The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near 2nd Jetty Seafood
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Rank 1. 2nd Jetty Seafood
Seafood
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Rank 2. Anjelica’s
Refined Italian
- USA Today 2026 · Restaurants of the Year
- NJ.com 2025 · #11 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked
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Rank 3. Semolina Restaurant
Italian
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Rank 4. Lita
Spanish
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
- Esquire 2023 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Punch 2025 · Best New Bartenders · Ricardo Rodriguez
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Rank 5. Jungsik
Modern Korean
A dining room of studied restraint—dark wood, spare angles, downtown cool—frames Chef Yim Jung Sik's tasting menu, where Korean tradition splinters into something altogether new. Raw fish arrives beside kimchi and bone broth; octopus crisps under gochujang; each course unfolds with such precision and invention that you find yourself nodding involuntarily at the plate.
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Rank 6. Saga
New American
A dining room suspended above the city, wrapped in peach velvet and green marble, opens onto a terrace for aperitifs before the meal proper. Hokkaido scallops arrive with shaved fennel and vadouvan butter; Australian lamb carries spiced jus and frothed herbs. The closing ritual—a Moroccan tea service with small sweets—feels less like dessert than benediction.
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Rank 7. Pitt's
Southern
- Food & Wine 2025 · Pancake Soufflé · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- Punch 2025 · Rosie Martini · Our Favorite Cocktails
- Punch 2025 · Best New Bartenders · Ben Hopkins
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Rank 9. Atera
Contemporary
Counter dining at chef Ronny Emborg's spare, uncluttered room in Tribeca unfolds with quiet precision—shigoku oysters paired with kiwi and cucumber, halibut suspended in buttery shrimp bisque—while a spirited playlist keeps the intimate experience from settling into reverence. The menu travels globally through numerous delicate courses that balance restraint and abundance with equal finesse.
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Rank 10. Bong
Cambodian
A cramped Cambodian counter in Crown Heights where the energy matches the spice. Plea satch ko arrives as gossamer beef in a funky, incendiary sauce; a whole fish, bronzed and crackling, comes with green mango and the apparatus for lettuce wraps. It's the kind of place that works best in a crowd, shouting over the din.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
- Eater 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 11. L&B Spumoni Gardens
Old-School Pizza
- The New York Times The 25 Best Pizza Places in New York Right Now
- The Infatuation Square Slice · 25 Iconic Dishes That Define New York
- Vogue 2026 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Vogue Staff
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Rank 12. Sofreh
Persian
In a serene Park Slope room of marble and black timber, chef-owner Nasim Alikhani cooks the Persian cuisine of her homeland with confident restraint. Roasted eggplant yielding to kashk and crispy onions, pomegranate-marinated ribeye kebab, lamb shank braised into submission—the colorful plates need no ornament here, only the clean walls to frame them.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Nasim Alikhani
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Nasim Alikhani
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- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #1 · U.S. Latte Art Championship · Piyapat "Flook" Lapteerawut
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Peace Sakulclanuwat
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Coffee in Good Spirits Championship · John Chau Ly
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- 50 Best 2025 · #46 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #33 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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An 82-story tower anchors Lower Manhattan's transformation, with floor-to-ceiling windows framing the Oculus and the harbor beyond. The neighborhood's rebirth unfolds around you—shopping, restaurants, and the lingering sense of a district reclaiming its place.
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Rank 17. Gage & Tollner
Steakhouse
A Brooklyn steakhouse from 1892 glows with vintage mirrors and brass chandeliers, its no-nonsense cocktail list and amber-lit dining room instantly charming. The kitchen honors Edna Lewis's Southern legacy through seafood towers, crab cakes, and fried chicken that justify the historical setting with genuine substance.
- World's 101 Best #84 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Esquire 2023 · Turf Club · The Best Martinis in America
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. East
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Rank 18. Shaw-Naé’s House
Southern
Shaw-naé Dixon emerges from her kitchen to embrace each of the six diners at her Staten Island table, and the meal becomes an act of devotion. Collards arrive with defiant tenderness, mac and cheese pools with chewy scraps, and whole fish emerge double-fried and loved into glory.
