This place is Phenominal!!! Short ribs to die for, pea tendrils are ridiculous, and everything else was far above par. Great addition to the neighborhood!!
A downtown NYC destination restaurant for sure! Get the uber popular corn and the best cuban sandwich ever ( we like ours with extra pickles)!
Food blogger Meister recommends Shopsins for its “so-wacky-they-work dishes” (including red velvet & poppy seed pancakes & the “Hogman”—a Reuben sandwich with panko-fried barbecue pork on rye toast)
My two favorite pizzas here are the brussels sprout and pancetta pie and the cherrystone clam pizza. But you really can't go wrong with whatever calls to you on the menu. Read more.
I've always wanted someone to put shakshuka -- poached egg with spiced tomatoes, tahini, and cilantro -- into a pita to save me the effort of all that dipping. Taboonette has that breakfast sandwich.
Fried chicken dinners, pork chop and chow chow sandwiches, biscuits, collard greens, and banana cream pie -- all in a quaint 17-seater on Avenue C. Read more.
A must-try on the menu, according to co-owner Dean Jankelowitz, is Freda's matzo ball soup. "Matzo ball transcends anything," he said. "It's a New York dish." Read more.
Jerk is not the only way to go. There’s a vegan Bushman plate, steamed grouper, and oxtails layered with deep flavor from three days marinating in garlic, onion, scallion, ginger and carrot.-G. Greene Read more.
For dinner, you can't go wrong with the Fregnacce al Sugo di Papera, wafer thin sheets of pasta filled with duck sugo, and parmigiano reggiano. Perfect on a cold winter's night.
This West Village gem run by Florence-born Rita Sodi features a seasonal menu that always has a few excellent pastas. If you're lucky, one option will be the lasagna with carciofi (artichokes). Read more.
Try the rich beer-braised-tongue tacos. The soft, shredded meat is slow-cooked with Negra Modelo, bacon and chorizo. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the Rosejat Rápida—a paella riff made with short noodles instead of rice—which incorporates poached chicken, chorizo and briny cockles. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the green-bean salad. Crisp stalks of green beans, fried almonds, raw fennel and celery heart join forces in this crunchy, satisfying tangle. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the little oyster sandwiches. Sesame-speckled buns each cradle one fat, crispy mollusk, iceberg lettuce and a smear of pickled okra sauce. They’re one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Romantic wood-oven Italian in a cool-kid downtown space, with terrific grilled meats and bright salads. Also, seriously great offal.
the lobster burger with the spicy mayo on the bottom is just right (especially when you're really hungry)
Recommended: Marinated big-eye tuna, crispy bacon, pork ravioli; roasted sturgeon, scallops; roasted and braised suckling pig, roasted vegetables; gnocchi, risotto; ice cream, sorbets, pain perdu. Read more.
The crispy chicken here, marinated in olive oil then split and roasted in Barbuto's brick oven, is classic Waxman simplicity. One of our picks for the city's best roast chicken! Read more.
Crispy skin and tender meat are de rigueur on the roast chicken here, but don't skip the excellent vegetables that come with it. One of 5 favorite roast chickens in the city! Read more.
The city’s best roast chicken is served at an Italian joint? Apparently so, says the Underground Gourmet, who deemed the spicy, impeccably rendered pollo alla diavola here their favorite. Read more.
Danny Meyer’s very tasty brisket sandwich, mounded neatly with pickles and slaw on a brioche bun, is one of our 101 Best Sandwiches in NY. Read more.
The corned beef hash will change your life. It's not the steaming pile of crap that you get at any deli. Veselka serves actual corned beef mixed with onions and peppers. It's eye opening, and tasty.
The Market Plate is the best thing on the menu - try the kale and brussel sprouts.
Super Heebster: heat, umami, smoke, salt, cream cheese whipped to ethereal heights, crunchy, snappy roe, silky, voluptuous whitefish salad and bagel w/ nice, shiny crust & pleasantly chewy innards.
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.
Authentic Austrian food in the Lower East Side, get the sausage sampler, cheese Spätzle, and one of the Austrian beers on tap.
The Manhattan clam chowder is brilliant - the essence of the clam juice is so pure, that clam screams right at you. - Jeffrey Saad, United Tastes of America
Tacos are the name of the game here, though, with options like the skirt-steak taco with pecans, crispy sweetbread with chickpeas and the Moroccan lamb on naan bread. Read more.
