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1. 44 & X
New York, NY 10036
(212) 977-1170
Categories:
American (Traditional),
American (New),
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhoods: Hell's Kitchen, Midtown West
If you are looking to hold auditions for your new boy band, this oh-so-trendy eatery appears to be the ideal place since the waitstaff here wears tight T-shirts and looks like the cast of "N*SYNC: The Next Generation". If that is your cup of orange…More »
2. 53rd and 6th Halal Cart
New York, NY 10019
Categories:
Food Stands,
Halal,
Street Vendors
Neighbourhoods: Midtown West, Theater District
Jamie W. and I were really excited to make a return visit to the 53rd St and 6th Ave Halal Cart just a year after our virginal experience. And unlike high-end restaurants that lose their fo'shizzle, the cart is still great...it's, hands down, the…More »
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11/6/2007
Eez good.
Eez real good.
I'm not a New Yorker, but I have seen the line go down 53rd on a number of… Read more »
3. A Voce
Pork belly is the new black, don't you know? New York Magazine raved about the pork belly here, so I immediately bookmarked A Voce for my recent trip to the Big A. Chef Missy Robbins holds fort here in the Time-Warner building surrounded by Thomas…More »
4. Amy Ruth's
New York, NY 10026
(212) 280-8779
Miss Sylvia, I'm afraid you'll have to give up your seat for Miss Amy Ruth. Yes, I've tasted the chicken and waffles at both your legendary places, and the tiara needs to be passed to Amy Ruth's. I know you both put your heart and soul into your…More »
5. Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca
Ah yes, Babbo...
Even though I find Mario Batali an irritating know-it-all as a TV personality, I cannot deny that the man knows food, at least the kind of peasant-variety Italian dishes that I love so much. I've been wanting to come here on my last…More »
6. Balthazar Bakery
It only makes sense for a world-class Parisian boulangerie to sit next to a world-class Parisian brasserie... if you live in Paris. Or on Spring Street in SoHo where Balthazar holds court. What's nice about the little bakery storefront is that you…More »
7. Balthazar Restaurant
Some things in life are beyond sensational... they are downright transcendental. I'm talking about the Chicken Liver and Foie Gras Mousse ($15) at Balthazar (see photo). It is so indecently velvety, so melty decadent that you basically want to run…More »
8. Barbuto
New York, NY 10014
(212) 924-9700
Categories:
Italian,
American (New)
Neighbourhood: West Village
The West Village....oh yeah, I'm hip, I'm happening...I belong.
Even though the New York Times gave it a merciless review earlier this year, Time Out gave celeb chef Jonathan Waxman's Barbuto a major thumbs up. I'm with Time Out on this one. Maybe…More »
9. Becco
New York, NY 10036
(212) 397-7597
Category:
Italian
Neighbourhoods: Hell's Kitchen, Midtown West, Theater District
I had a big bone to pick at Becco - though not necessarily a bone to pick with Becco if you know what I mean. The big bone I was picking at was part of the osso bucco I ordered as my entree there. As far as having a bone to pick with Becco, let me…More »
10. Bell Book & Candle
I assume the name of this restaurant comes from the old Jimmy Stewart/Kim Novak witchcraft comedy set in the West Village. On a Thursday night, the six-month-old subterranean place did evoke a bit of the jazz club they depicted in the movie down to…More »
11. Bond 45
New York, NY 10036
(212) 869-4545
Category:
Italian
Neighbourhoods: Midtown West, Theater District
This is hardcore, old-style New York meat-and-potatoes eating, the kind that's making a comeback culinarily speaking. Bond 45 sounds a bit trendy, but it doesn't have anything to do with Goldfingers, Octopussies, or Daniel Craig coming out of the…More »
12. Boqueria
New York, NY 10012
(212) 343-4255
Nothing says Spain to me like Charo singing the "Love Boat" theme...
http://www.youtube.com...
Lucky me that I'm going to Barcelona for a week. It'll be my second time there, and one of my fondest memories was perusing all the fresh produce and meat…More »
13. Bouchon Bakery
New York, NY 10019
(212) 823-9366
Categories:
Bakeries,
French,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhoods: Hell's Kitchen, Midtown West
You're traveling through another dimension
A dimension not only of taste and smell but of ka-ching.
A journey into a tourist-infested land
Whose boundaries are that of your wallet.
There's a signpost up ahead - Your next stop...
The Time Warner Center.