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- The Infatuation #16 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
- The New York Times 2026 · #81 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 19. Aarzu Modern Indian Bistro
Modern Indian
- USA Today 2025 · Restaurants of the Year
- NJ.com 2025 · #13 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked
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Rank 20. Red Hook Tavern
American
The Red Hook Tavern welcomes you with brass rail and vintage fixtures—exposed brick, frosted glass, floral wallpaper—arranged around an intimate bar. A dry-aged burger crowned with American cheese arrives alongside cottage fries; French onion soup comes properly bronzed and bubbling. It's comfort food and cocktails executed with the understated competence you'd expect from the Hometown BBQ team.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation #22 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
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Rank 21. Maison Sun
French/Asian
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Rank 23. Aska
Scandinavian, Tasting
In a dark South Williamsburg room, Fredrik Berselius executes Nordic cooking with precision and intimacy—dry-aged quail with morels and truffle jus, langoustine with gooseberry, hake crowned in beluga and beer cream. The kitchen presents each course, the chef himself circulating, all of it built on local, seasonal sourcing that feels deliberate rather than decorative.
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- 50 Best 2025 · #24 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- The New York Times 2026 · #16 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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- Esquire 2023 · Garden State Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Esquire 2024 · The Best Bars in America
- Punch 2025 · Best New Bartenders · Ricardo Rodriguez
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- Eater 2026 · The Best Classic Restaurants in NYC
- Vogue 2026 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Vogue Staff
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Rank 26. The Four Horsemen
Natural Wine Bar
The wine list moves with obsessive focus through natural varietals at this perpetually mobbed Williamsburg bar, where Nick Curtola's seasonal cooking—veal sweetbread skewers, crisp chickpea crepe studded with squash blossoms and lardon, fried skate wing—never overreaches. There is intelligence in the room, and in the glaze.
- 50 Best 2025 · #15 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurant
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Rank 28. Corima
Mexican
Chef Fidel Caballero's cooking on Allen Street charts an uncompromising path through Mexican tradition, whether from the kitchen counter or the boisterous dining room. Sourdough tortillas made with Sonoran wheat and chicken fat arrive with recado negro butter—a detail that suggests the ambition threading through every plate.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- 50 Best 2025 · #36 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Fidel Caballero
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- 50 Best 2025 · #41 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #35 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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Rank 30. Agi’s Counter
Creative
Pink walls and the ghost of a Hungarian grandmother preside over Crown Heights, where Jeremy Salamon's diner specializes in bread that demands second visits. A grilled potato pullman arrives under whipped chicken liver mousse and sour cherry caramel; nokdeli float in restorative chicken broth. Casual and fine-tuned at once, often leaving you wondering if you have room for one more.
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Jeremy Salamon
- Punch 2025 · Best New Bartenders · Ben Hopkins
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 31. Terrace Bagels
NY-Style Bakery
- BagelUp #22 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The Infatuation #18 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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Rank 32. Yemenat
Yemeni Middle Eastern
In Bay Ridge's thriving Middle Eastern enclave, Yemenat serves Yemeni home cooking at a family table: lamb haneeth arrives as a glossy braise over hadrami rice, while sides like spiced tomato paste and rashoosh bread are portioned for sharing. The cooking is straightforward and generous, each dish calibrated not for refinement but for sustenance and togetherness.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times 2026 · #31 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2024 · Beef Fahsa · Here Are Our Top New York Dishes
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Rank 33. Bagel Pub
NY-Style Bakery
- BagelUp #6 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- Eater The Best Bagels in New York City
- The Infatuation #10 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
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Rank 34. Tanoreen
Middle Eastern
In a narrow Bay Ridge storefront, Rawia Bishara and her daughter compose a warm Middle Eastern kitchen where meals unfold across dozens of small plates—harissa-bright tomato spreads, grape leaves, braised lamb suspended in yogurt cream. The portions are generous, the flavors vivid, the olive oil excellent: a place that feeds you as if you were family.
