Try the mashbrown from our 100 Best list: The search for the perfect hash browns ends at Bite, where a patty of skin-on potato mash is always fried to a golden crisp.
Try the chicken-thigh pizza from our 100 Best list: Everybody knows that, at the end of the day, there’s really nothing more satisfying than a well-made pizza.
Try the Full English fry up from our 100 Best list: Hands down, this British pub is putting out one of the best brunches in the city, from the ornate coffee service to made-in-house seasonal scones.
Try the fried chicken and waffles from our 100 Best list: The chance to eat Art Smith's incomparable fried chicken from the dinner menu, for breakfast—smothered with Burton’s maple syrup.
Try the kimchi and sausages from our 100 Best list: It’s a Polish-Korean mash-up and the best of both worlds. (Look for the free grub to reappear occasionally over the winter.)
Try the blue-cheese-and-mushroom beignets from our 100 Best list:We went for the cocktails. We came back for these meltingly rich puffs.
Try the ham and cheese fondue from our 100 Best list:Take a croque-madame, increase the cheese tenfold, melt it in a crock, fold in ham, put the egg on top and use the bread on the side, for dipping.
Try the Irish bread pudding from our 100 Best list: These slices of moist bread pudding are griddled, giving the pudding crispy, caramelized edges—and giving you a reason go take a nap.
Try the basque cake from our 100 Best list: Thankfully, this warm cake with a golden crust and soft middle is the only dessert pastry chef Amanda Rockman keeps on her menu year-round.
Try the Ice-cream sundae from our 100 Best list: Grant Achatz + whipped cream + Oreos + gummy bears + peanuts + unreal ice cream + maraschino cherries + a carafe of chocolate sauce = believe it.
Try the chocolate bouchon from our 100 Best list: Stephanie Izard successfully incorporates foie gras as a decadent marshmallow “fluff” alongside a moist chocolate cake.
Try the In the Rocks from our 100 Best list: It's our favorite drink at this high-concept lounge, for how it seamlessly integrates tactile pleasure (“cracking” the rock) into a beautifully made drink.
Try the Bloody Margaret from our 100 Best list: This gin-based Bloody is fragrant with thyme, lightened with cucumber and brought down to our level with a good old beer back.
Try the The Bedford Bloody Mary from our 100 Best list: The kimchi actually belongs in this drink. It adds a pleasant background of earthiness to what otherwise would be just tomato juice and spice.
Try the Horizon fruit ale Half Acre just brewed for Next’s Thailand menu from our 100 Best list!
Try the Jucy Lucy from our 100 Best list: Oh, man, we do not need to remind ourselves how good this juicy, greasy, medium-rare burger oozing Velveeta cheese is.
It’s open and loftlike, with a permanent stage set up for weekly live music. One sip and there’s no doubt that despite everything else going on here, the cocktails are the reason to stick around.
You can’t sit among the sparkling fountain and oversized flower arrangements, slowly sipping your perfectly shaken martini, without thinking that your mom was right all along: You are special.
The Polish-owned bakery focuses on European desserts, including kolaczki, baumkuchen and Napoleon cream slices. Read more.
The stellar salad bar, crave-worthy falafel, hearty soups, addictive stuffed pies and imported packaged foods are a near carbon-copy of the original’s, which are very good. Read more.
As a bonus, Sugar Bliss offers nearly all its flavors in mini form: If Chocolate Cappuccino is in the case, make a move. Read more.
The Southern Mac is chef Cary Taylor of the Southern’s mobile ode to macaroni and cheese. Read more.
Replete with their signature brie-topped Kobe burger with truffle fries and a tree-lined outdoor patio. Read more.
This tightly packed hamburger shack is where to get the thick, juicy “Gruntburger,” topped with addictive fried onions and blue-cheese dressing Read more.
They give you so much here you’ll be begging your neighbors to take it off your hands. Dessert? Don’t even dream of sharing it. There’s a hot brioche stuffed with ricotta and chocolate. Read more.
The portions are as big as the personality of this breakfast-and-lunch institution that’s packed with tchotchkes and mismatched chairs. Read more.
The conceit of this café is that chocolate is so vital a commodity that you could—indeed, you should—make a meal out of it. Read more.
The servers here sport more ink than a Bic factory, and the metal is cranked up so loud you can’t hear yourself talking, but therein lies the charm. Read more.
Ever wondered what brunch would taste like if it were inspired by Asian-Latino street food? Belly Shack provides the answer: slow-roasted pork loin with chilaquiles and crispy French toast with mango. Read more.
The wanderteller at Table, Donkey and Stick is one of the 100 best things we ate this year. http://tmout.us/rLOtk Read more.
The toast with housemade preserves and whipped butter at Longman & Eagle is one of the 100 best things we ate this year. http://tmout.us/rLOtk Read more.
The cheddar bratwurst with fried clams at OSB at Longman & Eagle is one of the 100 best things we ate this year. http://tmout.us/rLOtk Read more.
A 3-course prix-fixe meal for less than $28. Past dinners have included locally sourced Rasmussen farm meats, Prairie Fruits Farm chèvre-larded salads or sustainably grown Mick Klug desserts. Read more.