…More »
14. Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory
One of the great free touristy things to do in Manhattan is take a walk on the gloriously sturdy Brooklyn Bridge. If the wind does not get to you, the tourists walking on the wrong side will, or the speeding cyclists who barely ring their little…More »
15. Pasticceria Bruno Bakery
New York, NY 10012
(212) 982-5854
Categories:
Bakeries,
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
Neighbourhood: Greenwich Village
My oh my, that's one of the longest display cases of Italian-style confections I've ever seen (see photos) - amaretti, biscotti, decorative tarts, pinoli cookies, tiramisu cakes, colorful macarons - everything your sweet tooth could possibly desire…More »
16. Café 28
I really like this place...because it's open 24 hours in a 24-hour town.
Whenever I come to Manhattan from San Francisco, I stay at the funky Gershwin Hotel on 27th Street. And right around the corner on 5th Avenue is a great deli/mini-market for…More »
17. Cafe Un Deux Trois
New York, NY 10036
(212) 354-4148
Category:
French
Neighbourhoods: Midtown West, Theater District
This place looks so "Sweet Smell of Success" circa 1958, doesn't it? With the chandeliers, marble columns and Saul Bass-designed movie posters, it has that "fat cats in suits" feeling - even though I was likely the heaviest one in the restaurant (see…More »
18. Cafeteria
Oh gosh, I think I've waited too long to try Cafeteria on 7th in the trendy Chelsea area. It's been on my "Need to Try" list ever since it opened a dozen years ago. However, in the intervening years, similar upscale eateries have sprung up like weeds…More »
19. Carnegie Delicatessen
New York, NY 10019
(800) 334-5606
Categories:
Delis,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: Midtown West
Oy!... such a day I had. My feet are killin' me from shlepping my Barney's bags around, and I haven't eaten since my nephew's bar mitzvah last week. Alright, I had a bagel with some lox this morning, maybe with a little cream cheese... but who's…More »
20. Chelsea Market
New York, NY 10011
(212) 243-6005
Category:
Grocery
Neighbourhoods: Chelsea, Meatpacking District
Actually Joni Mitchell's fluttery song does fit this place...sorta...
"Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I knew
There was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges, too
And the sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to…More »
21. The City Bakery
New York, NY 10011
(212) 366-1414
Categories:
Bakeries,
Chocolatiers and Shops
Neighbourhood: Flatiron
Such a generic name for a most non-generic place...so with this non-creative branding technique in mind, I guess you could rename Babbo something like the Fat, Rich Italian's Pasta House, or maybe call Per Se the Fancy Left Coaster Restaurant.
I…More »
22. Coffee Shop
New York, NY 10003
(212) 243-7969
Gee, this is the best name they could come up with amid all the tourist traffic around Union Square? Seems they could have thought of something more unique with all the Brazilian touches in the menu...like "Rio de Coffee Shop" or "Cafe de Bacon e…More »
23. Columbus Gourmet Food
New York, NY 10023
(212) 721-7800
Need to grab and go in the morning? Here's a spot in the Upper West Side to do just that. Jamie W. and I wanted to visit the Rose Center for Earth and Space before catching a late afternoon flight back to San Francisco. Knowing how quickly the crowds…More »
24. Cones
New York, NY 10014
(212) 414-1795
Category:
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
Neighbourhood: West Village
I scream...you scream...there can never be enough quality ice cream parlors, especially if they have a sweet, south-of-the-border twist. The ice cream they serve here is not the very best I ever had, but it's definitely up there.
My friend and I came…More »
25. Cosi
New York, NY 10019
(212) 397-9838
Category:
Sandwiches
Neighbourhoods: Midtown West, Theater District
Cosi looks like a chain, acts like a chain, smells like a chain and tastes like a chain. That said, there is a dearth of places to eat if you are going to a Broadway show and didn't think ahead as far as having a non-gaseous meal to avoid smug looks…More »
26. Craftbar
The name sounds like a New Wave German synthpop leather-strap bar where Dieter would host an episode of Sprockets ..."Would you like to touch my monkey? Touch him! Touch my monkey!"
But no. It's a serene, spacious place with the darkened lighting and…More »
27. Crumbs
New York, NY 10019
(212) 399-3100
Category:
Bakeries
Neighbourhoods: Midtown West, Theater District
Haven't cupcakes had their 15 minutes yet? I don't mind having an occasional cupcake, but I am a member of the Duncan Hines and Jiffy generation, the ones that used to bake them for school cake walks and use congealed frosting from a can. That's why…More »
28. Cucina & Company at Metlife Bldg
New York, NY 10166
(212) 682-2700
Categories:
Bakeries,
Coffee & Tea,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: Midtown East
Located en route from and to Grand Central Station, this suits-dominated Mediterranean eatery makes me want to sing some Sondheim...
