Star chef Daniel Boulud's gastropub, serves three heaping burgers: The Piggy, with pulled pork and jalapeño mayo; The Yankee, with Essex St. pickles; and The Frenchie, topped with confit pork belly.
The cupcakes here are known for their airy buttercream frosting (and cameo in Sex and the City).
Justine Pringle and Andy Laird have a single source for all their chocolate confections: one family-run farm in eastern Colombia.
Minetta Tavern's excellent burgers use a beef blend—dry-aged rib eye, skirt steak, brisket and short rib—from famed purveyor Pat La Frieda, and buns from Balthazar Bakery.
At this sibling to Dumont Restaurant, the superrich hand-shaped beef burgers can be had in 8-oz or 5-oz mini versions.
The city's worst-kept burger secret: This low-key spot behind a velvet curtain in the upscale Le Parker Meridien Hotel.
