Blue Hill At Stone Barns
Located on the lush acres of Stone Barns, Blue Hill is a working farm, educational center, and best of all, one of the best restaurants in the country. Go early while it’s still light out so you can stroll the property and admire what’s for dinner. The embodiment of farm-to-table dining, Blue Hill’s menu is literally a list of seasonal ingredients, many of which are grown in its own backyard, including the Berkshire pigs!
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Bar Pitti
This West Village Italian restaurant is so confident in its cooking and appeal that it doesn’t feel the need for a website. Why should it? It’s always packed with locals, tourists, and celebrities alike who happily come to sit on green plastic chairs along the sidewalk in the warmer months. They’re not reinventing the wheel, but they do traditional dishes like eggplant parmigiana, veal meatballs and veal milanese.
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Balthazar
Keith McNally has mastered the art of the French brasserie at Balthazar — from the zinc bar down to the pommes frites.
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Aburiya Kinnosuke
Aburiya Kinnosuke is one of those places so good and so serene you want to keep it to yourself.
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Wong
What the chef, Simpson Wong, dubs “Asian locavore” cuisine takes cues from all over Asia, from India to Malaysia to China.
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Perla
Perla is Michael Toscano’s coming out party and he manages to make quite an impression at this casual Italian with seriously good and innovative cooking.
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Parm
A marriage of Italian and American, we like to think the menu at Parm is the best of both worlds, especially where comfort food is concerned.
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North End Grill
North End Grill is great for anything from a business dinner to a date or festive group dinner.
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La Promenade de Anglais
La Promenade de Anglais is great for a date night, chic group dinner, or Riviera craving.
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Kutsher’s Tribeca
Kutsher Tribeca is great for a jewish deli craving, group dinner, table for one at the bar, or casual date.
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Junoon
Junoon is great for haute Indian, a special occasion, nice date, or group dinner.
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Isa
We’d venture to Williamsburg for the homemade sourdough and multi-grain breads alone, but that’s just a glimpse at what Isa Brooklyn has to offer.
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Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria
Il Buco Alimentari is a market, salumeria, bakery, enoteca, and restaurant all wrapped up in one.
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Empellon Cocina
Empellon Cocina is great for brunch, special occasiond, Mexican outings, and large groups.
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Danji
Danji NYC is great for a dining destination, date night, or table for one at the bar.
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Brasserie Pushkin
Truth be told, I was ready to hate this Moscow import. It’s a big, flashy restaurant and a spinoff at that. But there’s quite a lot to like about this 7,200 square foot restaurant with glittery chandeliers, chocolate brown velvet banquettes and hand-carved wood paneling. There’s plenty of private dining and an upfront patisserie for breakfast pastries and takeaway sweets. It was the horseradish-infused vodka that got us thinking we should rethink Pushkin. Then came the pelmeni — delicate dumplings filled with a sweet, juicy mix of pork, beef and lamb — and a great rendition of borscht. While I’m not sure what salmon in a citrus vinaigrette has to do with Russia it was delicious. There’s Cornish hen, veal blintzes, and beef stroganoff. Dessert is one of the best cards they’re holding here, so save plenty of room....
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Boulud Sud
When a chef builds an empire, a new restaurant can sometimes feel like “just another,” but that’s not the case at all at Boulud Sud.
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Atera
Teaser: Matthew Lightner has trained in some of the world’s best kitchens, including Noma and Mugaritz. Just this spring, this young chef made his New York debut with Atera. Atera ain’t your average restaurant. It’s got a chef and a full-time forager.
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