Head here for meaty pastas like veal tongue-filled cappelletti in brodo and garganelli with white heritage pork sugo, plus seafood and vegetable dishes off the grill. Read more.
Crabby Shack in Crown Heights is now open after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Enjoy a seafood-centric menu of crab cake sliders, crab mac & cheese & crab tacos. Open daily at 3pm. Read more.
At Meadowsweet Polo, Dobkin treats octopus like a bathing beauty in this hyper-attractive presentation flavored with chorizo, basil oil, and thin strips of glistening red pepper. Read more.
Okonomi does Williamsburg proud with waste-free Japanese lunch and exotic ramen dinner. The set menu always involves a bowl of rice and miso soup, the veggie accompaniments vary seasonally. Read more.
The tapas menu at El Born is heavy on the vegetable dishes, but you'll also find lamb chops, foie gras with quince, quail with chocolate, and crispy rabbit. Read more.
"Many of the dishes are downright heavy, oddly wintery for an end-of-summer meal by the water. Which is not to say that the results aren’t frequently, even disconcertingly, satisfying." Read more.
The menu is broad ranging, and this is one of the few Senegalese restos to offer apps, including boulettes -- lightly seasoned and fried fish balls. Read more.
Steal: Rib dinner; fried chicken dinner; collard greens...Neighbors have been lining up at Calvin’s small storefront on Bed-Stuy’s brownstone-lined Halsey Street for 30 years Read more.
Fancy Nancy has an incredible school lunch. Its a cheeseburger, deviled egg, and tater tots. Read more.