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Rank 35. Lakruwana
Sri Lankan
The walls of this Sri Lankan storefront shimmer with murals and sculptures, a visual carnival that matches the owner's infectious presence working the room. Kottu roti arrives as a sizzling heap of shredded flatbread and chicken; hoppers—crispy bowl-shaped crepes—cradle bright yellow fish curry. The energy is genuine, the street food uncompromising.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times 2026 · #93 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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- Time Out #9 · The 21 very best coffee shops in NYC
- Eater The Best Croissants in NYC
- The Infatuation The Best Croissants In NYC
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- VinePair 2023 · Industry Icon of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
- Time Out #11 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 38. Bar Madonna
Italian-American
- 50 Best 2026 · #36 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
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Rank 39. Sunn’s
Korean
At Sunn's, Chef Sunny Lee elevates banchan from supporting cast to main event, producing six daily small plates that bend Korean tradition toward France and Italy in a kitchen barely larger than a closet. Crushed olives tangle with eggplant namul; hot mustard stands in for Dijon—stubbornly original gestures in a room that refuses to apologize for its ambitions.
- Food & Wine 2025 · Sunn’s Salad · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Sunny Lee
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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- BagelUp #11 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- Eater The Best Bagels in New York City
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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Rank 43. Frenchette
French
- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Restaurateur · Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
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- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #1 · U.S. Latte Art Championship · Piyapat "Flook" Lapteerawut
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Coffee in Good Spirits Championship · John Chau Ly
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Peace Sakulclanuwat
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Rank 46. Rocco's of Roc Beach
Italian
- The New York Times The 25 Best Pizza Places in New York Right Now
- The New York Times The 25 Best Pizza Places in New York Right Now
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Rank 47. Cafe Mado
American Contemporary
Café Mado unfolds from casual coffee counter to skylit dining room, where house-baked bread and handmade pasta anchor a menu that shifts seamlessly between breakfast and refined dinner. Pissaladière with anchovies and caramelized onions gives way to pici with pesto, each dish marked by restraint and precision.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
- The New York Times 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in New York
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Rank 48. Lilia Ristorante
Italian
At Lilia, pasta commands attention, but the opening moves—fried dough with cacio e pepe spice, blowfish in Sicilian lemon, charred focaccia with green garlic butter—arrive with equal ambition. These early dishes establish the restaurant's gift for marrying rustic Italian foundations with precise, burnished technique.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Missy Robbins
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Weekend chaos rules at this dim sum palace, where crowds surge through the doors and an announcer bellows reservation numbers like bingo calls. Carts laden with siu mai, shrimp-and-rice-noodle bundles in sweet soy, and tea leaf–wrapped zongzi roll past tables in the gold-trimmed room with assembly-line precision. Weekdays offer the same kitchen without the theatrical crush.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Vogue 2026 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Vogue Staff
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Rank 50. Brooklyn DOP Pizza
NY-Style Pizza
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Rank 51. Ada's Gojjo
Fusion
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Rank 52. Meet Fresh
Taiwanese
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Rank 53. Xin Fa Bakery
Chinese Bakery
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Rank 54. Hometown Bar-B-Que
Barbecue
Wood smoke announces Hometown's Red Hook warehouse before you see it. The counter-service brisket arrives with a deep smoke ring and yielding pull; the jalapeño sausage, studded with melted cheese, reminds you why the trek from Manhattan matters. Collards and potato salad round out a meal that trades ambition for the clarity of meat cooked right.
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Rank 55. Le Coucou
French
A jewel-box dining room where Chef Daniel Rose interprets French classics with theatrical flair: pike mousse quenelles swim in lobster sauce, lamb arrives blushing pink with braised neck and spring carrots, and Chartreuse-spiked crème brûlée proves desserts need not whisper. The open kitchen glows at the center; the crowd, impeccably turned out, provides its own entertainment.
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Rank 56. Pascal & Sabine
French
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Rank 57. Wheated
New Haven-Style Pizza
- BagelUp #30 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The New York Times The 25 Best Pizza Places in New York Right Now
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A Park Slope cocktail bar where Indian spice logic governs the program: draft Negronis tinged with toasted coconut, a Mangalorean built around mango powder and curried coconut cream. Jay Kumar, who runs the Indian restaurant Lore nearby, approaches mixing with the same restless seasoning hand that defines his kitchen.
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Rank 59. A&A Bake & Doubles Shop
Trinidadian Caribbean
A cramped counter on Fulton Street where doubles arrive warm, their fluffy baras split to order and stuffed with chickpeas that taste of cumin and heat. For two dollars fifty cents, you get the argument between sweet and spice, between bread and legume, between restraint and mess.
