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.
The ambience? You couldn’t buy this for a million dollars or 10 million dollars. Delicious. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.
The "velvet chicken" is better -- and less difficult to eat -- than the name implies. Read more.
No question, it's the best barbecue in the city. But the best part is the casual and playful atmosphere It’s tough not to meet new people and to break $50 for dinner for two. Read more.
You can spend July 4th with the holy man at the Hudson's Sky Terrace, where he's DJing a BBQ party with fellow NYer Mel DeBarge. Tickets and table will run you $125 Read more.
The crew behind coffee window/breakfast/brunch/dinner spot has opened a companion joint. The appropriately-named Nights & Weekends direct its energy to the evening scene with handful of small plates Read more.
This spot takes the drinks-and-a-cut concept to the next level, w/ a 2-seat barber shop up front & behind a sliding door, a cocktail lounge decked w/ leather-cushioned wooden booths & old-school sofas Read more.
This spot serves more than 70 bourbons and whiskeys (including Utah’s High West Rocky Mountain rye). Our favorite drink is the citrusy punch amped up with chai-infused Wild Turkey and Batavia Arrack ( Read more.
Try the Turducken ball, and the Latin Stallion with chorizo, buffalo and pork. The sauces range from a green curry peanut Dragon's Lair to the Truffle Time, a creamy truffle sauce with fontina cheese. Read more.
On Meat & Potatoes, host Rahm Fama stops by The Meatball Shop, a meat-lover's spot that's open late into the night and tries the special goat meat Billy Balls. Find more tips at Food Network Local. Read more.
Beware: they only take same-day reservations, and the lunch crowd must wait five to 30 minutes in the front room. Complex $13 Ramen concoctions include the popular Akamaru and the Shiromaru. Read more.
In a dining world overrun with offal, Québécois heft, and pasta, it's nice to have a meal where a roasted carrot can blow you away. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Besides great views, The Standard hotel also has NY's hippest beer garden. The menu, designed by Michelin-starred chef Kurt Gutenbrunner, includes fat, flavor-packed sausages and plus-size pretzels. Read more.
Insane cocktails at mad Austrian scientist's lair in Chinatown. Ridiculous showmanship, jaw-dropping presentation. Look for the crowd begging entry under the "Gold Flower Restaurant" sign. [BlackBook] Read more.
It's all counter service, so roll up and ask for the brisket. It's cooked for 20hrs with bourbon and apple cider, as well as some secret spices, then injected with bourbon Read more.