If you had a Venezuelan mother...it is the food she would make. Everything was fresh and tasty.
Travel back to old Russia with Mari Vanna's elegant décor, traditional Russian food, and smiling staff. Try their infused vodka and herring with scallions. The combination is divine.
While this place is perpetually packed it's definitely something you have to check out at least once in your life. Get the avocado toast, the couscous and get your people watching on!
A great breakfast spot with delicious food and nice atmosphere. Beware: the spicy peppers on the breakfast sandwich will melt your face off.
This is the one and only time I'll emphatically say, Order the chicken. Perfectly cooked, incredibly moist, and with a side of shredded leg meat topped with a quail egg. Incredible.
They describe the duck wing drumettes as almost a reworked Spanish version of Peking duck, thanks to sea salt, sesame seeds, and a quince glaze. Epic. Read more.
Best matzo ball soup in Manhattan. Chunks of chicken and noodles with your matza. Good prices, no frills. Sandwiches are just ok.
This is an upscale Puerto Rican restaurant that serves some of the best Latin food in New York City. Try their delicious carne empanadas and their famous mojitos!
Get the fried lamb intestines-fried so finely that they've curled and buckled in the heat, becoming golden brown & crisp. They taste like lamb potato chips-dip them in the tart chile sauce on the side
When you enter the lobby of The Public Theater, hang a left and go up the stairs. At the end of the staircase you'll find this hidden Andrew Carmellini restaurant.
First, head to the bar and ask for Billy. The man will hook you up. Then, order the beets, crab salad, chicken, lamb and cheesecake. Narcissa is easily Michelin-caliber and one of my faves in NYC now.
You will spend an amazing amount of cash in minuscule appetizers and cocktails. And it will be amazing. Just make sure you've lined up where you're actually having dinner.
Great food. Who knew Japanese chefs making Italian food would be so good. Loved the tuna.
Sit at the lounge seats, order the Nihari, shrimp curry, Awadh murgh tikka & garlic naan. Have the bartender make you a cocktail. Have a lovely evening!
Clams Casino pasta = it's like Jesus himself dreamed up this dish just for me. (pastas are perfect size to split 3 with 2 people btw)
New York Magazine Cheap Eats issue says to get the Israeli scotch egg ($4) and either the fish & chips or fish sandwich for $12.
You cannot go wrong with ingredients like these. Gnocchi is amazing and unique (almost no flour), panini "bread" is great....so crisp.
The chicken parm is good, but the eggplant parm sandwich is perfect. Thinly sliced, drenched in their homemade tomato sauce, and sprinkled with fresh basil on top.
Calling these chicken fingers is almost offensive. They're the best I've ever had. $17 for 5 is a steal to split between two people. Salted caramel is required. Also, truffle fries.
Try the beet risotto balls, the lamb meatballs, the duck ham panini, or the ham blade steak. Recommended wine: Paul Achs Zweigelt.
razor clams, blue crab toast, rigatoni, roast chicken = all good good. but that all hip-hop playlist tho...
A cold-smoked scallop pairs with pear, cucumber, sea beans + black garlic, while New Zealand red doe gets juniper + fennel. – Green Guide Editor
The menu features a lot of grilled and roasted meats, as well as homemade pastas, salads, and charcuterie items. Appetizers are priced in the low teens, and most of the entrees are in the mid 20s. Read more.
Actual, proper Chicago-style deep dish and a good beer selection (including several Goose Island beers). Definitely recommended.
Order the new nourishing bone broths in coffee cups. Flavors include organic chicken broth, and hearth broth made with chicken, turkey, and beef, and grass-fed-beef broth. Read more.
Finally, a fried chicken restaurant in NYC that also specializes in Champagne. Check out the below-street-level crispy birds and bubbly hideaway that opens up into a massive back yard. Read more.
Sit at the bar, order the Sicilian red, get the tortellini and the crab spaghetti, then the chicken. Go home happy and full
Timing the fried chicken is a guessing game. Batches appear at unpredictable intervals. Sample the other entrees and sides, keeping an eye peeled. The baked chicken is nearly the equal of the fried. Read more.