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
- The New York Times 2026 · #95 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 60. Sailor
Seafood
Lines snake around this Fort Greene corner for Bloomfield's seasonal cooking that makes simplicity look inevitable: eggs with celery salt and mayo, a Caesar salad, roast chicken. Lunch brings a spring onion and goat gouda quiche and fries that justify the wait. Light falls through the skylight onto a bistro settling into its role as neighborhood anchor.
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Eater 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 61. LORE
American-infused Indian
A corner storefront in Park Slope where chef Jay Kumar fuses Indian spice with American ingredients in dishes like roasted squash over babaghanoush and duck confit with tamarind sauce. The warm service and poetic cocktail list elevate what might feel like a neighborhood spot into something more deliberately refined.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Vogue 2026 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Vogue Staff
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- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in NYC
- Eater The Best Croissants in NYC
- The Infatuation The Best Croissants In NYC
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Rank 63. Yafa Cafe
Yemeni Coffee
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Rank 64. Ha's Snack Bar
Wine Bar
At Ha's, a sliver of a room on Broome Street where stools outnumber tables, the menu pivots nightly between French toast and Vietnamese gestures, untethered to anything but appetite. The eggs mayo—spiked with Maggi, studded with trout roe—suggests the kitchen knows something about restraint and flavor that most restaurants have forgotten.
- Bon Appétit 2025 · America's Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha
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Rank 65. Bridges
New American
Sam Lawrence's spare, ambitious kitchen in a warm Chinatown room defies easy categorization, moving fluidly between cured fish, custard tarts, and savory cheesecake. The execution is precise, the service unhurried, and the whole enterprise carries the ease of a bistro with the rigor of a destination.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- The Infatuation #21 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
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Rank 67. Lei
Wine Bar
On a narrow Chinatown street, Annie Shi has packed a wine bar so thoroughly that bottles climb the walls and diners spill into the alley. The kitchen, squeezed into every remaining crevice, sends out precise modern Chinese cooking—chilled celtuce with shallots, scallops with lily buds, hand-rolled noodles with braised lamb—that matches the ambition of a wine list that refuses to play it safe.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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- Sprudgie Awards 2023 · Honoree · Best New Cafe
- Sprudgie Awards 2024 · Finalist · Notable Roaster
- Eater The Best Coffee Shops in New York City
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Rank 70. Theodora
Mediterranean Seafood
Wood smoke hangs thick in this Fort Greene dining room where Tomer Blechman applies Mediterranean sensibilities to seafood aged and charred over open flame. The dry-aged black cod arrives with miso beurre blanc and grilled vegetables; a pita comes topped with monkfish liver 'nduja. The restaurant hums with purpose, built entirely around what fire can do to fish.
- VinePair 2024 · Food & Beverage Program of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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Rank 71. Yamada
Kaiseki Japanese
Chef Isao Yamada has distilled a lifetime of kaiseki into a sparse, intimate counter where each course unfolds a different technique: pristine sashimi, a clear broth studded with king crab, a rice course married to Maine lobster and foraged mushrooms. The room itself—pale wood, ikebana, a framed garden—recedes politely behind the food, letting the seasonality speak.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- The New York Times 2025 · Ajisai Wagashi · The 14 Best Restaurant Desserts We Ate Across the U.S.
- The New York Times 2026 · #2 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 72. Nobu Downtown
Peruvian Japanese
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Rank 73. Nettie's
Red Sauce Italian
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Rank 74. Bagel Pub
NY-Style Bakery
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Rank 76. Bánh by Lauren
Vietnamese-French Bakery
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 77. Crown Shy
Contemporary
In the soaring Art Deco lobby of 70 Pine Street, Crown Shy harnesses the grandeur of its setting—marble floors, long bar, upbeat energy—without pretension. The kitchen executes with precision: Gruyère fritters, tomatoes and peaches with anchovy and peanuts, short rib with potato espuma. A place where technical skill serves straightforward pleasure.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. East
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
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Rank 78. Pizza Secret
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 79. Shota Omakase
Omakase Sushi
Chef Cheng Lin guides diners through impeccably sourced nigiri and seared fish with the ease of a friend, refreshing rice between each piece. His transparency about Japanese sourcing and technique elevates what could be rote into something genuinely intentional.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Cheng Lin
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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Rank 80. The River Café
Contemporary
Beneath the Brooklyn Bridge's shadow, this landmark trades intimacy for theater—jacket required, tables angled toward the Manhattan skyline. The prix fixe menu moves through precisely executed dishes: blue shrimp atop corn hominy, Dover sole in Burgundy truffle sauce, a soufflé that arrives warm and quivering. Formal service that doesn't feel starch, old money without the stuffiness.
