat, rice, and tangy white sauce. Read more.
For the fusili, fresh octopus is first braised in red wine and tomato sauce. The pasta is then tossed in the sauce, and the chunks of bone marrow are added to the mix. Read more.
Black and whites are the unofficial cookies of NYC, and this ancient bakery offers some of the best. Read more.
The L & B square slice has a dense, slightly sweet crust that's faintly reminiscent of a biscuit. The dough is first topped with mozzarella then tomato sauce and a thin layer of Pecorino-Romano. Read more.
The hottest place to get beer in New York. Its crazy draught rig, and the bar's access to the kooky Evil Twin beers are just the beginning—have a look at the extensive list of rare European bottles.
You have your pick of the classics, but once your kid gets their tongue on an oddball like Black Sesame or Lavender and Corn, they may start to wonder how Ben & Jerry lost their edge. Read more.
House of Yes was voted the Best Date Spot to Get Sex Started by OkCupid users in the first-ever Daters' Choice Awards! Tap Read more for additional date spot categories in New York City. #daterschoice Read more.
The outdoor bar boasts some gorgeous decor, with vintage train tracks and boxcars, lush greenery, live jazz and, like the sprawling Sleep No More set below, an ethereal, haunting old-world ambiance. Read more.
This is foodie heaven!! Come really hungry because everything is good! Top 3 musts are Tacos #1, Dizzengoff, and Mokbar, but you'll need to come back multiple times to taste everything
The biggest and probably most delicious food hall in NYC. Arepa Lady, Jian Bing for Shanghai Street Food, Katz’s, Ample Hills... really everything.
Quality food hall w/ FiDi-Statue of Liberty water views & some of NYC best eats: Blue Ribbon Sushi (TBA), Dos Toros Taqueria, Little Muenster, Mighty Quinn's BBQ, Num Pang, Tartinery, Umami Burger, +.
