Do not miss the DuMont Burger. It’s so outlandishly popular that DuMont opened a burger-centric sister restaurant in 2005 to satisfy the patty demands. Via CityEats.com Read more.
In his NY Diet, Jeffrey Steingarten calls Eataly "spectacular" - there are "wonderful, delicious pastas," "wonderful" pizza, not to mention great crudo, breadsticks, and Pat LaFrieda steak. Read more.
Get cozy in a velvet booth at this mescal bar adorned with folk art, statuettes, masks and other mementos of the co-owners’ travels. Taste the namesake spirit in a flight of three one-ounce pours. Read more.
This nautical dive has some of the city’s best bar food, including a knockout cheeseburger with mayo and sliced half-sour pickles tucked beneath an amply salted LaFrieda patty. Read more.
James Traub writes, "Frank’s serves serious food in a self-consciously non-serious setting, which is to say that is very Lower East Side." Take note: "Frank seems to have a gift for ravioli." Read more.