While dinner & brunch are perennially packed, Buvette is the perfect place to stop for a mid-afternoon or late-evening bite and aperitif. Unless you are part of a group of four, ask to sit at the bar. Read more.
Andrew Carmellini's Soho restaurant is basically a steakhouse, a craft cocktail bar, a seafood parlor, and a casual new american bistro all rolled into one. The Dutch also has a great brunch menu. Read more.
Adjacent to the restaurant is a DIY burrito shop, featuring a calorie salvo known as the Frito Pie Burrito, with ground beef, rice, beans, green chili queso, salsas, sour cream, and Fritos. Read more.
This scene-y, California-style spot in Chinatown serves a killer brunch. Options range from acai bowls, to a breakfast sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheddar, & pickled jalapenos. Read more.
Manhattan's largest selection of cup sake, yuzu margaritas, & Hoppy. Azasu provides the LES with an unusual glimpse of Japanese drinking culture. Read more.
To get to Fig. 19, you have to walk through an art gallery above the popular subterranean dance spot Home Sweet Home and open up the door in the very back. Once you’re inside, it feels like home. Read more.
After a revamp, brunch legend Five Points returns as Vic's, an Italian market restaurant. Menu dishes include rye rigatoni with lamb, & six pizzas. Also, barman is brewing 2 house-made limoncellos. Read more.
On Wednesdays and Thursdays you can reserve a spot for their kamayan dinners, where you'll eat a king’s bounty of Filipino dishes like chicharron, longanisa sausage, and ribs served on banana leaves. Read more.
This postage stamp sized, low-fi, BYOB, cash-only restaurant punches far above its weight class offering some of the city’s best noodles. Don’t overlook the big tray chicken or the pork pancakes. Read more.