Another hundred people just got off of the train
And came up through the ground,
While another hundred people just…More »
29. Dean & DeLuca
New York, NY 10012
(212) 226-6800
Categories:
Caterers,
Specialty Food
Neighbourhood: SoHo
Life stinks sometimes...for a materialistic Left Coaster.
For example, why, as a San Franciscan, do I have to drive an hour and a half north through the tourist-congested corridor of the Napa Valley to get to a Dean & Deluca when a New Yorker need…More »
30. Deep Fried Oreos
Oh man, you would think 2,900 miles would be enough of a disincentive for me to have another Deep Fried Oreo. I rationalized in my head that they are purely an East Coast anti-delicacy, that I would never see them here. Yes, I know they have them at…More »
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6/3/2007 First to Review
I knew I wouldn't...
I knew I couldn't...
I knew I shouldn't...
But I did.
I did order a little tray of… Read more »
31. Dishes
New York, NY 10017
(212) 808-5511
Categories:
Sandwiches,
Juice Bars & Smoothies
Neighbourhood: Midtown East
Another hundred people just got off of the train
And came up through the ground...
While another hundred people just got off of the bus
And are looking around...
At another hundred people who got off of the plane
And are looking at us
Who got off of the…More »
32. Don Giovanni Ristorante
New York, NY 10036
(212) 581-4939
When the moon hits your eye
Like a big-a pizza pie
That's amore...
...But when it's a big piece-a chicken with a whole lotta garlic, then it's probably this place. Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling. OK, that's Dean Martin singing, not me.
Here's a…More »
33. Dylan's Candy Bar
New York, NY 10021
(646) 735-0078
Categories:
Chocolatiers and Shops,
Candy Stores,
Desserts
Neighbourhood: Upper East Side
I believe Willy Wonka just threw up on me....either that or the interior decorator went overboard with his color wheel when designing this overly cheerful confectionery. The problem is that it doesn't feel like the happiest place on the earth....more…More »
34. Eataly
This is a Food Network fetishist's wet dream, isn't it? Just opened in August, it's over 50,000 square feet of mangi molto beni Italia courtesy of restaurateurs and TV cooking personalities Mario Batali (Babbo) and Lidia Matticchio Bastianich (Becco,…More »
35. Eatery
New York, NY 10019
(212) 765-7080
Categories:
Breakfast & Brunch,
American (Traditional)
Neighbourhoods: Hell's Kitchen, Midtown West, Theater District
I don't think Jamie W. and I had fully recovered from the debacle... I mean the spectacle that was "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" by the time we walked over to Eatery on 9th at 53rd in Hell's Kitchen. It must have been around 11PM by the time we got…More »
36. Emack & Bolio's
New York, NY 10012
(212) 533-5610
Categories:
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt,
Coffee & Tea
Neighbourhood: SoHo
Perhaps I don't mind a little bovine somatotropin in my diet. Did someone ask me? I mean what's a little genetically induced hormones injected in some of my cow juice. It's not like I would miss my drooping udders, would I? Alas, Emack & Bolio's are…More »
37. Food Emporium
New York, NY 10019
(212) 977-1710
Category:
Grocery
Neighbourhoods: Hell's Kitchen, Midtown West, Theater District
I was in a hurry. I had to take the 5PM Amtrak from Philly to Penn Station on a warm Friday because my business trip down there ran long. I was sweating in a suit that was probably a size too small. Once I got to 34th Street, it was about 7PM. I had…More »
38. Gabriel's Bar & Restaurant
New York, NY 10023
(212) 956-4600
For those looking for a well-turned, moderate-to-expensively priced dinner close to the theater district and Lincoln Center, this unassuming American bistro does a nice job. You would hardly notice the restaurant on 60th Street even if it does have a…More »
39. Good Enough To Eat
New York, NY 10024
(212) 496-0163
Categories:
Breakfast & Brunch,
American (Traditional)
Neighbourhood: Upper West Side
Even though I usually detest eateries with coy names, I love this place - even with its white picket fence and cow tschotschkes strewn all about. Staying a few days on the Upper West Side a couple of weeks ago, Jamie W. and I ended up coming here for…More »
40. Great NY Noodle Town
Now how could you possibly go wrong with a too-cool name like the Great NY Noodle Town? Advance word from the likes of Michelin and the NY Times was so strong that Jamie W. and I thought it would be well worth braving the Bowery after sitting through…More »
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