The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Masa Madre Artisanal Bakery
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Rank 2. 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 3. Cardamom
Indian
On a quiet Sunnyside block, Cardamom deploys a pan-Indian menu anchored by vivid curries and a working tandoor, with the chef's Goan heritage shining through vinegar-bright lamb vindaloo and restrained vegetable dishes. The kitchen's deliberateness pays off: breads arrive warm enough to trap sauce, and every plate tastes considered rather than rushed.
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Rank 8. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 10. Eleven Madison Park
Contemporary
Eleven Madison Park is a temple of control where everything—the suits, the glassware, the vegan roll with its gossamer crust—bears the obsessive stamp of Daniel Humm's vision. A tonburi quenelle mimics caviar; a radish tostada gleams with pumpkin seed butter. The kitchen's plant-based luxury is audacious and complete, though animal proteins remain available for those who ask.
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Rank 11. Le Bernardin
Seafood
A Midtown room where diamond necklaces catch the light and Eric Ripert's kitchen moves with quiet confidence through pristine seafood—yellowfin tuna pounded thin over foie gras toast, salmon with horseradish emulsion—finished by a dark chocolate tart that tastes like technique perfected. French classicism with global reach, no tasting menu required.
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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 14. Renee's Kitchenette & Grill
Filipino
At Renee's Kitchenette, a Filipino stalwart in Woodside since 1992, whole eggplants disappear into omelets studded with pork, and ginger-streaked chicken soup arrives in modest bowls without ceremony. The cooking trades presentation for flavor—brown and unstudied, the food speaks for itself.
- The New York Times 2026 · #68 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The Infatuation Chicken Adobo · 25 Iconic Dishes That Define New York
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Rank 15. Gabriel Kreuther
Alsatian French
Chef Gabriel Kreuther's cavernous showroom near Bryant Park serves Alsatian cooking with French precision and global reach, from warm kugelhopf to smoked sturgeon tart. Cream banquettes, a roving cheese trolley and an armada of servers evoke old-world fine dining.
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Rank 16. Daniel
French
Daniel Boulud's Upper East Side temple to French refinement has softened its formality with a welcoming red-carpet entrance and art-lined dining room. The kitchen's rigorously composed dishes and decades-loyal service staff remain uncompromising in their precision.
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Rank 17. Atomix
Elevated Korean
Chef Junghyun Park's tasting menu unfolds in a subterranean counter as a series of meditations, each plate accompanied by written reflection on beauty and anticipation. Korean traditions meet refined technique in dishes like black banana with monkfish liver, in a room as warm as its servers.
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Rank 19. The Bar Room at the Modern
New American
The dining room floats within MoMA's architectural clarity, all clean lines and sculptural views. Here the kitchen constructs dishes of deliberate restraint—a seed cracker gilded with aged cheddar and butternut squash butter, turbot roasted on the bone in parmesan cream—each component audible in conversation. It is a place that understands that luxury, at its best, whispers.
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- BagelUp #10 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- Eater The Best Bagels in New York City
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Rank 21. John Brown BBQ
Kansas City-Style Barbecue
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Rank 22. Aquavit
Swedish, Scandinavian, Tasting
Emma Bengtsson orchestrates a lean, contemporary vision of Nordic cooking in a sleek dining room where every detail—from the slate platters to the torched North Sea cod with mussel foam—reads as deliberate. Duck breast and compressed leg meat arrive tableside with beet jus; dessert might pivot to green apple and fennel with smoked crème fraîche. Precision and restraint feel like the point.
- AAA Five Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Emma Bengtsson
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Rank 23. Le Pavillon
French
A soaring glass dining room in a gleaming new tower, all warm light and architectural confidence, where the bar itself becomes theater under a blown-glass chandelier. Boulud and Nacev's carte pivots on seafood and vegetables rendered with global inflection—spaghetti alla chitarra gilded with caviar, cauliflower sharpened by Aleppo pepper and local beans.
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Rank 24. 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 25. Dar Lbahja
Moroccan
- The New York Times 2026 · #78 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2025 · Chicken Bastilla · Our New York Restaurant Critic Names Her Favorite Dishes This Year
- The Infatuation 2025 · #12 · NYC’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 26. 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
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 27. Café Boulud
Contemporary French
A corner room on the Upper East Side with Art Deco polish hosts classical French cooking refined through seasonal technique and global inflection. Black sea bass wrapped in potato, vegetables in delicate balance, a tarte Tatin that knows its purpose—Paumier's kitchen executes the fundamentals with quiet confidence.
