Located at busy crossroads next to McCarren Park, this cool café has a laid-back vibe with great food and coffee to match. Open for all meals daily.
Good for breakfast and brunch, this Williamsburg spot is very popular so be prepared to wait. Get the country ham biscuit with a french press coffee, you won't regret it.
This decidedly old-school steakhouse is a rite of passage for Wall Street traders willing to shell out $88 for the signature porterhouse for two. Lunch reservations are doable, but bring cash. Read more.
Once a trendsetter, now a member of the Williamsburg establishment, Fette Sau serves up a rotating menu of pork and beef ribs that leads some to tag it as the best BBQ in NYC. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Hands-down the best burger in NYC. I order mine with blue cheese and caramelized onions. The mac and cheese with bacon can easily feed a family of four or one very hungry chef. -Jacqueline Lombard, To
The bone marrow solves all... a gateway protein kinda like bacon. So great the whole world stands on its head. - Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations
The bacon doughnuts here are a can’t miss dessert. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Jackson heights weighing in.This place is pricy, bland and way to hyped up.Truly embodies the scene that celebrates itself. If you're more concerned about the taste of food than ambiance go elsewhere
Don’t miss the simple but seriously flavorful main dishes, such as grilled chicken and bluefish, which are grilled or baked in a wood-burning stove.
Take a seat in a comfortable booth, soak up the great atmosphere and be coddled by the excellent waitstaff. Order the delicious Sweetwater burger. Cash only.
While the Salsa Music in the background didn’t match the Moroccan vibe, the food was amazing – Roasted Eggplant & Tahini, Merguez Platter and the Fish Tagine.
Recommended dishes: Sardine, tartare, chanterelle and pig ear, white beet and apple salad, pig tail, broth, calamari, cod, duck, rib-eye. Read more.
Live jazz on Fridays and Sundays from 9-12. Daily happy hour's from 5-7 now, but Tom pours a generous glass, so you always get more than your money's worth.
While the long menu is a little hit-or-miss, the good dishes on this loosely Mexican menu -- like the "fricco-dilla" and Thai esquites -- are superb. Wine and agave spirits to drink.
Recommended dishes: Grilled sardines, iceberg salad, grilled eggplants, grilled steaks, pork chop, lamb saddle, mackerel, scallops, grilled potatoes, long beans, shishito peppers. Read more.
Unique flavors like cornbread and chorizo caramel join conventional vanilla and chocolate at this retro ice cream parlor from a wd~50 pastry vet.
The candlelit patio here is a perfect spot to relax with a date. Nibble white-wine–steamed mussels with spicy chorizo ($13) or massive sandwiches like the mint-laced lamb burger ($13). Read more.
The Jew egg (egg in falafel with tsatsiki sauce), the tuna with black tahini, the lamb ribs and the challah caramel popcorn bread budding!
The New Nordic Wonder award winner's tasting menu turned the forest’s prickly underbelly—all hairy roots, funky fungi & fallen leaves—into some of the most stunning plates of 2013. Read more.