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Rank 81. Al Badawi
Palestinian Middle Eastern
Plastic flowers cascade across the front and interior of this Palestinian spot on Atlantic Avenue, a visual announcement of the bold, abundant cooking within. Enormous mezze platters arrive with hot saj bread from the domed oven by the door, though the kitchen's finest moment may be its plainest: thin flatbread topped with melted cheese and ground pistachios.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
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- 50 Best 2025 · #72 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #37 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
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Rank 83. The Dead Rabbit
Irish Cocktail Bar
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- Esquire 2024 · Steakhouse Martini #2 · The Best Martinis in America
- Time Out $22 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 84. Toné Café
Georgian
The tarragon lemonade arrives green and herbaceous, the kitchen moving through Georgian spices—blue fenugreek, marigold, summer savory—with casual authority. Clay-oven khachapuri emerges fluffy and oozing, anchoring a menu of substantial stews and vegetables that feels less curated than lived-in.
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Rank 85. Bagel Hole
NY-Style Bakery
- BagelUp #12 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The Infatuation #15 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
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Rank 86. Leyenda
Mexican
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Rank 87. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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- VinePair 2024 · Industry Icon of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
- Time Out #8 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 89. Randazzo's Clam Bar
Seafood
Across from the glimmering bay, this century-old Randazzo outpost warns of lobster-lovers-only parking with deadpan humor, its wood-paneled rooms smelling of the sea. The fried calamari arrives buoyantly crisp, but the real inheritance is Elena Randazzo's tomato sauce, fine-tuned in the 1950s and offered hot or mild with each plate.
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Rank 91. Kono
Yakitori Japanese
A narrow room glows with the heat of the grill, where Chef Atsushi Kono moves through yakitori omakase with choreographed ease, his focus unwavering on chicken's lesser-known parts. The progression—from clarifying broth through charred skin, liver, gizzard, and offal—transforms what arrives as pedestrian poultry into something you'll reconsider forever.
- 50 Best 2025 · #23 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Bon Appétit 2023 · America's Best New Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Atsushi Kono
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Rank 92. Chuan Tian Xia
Sichuan Chinese
The dining room at this Sunset Park Sichuan spot runs spare—wooden tables, backless stools—but the earpiece-wearing staff moves with balletic precision, guiding newcomers through a menu that prioritizes layered flavor over numbing heat. Whole fish comes swaddled in sweet peppers; slivered pork swims in vinegary garlic. The chefs understand restraint.
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Rank 93. L'industrie Pizzeria
New York-style Pizza
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #1 · 50 Top Pizza Slice USA
- The Infatuation #19 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 94. Vic's Italian Restaurant Inc
Traditional Italian
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- Eater 2026 · Where to Eat Brunch in New York City
- Grub Street 2026 · The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
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Rank 96. Rolo's
Wood-fired Steakhouse
A wood-fire grill commands the dining room at this Ridgewood corner, its amber light catching the faces of newcomers and lifers alike. The polenta bread arrives fluffy and smoke-touched, ready for Calabrian chili butter or wild oregano; the dry-aged steaks demand green garlic. A bar up front makes cocktails with quiet competence, and the servers move through it all with genuine ease.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Rafiq Salim
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 97. Dept of Culture
Nigerian (North-Central)
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- Eater 2022 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Ayo Balogun
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Rank 98. Café Kestrel
Pan-European French
In a narrow Red Hook storefront, Café Kestrel balances casual ease with refined technique, its French-leaning menu moving gracefully from fried halloumi with sage and honey to duck leg confit nestled against rutabaga purée and candied kumquats. Service arrives unhurried and attentive, desserts—particularly an apricot cake with caramel—feel like the point of the meal rather than an afterthought.
- Eater Restaurant We'd Most Want to Be Regulars
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times 2024 · Fried Halloumi · Here Are Our Top New York Dishes
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