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The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014

1. Aita

9.1
132 Greene Ave (Waverly), Brooklyn, NY
Italian Restaurant · Clinton Hill · 84 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: The Italian-born chef and co-owner, Roberto Aita who was last the chef and co-owner of Williamsburg’s similarly humble Fiore, has an instinct for appetizers, and, especially, vegetables.

2. Khe-Yo

157 Duane Street (btwn Hudson St & W Broadway), New York, NY
Asian Restaurant · Tribeca · 142 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: The chef Soulayphet Schwader opened Khe-Yo with the chef and restaurateur Marc Forgione with Laos food's careful balance of sweet and spicy, but with the sour, funky element turned up a notch.

3. Cafe Nadery

16 W 8th St (@ 5th Ave), New York, NY
Persian Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 33 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: Nadery’s menu was originally designed by Louisa Shafia, whose vegetarian-forward influence can be seen in the lovely lemony kale salad and in the pleasantly sweet beet burger. Delicious ash-e reshteh

4. Rotisserie Georgette

14 E 60th St Ste 205 (Madison and 5th), New York, NY
French Restaurant · Upper East Side · 32 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: Georgette Farkas was the head of public relations for Daniel Boulud. Rotisserie Georgette has a simple conceit—roast chicken—but it’s a strikingly sophisticated space, with a clientele to match.

5. Fung Tu

22 Orchard St (btwn Hester & Canal St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Chinatown · 85 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: Jonathan Wu, a Bronx-born Chinese-American who once cooked at Per Se, opened Fung Tu, a “creative” Chinese restaurant on the Lower East Side, in what used to be a small noodle factory. SHANGHAINESE!!!

6. Saul

200 Eastern Pkwy (Brooklyn Museum of Art) (Washington Ave.), Brooklyn, NY
French Restaurant · Prospect Park · 42 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: The new-American restaurant’s uneasy status as a pioneer of a movement (rustic, farm-fresh) that has changed over time is encapsulated in the emphasis on vegetables. simple food, but interesting.

7. Empire Diner

7.9
210 10th Ave (btwn W 22nd St & W 23rd St), New York, NY
Diner · Chelsea · 128 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: Amanda Freitag, formerly of Tribeca’s coziest restaurant, the Harrison, has reinvented the icon. Signature patty melt is a sandwich that has all been bound together with butter and drippings.

8. Betony

41 W 57th St, New York, NY
American Restaurant · Midtown East · 88 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: The executive chef, Bryce Shuman, who comes from Eleven Madison Park, looks like an insurance salesman but cooks like a maestro, extracting more flavor than seems possible from familiar ingredients.

Foragers Table is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

9. Foragers Table

300 W 22nd St (at 8th Ave), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Chelsea · 102 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: Foragers Market and Table serving quality food that feels “healthy,” and is often local and organic, but with none of that dull avocado-based asceticism. lamb Bolognese,brown beech mushrooms,porchetta

All’onda is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

10. All’onda

22 E 13th St (btwn University Pl & 5th Ave), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 97 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: All’Onda has fashioned a lovely menu of seafood-driven crudi, and homemade pastas. The chef, Chris Jaeckle, who cooked previously at Ai Fiori, takes what he has learned and twists it.

11. Contra

138 Orchard St (at Rivington St), New York, NY
New American Restaurant · Lower East Side · 97 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: Little crescents of celery in your elderflower-granita dessert, or pears blended into the onion soubise on your slow-roasted cod. Some of these unexpected elements work beautifully.

Narcissa is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

12. Narcissa

25 Cooper Sq (at E 5th St), New York, NY
New American Restaurant · East Village · 163 tips and reviews

Wilson Z.Wilson Zhou: Narcissa the cow “presides over” Balazs’s farm in the Hudson Valley, which is the main source of the vegetables, herbs, and eggs on an elegant but accessible menu from the chef John Fraser of Dovetail

Telepan Local is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

13. Telepan Local

329 Greenwich St (at Duane St), New York, NY
New American Restaurant · Tribeca · 21 tips and reviews
Willow Road is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

14. Willow Road

85 10th Ave (W 16 Street), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Chelsea · 39 tips and reviews
Little Lamb Mongolian Hot Pot is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

15. Little Lamb Mongolian Hot Pot

40-24 College Point Blvd, Level B, Flushing, NY
Hotpot Restaurant · 11 tips and reviews
The Writing Room is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

16. The Writing Room

1703 2nd Ave (at E 88th St), New York, NY
New American Restaurant · Yorkville · 58 tips and reviews
Gato is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

17. Gato

324 Lafayette St (btwn Bleecker St & E Houston St), New York, NY
Mediterranean Restaurant · NoHo · 190 tips and reviews
The Bunker is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

18. The Bunker

New York, NY
Home (private) · Garment District · No tips or reviews
The Pickle Shack is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

19. The Pickle Shack

256 4th Ave (Carroll), Brooklyn, NY
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · Gowanus · 56 tips and reviews
Navy is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

20. Navy

137 Sullivan St, New York, NY
Seafood Restaurant · SoHo · 55 tips and reviews
Margaux is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

21. Margaux

7.2
5 W 8th St (5th Avenue), New York, NY
Café · Greenwich Village · 20 tips and reviews
Tavern on the Green is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

22. Tavern on the Green

8.6
W 67th St (at West Dr), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Central Park · 189 tips and reviews
The Runner is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

23. The Runner

458 Myrtle Ave (Washington Avenue), Brooklyn, NY
American Restaurant · Clinton Hill · 27 tips and reviews
Russ & Daughters Café is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

24. Russ & Daughters Café

9.2
127 Orchard St (btwn Rivington St & Delancey St), New York, NY
Café · Lower East Side · 301 tips and reviews
Au Za'atar is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

25. Au Za'atar

8.2
188 Avenue A (at 12th St), New York, NY
Middle Eastern Restaurant · East Village · 81 tips and reviews
Barchetta is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

26. Barchetta

461 W 23rd St (10th Avenue), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · Chelsea · 22 tips and reviews
Grand Banks is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

27. Grand Banks

9.0
Pier 25 (at N Moore St), New York, NY
Seafood Restaurant · Tribeca, New York, NY · 144 tips and reviews
The Water Table is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

28. The Water Table

10 India St. (India Street Pier), Brooklyn, NY
Restaurant · 8 tips and reviews
Rockaway Beach Surf Club is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

29. Rockaway Beach Surf Club

9.1
302 Beach 87th St, Queens, NY
Beach Bar · Hammels · 49 tips and reviews
Iris Cafe is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

30. Iris Cafe

20 Columbia Pl (at Joralemon St), Brooklyn, NY
Café · Brooklyn Heights · 138 tips and reviews
The Pavilion is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

31. The Pavilion

20 Union Square West (at 17th St), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Union Square · 52 tips and reviews
Bâtard is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

32. Bâtard

239 W Broadway (btwn Walker & White St), New York, NY
Modern European Restaurant · Tribeca · 44 tips and reviews
élan is one of The New Yorker Tables for Two 2014.

33. élan

43 E 20th St (btwn Broadway & Park Ave S), New York, NY
New American Restaurant · Flatiron District · 35 tips and reviews