The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near L'imprimerie
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Rank 1. L'imprimerie
French Bakery
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Rank 2. Ops
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 3. 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 5. Knickerbocker Bagel
NY-Style Bakery
- The Infatuation #3 · 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 6. Hellbender
Mexican
A neon jaguar presides over Chef Yara Herrera's cooking, which channels her Mexican American upbringing through charred Yucatecan dips, assertive cilantro, and chile crisp so dark it borders on feral. The precision beneath that wildness is what keeps you coming back.
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- The New York Times 2026 · #58 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in New York
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Rank 7. il Gigante
Italian
In a modest Ridgewood corner, il Gigante serves the Italian essentials with quiet confidence: silky lasagna Bolognese arrives with its own vessel of grated Parmigiano, while cacio e pepe and branzino demonstrate a kitchen that knows what it's doing without needing to announce it. The room is intimate and unhurried, the sort of place where neighborhood regulars outnumber tourists.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Grub Street 2026 · The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
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- Sprudgie Awards 2024 · Finalist · Notable Roaster
- Sprudgie Awards 2023 · Honoree · Best New Cafe
- Eater The Best Coffee Shops in New York City
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The team behind Babysips transplanted their Lower East Side ethos to Bushwick with a spacious bar lined in Iberian and Portuguese spirits, where a tequila-limoncello-amaro cocktail sits alongside vermut on draft. Charred cabbage arrives beneath an onion soubise cloud—a small gesture that suggests the kitchen takes its work seriously.
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Rank 10. Gordo's Cantina
Mexican
In Bushwick, Gordo's Cantina anchors the neighborhood with generous portions and unfussy hospitality. Chef Reyna Morales, trained in Mexico City, treats familiar dishes with care—chorizo tacos carry a mild warmth, chile rellenos hold creamy queso fresco and beans, and the mole sauce wrapping chicken enchiladas deepens with time and attention. A place that feels like home.
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Rank 11. Mano’s Pizzeria
NY-Style Pizza
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #8 · 50 Top Pizza Slice USA
- The New York Times The 25 Best Pizza Places in New York Right Now
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Rank 12. Cholita
Ecuadorian
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Rank 15. SEY
Nordic Coffee
- Time Out #4 · The 21 very best coffee shops in NYC
- Eater The Best Coffee Shops in New York City
- Sprudge The Sprudge Guide to Coffee in North Brooklyn
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Rank 16. Gottscheer Hall
Classic German
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Rank 17. La Cabra Roastery
Danish
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Rank 19. Tong
Thai
A Thai kitchen in a concrete warehouse that wields chilies with fearless precision, asking diners upfront how much heat they can handle. Small plates of fried banana blossoms and crispy rice with fermented pork sausage showcase sharp flavors and textural contrast.
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Rank 20. Eyval
Modern Persian
Ali Saboor's Bushwick restaurant wields the Persian pantry with painterly precision—barberries, fenugreek, saffron, black lime—in modern arrangements that feel both reverent and playful. The yogurt alone, voluptuous and tangy, suggests a chef thinking in flavors rather than categories.
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
- The New York Times 2026 · #57 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 24. Bunna Cafe
Vegetarian Ethiopian
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Rank 25. Loveless
Nordic Coffee
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Rank 26. Roberta's
Pizza
A red door opens onto industrial brick and a bohemian fervor that has only intensified over the years. Grilled bread arrives heaped with gigante beans and dandelion greens, crowned with a soft egg; the house bucatini swims in bright sungold tomato. The signature pizza remains the thing to eat here, though a porchetta sandwich to go works when the wait grows unbearable.
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Rank 27. Tlacualli Breakfast
Mexican
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Rank 28. Sobre Masa Tortilleria
Mexican
At Sobre Masa, a husband-and-wife team nixtamalizes heritage corn daily, rolling out tortillas that anchor everything from carnitas to wagyu tongue empanadas with equal grace. The salsas alone—avocado-lime, garlic tuom, chile morita—reveal a kitchen that treats condiment as seriously as main course.