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Rank 28. Gramercy Tavern
Contemporary New American
A mahogany-lined institution where the bar seats are fought over at lunch and the dining room glows at night. The seasonal American cooking—pappardelle, impeccable proteins—speaks plainly but with confidence, matched to wood-paneled surroundings and service that knows when to hover and when to recede. A place equally at home with a first date or a closed business deal.
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- The Infatuation Our Favorite Bakeries In The Country Right Now
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in NYC
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Rank 30. 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 31. Sushi Noz
Sushi
Chef Nozomu Abe orchestrates an intimate omakase where every tool and gesture recalls a Japanese refuge, moving from silken cooked fish to jewel-like sushi with ceremonial precision. Booking requires patience for his limited dates, but the gratitude extended by kimono-dressed staff justifies the pilgrimage.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- Vogue 2026 · A Definitive Guide to the Best Omakase in New York City
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Rank 32. 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 33. Vert Frais
Japanese Noodles
A sunny Long Island City café where a former Kanoyama chef serves unfussy Japanese comfort food—clean shio ramen and silky cha-shu—with the ease of a neighborhood hangout. Tall soufflé pancakes arrive light and jiggly, designed for quick, satisfying consumption.
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Rank 34. Clemente Bar
Vegan
- 50 Best 2025 · Best New Opening Award
- 50 Best 2026 · #15 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Esquire 2024 · Martini of the Year: Clemente Martini · The Best Martinis in America
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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 36. 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 38. Ai Fiori
Italian
Fifth Avenue views and a marble bar set the stage for polished Italian cooking—Hiramasa crudo with sunflower cream, handmade pasta with braised rabbit. Service and linens match the formal room's marble and leather restraint.
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Rank 39. 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 40. La Tête d'Or by Daniel
French Steakhouse
A glamorous Flatiron temple where French technique meets steakhouse tradition under Daniel Boulud's direction. Leather-lined bar, soaring ceilings, and tableside Caesar salads precede dry-aged beef and roving trolleys of prime rib—the kind of room where the architecture itself suggests money changing hands.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- World's 101 Best #34 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 41. Martiny’s
Japanese Cocktail Bar
- 50 Best 2025 · #75 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #23 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Takuma Watanabe
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Rank 43. 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 44. Cosme
Modern Mexican
Cosme's moody dining room and polished bar serve seasonally inventive Mexican cooking, from uni tostadas with bone marrow to duck carnitas. The corn husk meringue alone justifies the price.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · United States' Best Restaurant
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Rank 45. Rezdôra
Emilia-Romagna Italian
A Flatiron dining room devoted to the pasta traditions of Emilia-Romagna, where handmade anolini and gramigna arrive in their plainest, most persuasive forms. The cooking here trusts simplicity—fried gnocco with cured pork, ragù finished with Parmigiano—and asks nothing more of you than appetite and respect for the region's canon.
- 50 Top Italy 2025 · #5 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Stefano Secchi
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Rank 46. Borgo
Italian
In a dining room that feels both composed and unafraid, Borgo honors the Brooklyn ethos its chef helped invent—communal tables, daily-shifting menus, vegetables still wearing soil. The cooking speaks of patience and appetite for the gamy, the bitter, the flavors that require time to understand.
- Esquire 2025 · Wine Director of the Year · Lee Campbell
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service · Lee Campbell
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 47. Le Veau d'Or
Classic French
Dark wood and red banquettes create a jewel-box intimacy where waiters glide between closely set tables as if conducting a ritual from 1937. Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr have restored this classic French bistro to its essentials—pâté en croûte, buttery poulet à l'estragon, warm chocolate gratin—with the confidence of men who know exactly what they're reviving.
- 50 Best 2025 · #10 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Condé Nast Traveler 2024 · The best new restaurants in the world
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Restaurateur · Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr
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Rank 48. Napali Bhanchha Ghar
Nepalese
In a Jackson Heights storefront, momos arrive wrinkled and substantial, swimming in a soupy chutney of chicken broth and chiles that clings to dough in equal measure. The Nepali kitchen treats the dumpling as a two-part experience—one you eat and sip simultaneously.
