This is where my husband and I go for our birthday dinners. Love the old décor…it is just more romantic. -Dina Manzo, Real Housewives of NJ
All they really do is different hummus dishes. Everytime I go to NY I like to sit outside on a very small stool and eat my pita and hummus. -Susie Brunet, Launch My Line
This lower east side staple might be dreary from the front, but inside is a covered garden and often, customers with their adorable pet dogs. Read more.
This is where it all begins. Or ends. Where S returned from boarding school, where B headed to Yale, and where D and S struck up an unlikely romance. (I Will Always Love You) Read more.
CV's a tiny, late-night lounge for people who a) like clubs but not in MePa, b) don’t mind if Kanye shows up to preview some new tracks and c) don’t tuck your sweatshirt in ya jeans Read more.
Indulge yourself (or with a partner) in the Noah’s Ark (2 small lobster, crab, & shrimp rolls, 2 pairs of empress class, & 2 drinks. All for $38. Read more.
The most popular sandwich here is a five-inch bun stuffed with prosciutto, mozzarella and tomatoes for $13.50. It weighs eight ounces with a meat-and-cheese to bread ratio of two to one. Read more.
As far as I am concerned, it is the best Jewish deli in New York. My order never changes: piping hot matzoh ball soup, pastrami on rye, extra mustard, extra (full sour) pickles on the side, black cher
In an apartment above the Stage Deli, several Yankees lived together in the early 1950s including Mickey Mantle, Hank Bauer, and Johnny Hopp.
Let the pasta wars begin: This well-established French franchise of fast-food pasta restaurants is opening its first U.S. location here in July 2010, 13 blocks south of competitor Hello Pasta. Read more.
Try one of the daily lunch specials, which are made in limited quantities of 30 orders or less. Diners with room for dessert may want black sesame crème brulee or coffee Jell-O. Read more.
The chef is Didier Pawlicki of the French bistro La Sirene, so expect high-quality renditions of melted Swiss & Roquefort rather than gimmicky, bar mitzvah-esque versions. Alcohol is, for now, BYOB.
All of the footwear is comfortable, stylish, and made to endure ceaseless pavement pounding. Bonus: Most everything is priced under $150.
Globally infused, this shop offers an eccentric array of items you'd be hard-pressed to find elsewhere—or at least hard-pressed to find sold together in one store.
The Bombay Pav, one of our 101 Best Sandwiches in NY, contains a deep-fried potato-and-chickpea croquette painted with chutneys. It's strictly vegetarian and may be worse for you than a Big Mac. Read more.
Soba noodles are made fresh daily, as is the tofu, using soybeans also grown on the owner's farm, situated outside Montreal. Popular dishes include the soba salad, zaru soba, and salmon teriyaki. Read more.
sit at desk for 10 hours a day and stare at a computer screen here and talk on the phone. The lighting sucks and the bathroom is always locked but its my home away from home here on 22.
It's a jewelery store that's a small, family affair with one of the most distinguished client lists in the country. Now go get something you can wear in public. Read more.
If you own the Beastie Boys’ hip-hop masterpiece, Paul’s Boutique, this landmark may look familiar because the building was used for their album cover. - Jim Shearer, Top 20 Countdown
The menu includes traditional fare like shepherd’s pie with house-ground lamb, Irish rabbit stew & crispy duck gizzards, alongside classic steakhouse proteins like rib-eyes, hangar steaks & more.
There are two things on the menu, a hamburger ($6) and a hamburger with cheese ($6.50). Neither disappoints. One of our 25 favorite food trucks! Read more.
Part tattoo parlor, part jewelry boutique, this is the place where fashion-industry insiders get inked or at the very least snag exotically worked necklaces.
Construction began in 1890 and it was named after Andrew Carnegie, who paid for its construction. It opened May 5 1891 with a concert conducted by Walter Damrosch & composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The classic American menu dons heritage pork (chopped & in ravioli), Chatham Cod & whole Maine Lobster, while cocktails riff on the classic Gold Rush & the tropical Uvirinha. Read more.
Visit Beyonce’s eyebrow guru, Damone Roberts, and don't forget to look for her autograph in the bathroom. Read more.
While browsing through the embellished bags at French brand Jamin Puech's NYC shop, make sure to also check out the antique furniture that decorates the store - it's all for sale, too! Read more.
It took just a few years & some Petraske-schooled barmen to turn the Randolph into a hang of choice for bartenders, booze scribes & other industry insiders. Read more.
