It’s the ultimate in handcrafted retro deli pleasure here, where you must try the pastrami on rye with a Brooklyn-brined pickle. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
One of our fav cocktails of the year is the Radler, a frothy mix of Belgian wheat beer, limes, and a bracing shot of pineapple-infused aquavit. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
The Bash burger here is a must-try, says Adam Platt. (Bacon jam!) Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Brave the line for the dirigible-size This Way—a roast-beef classic made with mounds of succulent prime rib drenched in oceans of Cheez Whiz. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
The Pierre’s elegant newcomer boasts a standout morning menu; try the Welsh rarebit or the excellent fish and chips with minted mushy peas. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
It’s worth the trip out to L.I.C. for the first-rate breakfast menu here, like fried pickled pork tongue and smoked salmon blinis. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
It’s an earthier take on weekend brunch here where New York’s reigning Iron Chef turns out thick waffles with fried quail and an ingenious “Eggs Benny.” Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Get the Tenth Avenue Hangover here, a rich mix of soft-poached eggs, tripe, and sofrito. One of Platt favorite breakfasts from Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Taste the best in Southern-friend Brooklyn here with the chicken and biscuits or pork special of the day. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Taste the best of Southern-friend Brooklyn here with the catfish entrée or the excellent fried chicken box. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
The meat's the thing, but we also love the drinks here. Try the 'Cue, a super-refreshing blend of rum, smoked pineapple, lime juice, yuzu juice, Tabasco,and Pernod. Read more.
Get the $125 tasting menu here for bites like tableside antipasti and Mark Ladner’s legendary 100-layer lasagna. One of our fav Italians from Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Anita Lo’s $95, seven-course tasting menu is one of the best, says Adam Platt. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
You can get one of our fav tasting menus here (five or seven courses) and this re-invented French spot is also one of the year’s best restaurants from Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
There’s no end to Chef Daniel Humm’s gourmet wizardry—the whole menu is a perpetually-changing Rubik’s cube of deliciousness. One of our fav tasting menus from Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
It’s first-rate Thai by way of Las Vegas at this new spot, one of the best restaurants of the year from Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Top Chef Harold’s new spot takes Thai flavors and marries them with hefty Western ingredients like Maine lobster and lobes of fatty bone marrow. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
George Mendes’s Flatiron spot is Adam Platt’s pick for the best Portuguese in New York. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
There’s more than just falafel at Einat Admony’s charming Nolita spot, says Adam Platt, who chose it as one his best new restaurants in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Don’t miss the Basque favorites like suckling pig laced with truffles or torija here, says Adam Platt. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Try the lemongrass caramel ribs here, which Adam Platt calls “the finest ribs (sticky, charred, infused with lemongrass and caramel) ever to be served in the vicinity of 56th Street and Fifth Avenue." Read more.
If you love charred cow innards, make a beeline for this elegant new Japanese yakiniku grill restaurant where you can cook your own beef heart and chuck flap with uni. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Vegetables are the new meat at this elegant spot for shojin Buddhist cuisine like persimmon with sesame cream and fragrant rice balls called ohagi. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Celebrate the vegetable with the $42 Mondays-only veggie tasting menu here. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
One of our favorite desserts of the year is the Fritelle De Mele here, an impeccably turned-out apple fritter crowned with caramel gelato. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Zakarian’s latest is a standout for its elegant take on bull market classics like steak Delmonico and foie gras with bruleed figs. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Marcus Samuelsson’s ode to southern down-home cooking is Harlem’s most ambitious opening in decades. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
One of the most eagerly-awaited downtown openings of the year is Sara Jenkins’ latest, where she’ll augment her porchetta with homey dishes like lasagna al forno. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
She Gallante’s next effort after Cru is a veritable hit. Platt loves the cortecce pasta with octopus best. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Try the appropriately sturdy cassoulet here, says Adam Platt. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Don’t miss the fluffy, old-fashioned fish quenelles here, plated with a pool of rich lobster bisque. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Don’t miss the impossibly decadent $15 oyster pan roast here, and try the Eccles cake with Stilton for dessert. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
You can try two Where to Eat 2011 picks under one roof; after dinner here head across the Ace lobby to the new John Dory for a dessert of the excellent eccles cake. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Don’t miss the dumpling stand here for dim sum master Joe Ng’s take on har gow with shrimp and bacon. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
20 exquisite courses with bites like frizzled blowfish tails and smoked brandade make the tasting menu here top notch. One of the year’s best new restaurants, featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Vogue food writer Jeffrey Steingarten raved to us about the cuttlefish - "tender and crisp — I don't think I’ve ever had cuttlefish like that" - in his New York Diet. Read more.
Skip the uninspired pizzas in favor of the meats: prosciutto di Parma; properly rustic crispy pork belly; or any of the housemade pâtés and terrines. Read more.
Adam Platt picked the tramezzi here (served only at lunch) as his favorite sandwich in Midtown. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
For the ultimate in nouveau southern-fried dining, try the Tennessee fried chicken dinner here on Tuesday nights. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
This is the place to go for Austrian specialties like Schweinbauch (pork belly) spritzed with honey vinegar. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
One of our favorite sandwiches of the year is the slow-cooked lamb sandwich here, made with roasted peppers, cumin-scented yogurt, and a rosemary bun. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
The baked goods are the standout here, like the $3 fluffy biscuits, which you can stuff with scrambled eggs and melted pepper-jack cheese. Featured in Where to Eat 2011!
Michael White’s newest is one of our favorite spot for Grandma-style rustic Italian. Don’t miss the porchetta or the tagliatelle. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
It’s not only the best place to catch the ‘vegetables are the new meat’ trend, it’s one of our favorite restaurants of the year. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Check out the new daily happy hour here from 4 until 7 p.m. Beer, wine, and cocktails are $2 off; bottles of wine are $5 off. There will also be an $8-and-under menu of small plates. Read more.
Chicken, pork, vegetable, and cheese nuggets with your choice of junk food-y coatings and fast food-inspired dipping sauces.
