Get: Beef meatballs with classic sauce. If you want an assortment of meatballs, get sliders bunless.
Come here for the pasta place. Walk around and browse while you wait for a table. Finish with a gelato.
Lime Rickey: Considering the alarming color, a truly delicious thing. - Anthony Bourdain, host of No Reservations
Bagel with Lox and Cream Cheese: Doesn’t get more New York than this. Unreproducible. - Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations
Started after the Met turned down gifts from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, this shining star owns 18,000 works - 3,116 by Edward Hopper.
Henry Clay Frick's former residence may have the densest collection of masterpieces in Manhattan, with works by Titian, Turner, and Vermeer, among others. Read more.
Get: Octopus and bone marrow fusili. Lunch pre-fixe is a steal considering the excellent service.
Forget everything you think you know about sponge cake. Kam Hing has the best in the city. Get 'em warm for just $.70. Disclaimer: you'll house four or five of these bad boys in one sitting. Read more.
Pizza with no cheese..but how…and more importantly, why? But the Sicilian Breakfast Pizza is a thick square of warm pastry and tomato-ey goodness.
Get: eggs cacio e pepe with a side of pancetta. Then get the ricotta pancakes. Counter culture coffee served here.