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Rank 29. Olmo
Mexico City Mexican
At Olmo, communal tables and pale wood create an unhurried cantina where Mexico City flavors feel lived-in rather than curated. Grilled branzino sits atop stewed beans ringed with morita salsa; carne asada arrives with a smoky chipotle bearnaise that outshines the verdolaga and fennel. The flan paleta, caramel-draped, closes the meal with restraint.
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- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times 2024 · Dungeness Crab Empanada · Here Are Our Top New York Dishes
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Rank 36. Che
Natural Wine Bar
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Rank 39. 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 40. 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
- The New York Times 2026 · #36 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 41. 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 42. 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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Rank 43. Win Son Bakery
Taiwanese-American Bakery
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Rank 45. Superbueno
Mexican-American
- 50 Best 2025 · #12 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #9 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- VinePair 2023 · Bar Program of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
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- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in NYC
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Rank 47. Schmuck
European/Middle Eastern
- 50 Best 2026 · Three Cents Best New Opening Award 2026 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2025 · #59 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #4 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 48. 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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- 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 50. 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
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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Rank 51. 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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- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #1 · U.S. Latte Art Championship · Piyapat "Flook" Lapteerawut
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Brewers Cup · John Chau Ly
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Coffee in Good Spirits Championship · Peace Sakulclanuwat
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Rank 54. Zoli
American
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- 50 Best 2026 · #3 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Bar Team
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Rank 56. Meju
Korean
Behind a fermented-foods shop in Long Island City, Chef Hooni Kim runs a counter where traditional Korean pantry staples—doenjang, gochujang, aged through his own decade-long practice—meet precise minimalism and Miyazaki beef. A final bowl of rice and kimchi, handmade ceramics throughout, and Kim's attentive presence transform an unassuming setting into something quietly unforgettable.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Hooni Kim
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Hooni Kim
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Rank 57. Antica Pesa
Roman Italian
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Rank 58. Maison Premiere
New Orleans-Style Cocktail Bar
- 50 Best 2026 · #40 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Time Out #7 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
- The Infatuation The Best Cocktail Bars in NYC
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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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Rank 60. 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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Rank 61. Kora
Filipino Bakery
- The Infatuation 11 Of The Best Donuts In America
- Eater Best Bakery · The 2025 Eater NY Award Winners
- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in NYC
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Rank 62. 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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Rank 63. 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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Rank 64. Win Son
Taiwanese Chinese
A light-filled room of blonde wood and exposed brick channels bodega warmth through a modern lens, serving Taiwanese dishes with unfussy confidence. The briny clams in Shaoxing wine, the pillowy bao, the chewy zha jiang mian with lamb and Sichuan heat—each arrives without pretense, meant to be eaten.
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Rank 65. 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 66. 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 67. Oxomoco
Mexican
A lively Greenpoint room where casual surfaces hide serious ambition: tacos arrive loaded with chanterelle or the day's catch, but the kitchen roams Mexico's regions with equal conviction, from tropical hamachi agua chile to smoky tlayuda to brined and smoked chicken. Vibrant, balanced, never showy.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
- Roadbook The best restaurants in Greenpoint, New York
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Rank 68. Smithereens
New England Seafood
Down a flight of stairs in the East Village, Smithereens channels a New England seafood shack with a downtown edge. Chef Nick Tamburo works the grill—amberjack belly over binchotan, mackerel sharpened with seaweed and ginger—while sommelier Nikita Malhotra's mostly white list mirrors the cooking's brightness. The celery root float alone justifies the descent.
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- VinePair 2025 · Sommelier of the Year · The Next Wave Awards · Nikita Malhotra
- The Infatuation 2025 · #7 · The Top-Rated New Restaurants
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Rank 70. Francie
Brasserie French
In a limestone-fronted South Williamsburg corner, exposed brick and widely spaced tables frame an open kitchen where the real theater unfolds. Conchiglie arrives glossy with clam sauce, bacon, and sesame breadcrumbs; roast duck is wheeled tableside whole before carving. This is brasserie cooking rendered with enough precision to justify the attention.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Chris Cipollone
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Rank 71. ILIS
Scandinavian
In a moody warehouse, Chef Mads Refslund cooks a sustainable Nordic menu that lets pristine ingredients speak for themselves, whether grilled mushroom or Spanish mackerel. The four- and seven-course tasting formats demand surrender to his philosophy of elegant restraint.
