Restaurants in Manhattan

London Noodle Chain, Wagamama, Crosses the Pond to NYC

Cuisine: Asian Fusion | Featured in Ethnic Eats, Restaurant, Restaurant Spotting

It’s a bit of a thrill that the franchise known as Wagamama has finally opened its very first location in NYC. Smack in the center of the Flatiron District, it’s perfectly positioned as a waystation for both busy locals on lunch hour, as well as tourists from all over the world…

Marco Canora’s Brodo Goes Brick-and-Mortar

Cuisine: | Featured in Restaurant Spotting, Soups

A long list of decidedly unsexy foodstuffs — from seaweed to quinoa to brussels sprouts —have been very much on trend in recent years. But they’re positively sultry when compared to bone broth; largely associated with invalids and other intestinally distressed patients on liquid diets. Enter Marco Canora’s Brodo

Chumley’s Returns to the West Village

Cuisine: Bar | Featured in Hottest Newcomers, Restaurant, Restaurant Spotting

It’s rare for a restaurant to get a new lease on life. And in today’s exceedingly fickle (not to mention prohibitively expensive) industry, even decades of accrued customer sentimentality isn’t enough to keep the doors open. Which makes the story of Chumley’s especially unusual…

King

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Nordic Goes Casual at n’eat

Cuisine: Nordic | Featured in Restaurant, Restaurant Spotting

If you thought we were at peak New Nordic, thanks to the relaunch of Fredrik Berselius’ Aska, and the opening of Claus Meyer’s sprawling food court and restaurant in Grand Central Station, think again. Enter n’eat…

Aldea

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Hail to the King, a Brit-Run SoHo Bistro

Cuisine: European | Featured in Hottest Newcomers, Restaurant, Restaurant Spotting

The name may be King, but there’s three women running the show at this delicious, new Brit-run bistro with pumpkin ravioli, grilled quail & European-stye brunch…

Flora Bar

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From Fish Tacos to a Palace of Pickles, Chelsea Market is Tastier Than Ever

Cuisine: | Featured in Best Of, Food Markets

Did you know that Chelsea Market draws in a whopping six million visitors every year? And imagine how many more will descend on this buzzing food market now that Dizengoff and its addictive hummus and piping hot pita moved in. It’s no wonder that Chelsea Market has emerged as a formidable dining destination. Here’s the latest & greatest vendors…

With Flora Bar at the Met Breuer, The Estela Team Hastens the Rise of the Museum Restaurant

Cuisine: | Featured in First Bite, Hottest Newcomers, Restaurant, Restaurant Spotting, Reviews

In the same way that transit hubs are finally being transformed into dining destinations, museums are sprucing up their food offerings as well — taking savvy advantage of constant foot traffic and hungry, captive patrons, to offer menus that far exceed frozen burgers and fries. Lucky for the Upper East Side, the Estela team just arrived in the Met Breuer with Flora Bar…

Q & A with Prova Pizzabar’s Donatella Arpaia

Cuisine: Italian, Pizzas | Featured in Chef Q&A, Chef Q&A Recipes

Having spent the past 15 years entrenched in NYC’s fine dining world (past and present projects include Davidburke & Donatella, Anthos, and Kefi), Donatella Arpaia’s entrance to the fast-casual fray comes as a bit of a surprise with Prova Pizzabar…

So Meaty: Wolfgang Puck Opens an NYC Outpost of CUT

Cuisine: Steakhouse | Featured in Hottest Newcomers, Restaurant, Restaurant Spotting

Alice Waters may embody the wholesome, back-to-the-land aspect of California cuisine, but when it comes to its glitzy, glamorous, show bizzy side, there’s no better poster child than Wolfgang Puck and lucky for us, he just opened a NYC outpost of CUT…

Fika

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La Newyorkina

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Scoping Out the Newest Vendors at This Year’s Broadway Bites

Cuisine: | Featured in Food Markets

The dining options around Broadway used to, well, bite. But thanks to UrbanSpace — which has proven incredibly adept at transforming food deserts into eating meccas — the Times Square area is flush with fabulous kiosks of Boil Boil Ramen and Bunk Sandwiches…

It’s All About Cider at Wassail on the Lower East Side

Cuisine: British | Featured in Drink Spotting, Restaurant

In the last few years, the city has wholeheartedly embraced crisp, fruity and refined cider as a happy medium between beer and wine. Witness the growing popularity of the annual NYC Cider Week (don’t miss our upcoming festival guide!), as well as a significantly enhanced presence on local menus…

Two Little Red Hens

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Perfect Pie

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TsuruTonTan is Serving Caviar-Crowned Udon in Union Square

Cuisine: Japanese | Featured in Dish Spotting, Ethnic Eats, Restaurant Spotting

Ramen has reigned supreme in NYC for some time now, but another Japanese noodle is making a serious play for attention. That would be udon — a type of fat, springy pasta formed from wheat flour — and thanks to the first U.S. outpost of TsuruTonTan, it’s finally getting its well-deserved moment in the sun…

The Best New Bites at Urbanspace Garment District

Cuisine: | Featured in Food Markets

Of all of the former food deserts that UrbanSpace has effectively transformed into culinary hubs, the chain eatery-occupied Garment District was probably most in need of hydration. So to the great relief, we’re sure, of area office workers, the market is officially back for the fall season, serving up on-the-go meatballs, Taiwanese bao, and yes, lots and lots (and lots) of tacos. Here are some of the best bites…