- Condé Nast Traveler 2024 · The best new restaurants in the world
- Esquire 2023 · #1 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Mads Refslund
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Rank 72. Maison Sun
French/Asian
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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 74. Kabawa
Caribbean
A dark green dining room holds Chef Paul Carmichael's Caribbean vision: roti with curried chickpeas, fried plantain crowned with salt cod, seared black bass in yellow curry alongside pineapple-glazed sweet potato. This is tropical cooking refined into ceremony, each course a deliberate statement rather than a casual gesture toward the islands.
- Esquire 2025 · Chef of the Year · Paul Carmichael
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 75. 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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- 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 77. Bonnie's
Cantonese Chinese
A nondescript corner spot in Williamsburg channels retro Hong Kong diner aesthetics while Chef Calvin Eng interprets Cantonese regional cuisine with modern precision. Crispy yeung yu sang choi bao stuffed with shrimp and mustard greens, salt-and-pepper shrimp lacquered with melted onions, and cheung fun dressed in X.O. sauce reveal a kitchen unafraid of both tradition and invention.
- Esquire 2023 · MSG Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Calvin Eng
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Calvin Eng
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Rank 78. 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 79. Bagel Pub
NY-Style Bakery
- Eater The Best Bagels in New York City
- BagelUp #6 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The Infatuation #10 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
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Rank 80. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 81. Carnitas Ramirez
Mexican
At Carnitas Ramirez, a taqueria on East Third Street, you sit on buckets and confront the entire pig—snout to tail—in tacos that demand you reckon with what you're eating. Tongue, brain, skin, cartilage: each texture arrives in fried tortillas, a lesson in anatomy that never lets you forget the animal's former life.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Giovanni Cervantes
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Giovanni Cervantes
- Eater Best Counter-Service Spot
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Rank 82. 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 83. 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 86. Zaab Zaab
Isan-style Thai
A candy-colored room in Elmhurst houses Isan cooking that doesn't soften its edges. Larb ped udon arrives blistered with fried duck skin and lime leaves; whole fish fry and seafood-driven curries follow the same uncompromising path, all fermented fish sauce and heat. Come hungry and with company.
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Bryan Chunton and Pei Shan Wei
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times 2026 · #38 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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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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- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in NYC
- Eater The Best Croissants in NYC
- The Infatuation The Best Croissants In NYC
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The Cozy Royale team's Greenpoint bar trades polish for the ease of a neighborhood living room, where beer-shot pairings and martinis coexist without pretense. Steamed hot dogs and ham sliders arrive as unpretentious anchors to drinking that feels less like a night out and more like a standing appointment.
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Rank 92. Taqueria Ramirez
Mexican
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Giovanni Cervantes
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
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Rank 94. Restaurant Yuu
Contemporary French
The kitchen emerges from darkness like a stage reveal, all whites and precision, as Chef Yuu Shimano orchestrates a tasting built on French discipline and Japanese refinement—smoked clam against celeriac, abalone risotto dusted with nori. Each plate moves between restraint and indulgence, anchored by the duck and foie pastry that tastes like a relic, punctuated by the mojito that tastes like now.
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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 96. Una Pizza Napoletana
Neapolitan Pizza
Anthony Mangieri tends his wood-burning oven with monastic focus, yielding pies whose charred, papery crusts justify the reservation scramble. Nothing else matters here—no appetizers, no elaborate toppings, just Neapolitan geometry and restraint.
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #1 · 50 Top Pizza USA
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 97. Kellogg's Diner
Retro American
- Eater 2026 · Where to Eat Brunch in New York City
- Eater The Best Breakfasts in New York
- The New York Times 2024 · Passion Fruit Tajín Icebox Pie · Here Are Our Top New York Dishes
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Rank 98. Bungalow
Contemporary Indian
Vikas Khanna's dining room—pale pink walls, carved bar panels, perpetual crowd—sets a convivial stage for contemporary Indian cuisine that moves fluidly across the country's regional traditions. Turmeric cocktails and dishes like yogurt kebabs in kataifi with mango coulis suggest a kitchen thinking beyond the expected.
- Condé Nast Traveler 2024 · The best new restaurants in the world
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 99. 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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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
- Vogue 2026 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Vogue Staff