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2026 · #67 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 49. Sushi Sho
Omakase Sushi
Beneath the Public Library's shadow, Chef Keiji Nakazawa orchestrates omakase with rare precision—a progression of fish, shellfish, and fermented vegetables that moves like a composed piece, reverent yet willing to bend. The Hinoki counter anchors a room where kitchen and service operate in silent synchrony, each gesture considered. Here, mastery doesn't announce itself; it accumulates.
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- Vogue 2026 · A Definitive Guide to the Best Omakase in New York City
- The New York Times 2026 · #11 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 50. 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 51. 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 52. Café Carmellini
Italian
Andrew Carmellini's fine-dining return occupies the Fifth Avenue Hotel with sapphire velvet booths and an open kitchen turning out Mediterranean-leaning dishes. A crab mille-feuille of delicate wafers and sweet meat in Meyer lemon sauce, or scallops in coconut-turmeric broth, suggest a chef working in layers of restraint and indulgence at once.
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Recommended
- 50 Best 2025 · #39 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Esquire 2023 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 53. Keens Steakhouse
Steakhouse
Dark paneled rooms and bow-tied waiters define this 1905 steakhouse where the mutton chop and porterhouse arrive with the weight of old New York still clinging to them. The wedge salad alone—blue cheese funk meeting fresh crunch and lardons—suggests a kitchen that understands restraint and satisfaction in equal measure.
- World's 101 Best #68 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Winner · Timeless U.S. Award
- Eater 2026 · The Best Classic Restaurants in NYC
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Rank 54. The Grill
American
The dining room gleams with the burnished confidence of old money and new ambition. Crab cakes arrive topped with pan-fried potatoes; duck skin crackles under the knife, yielding to silky fat beneath. This is American comfort as theater—tableside ceremony, lemon chiffon cake—for those accustomed to getting what they want.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 2026 · The Best Steakhouses in New York City
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Rank 55. Phayul
Tibetan
Momos arrive fat and pleated at this Tibetan restaurant on Roosevelt Avenue, their beef filling brightened with scallions and meant for dipping in the ferocious house hot sauce. The stir-fried noodles pull just as hard—chewy strands and tender meat against crisp vegetables in a savory gloss. Generous portions, lively flavors, and the kind of place where you could order anything and land well.
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Rank 56. 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 57. COQODAQ
Korean
A buzzy Korean fried chicken den where reservations vanish fast, rewarded with a theatrical bucket feast that unfolds through crisp rounds and finishes with frozen yogurt. The gluten-free bird stays clean and light despite its indulgent choreography, paired with an ambitious champagne list.
- Condé Nast Traveler 2024 · The best new restaurants in the world
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality Management
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality
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Rank 58. Antica Pesa
Roman Italian
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Rank 59. Sushi Yasuda
Sushi
At Sushi Yasuda, honey-toned wood and bamboo offer the only warmth in a deliberately austere room where punctuality is non-negotiable. The itamae controls your meal from behind the counter, assembling classical nigiri—bluefin, uni, sayori with shiso—with deliberate care that lets each piece's robust flavor speak. The place ignores fashion and rewards those willing to submit to its rhythms.
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Rank 60. Aretsky's Patroon
New American
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Rank 61. Hutong
Chinese
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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 64. 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 65. Border Town
Mexican
- The Infatuation The 21 Best New Restaurants In NYC
- Eater 2026 · The Best New Restaurants in Brooklyn Right Now
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Rank 66. Bagel Joint
NY-Style Bakery
- BagelUp #16 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- Eater The Best Bagels in New York City
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Rank 67. Majorelle
French
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Rank 68. 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 69. 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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Rank 70. hakubai
Japanese
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- 50 Best 2026 · #71 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Esquire 2024 · The Best Bars in America
- Esquire 2023 · Cartagena · The Best Martinis in America
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Rank 74. AbuQir
Egyptian Seafood
At this Astoria seafood counter, fish arrive so fresh they stare back before the griddle claims them in smoke and wheat bran crust. The tagine swells with shrimp the size of blossoms, the pita exhales steam, and even the rice glows with seafood stock.
- The New York Times 2026 · #17 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
- Grub Street 2026 · The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
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Rank 75. Kabab King
Pakistani, Indian
A proudly scruffy Jackson Heights counter where the kebabs arrive tender and the service maintains a beautiful indifference to your presence. The biryani here has outlasted trends and inspires the kind of loyalty that transcends the brusque efficiency of the room.
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Rank 76. 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 77. 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 78. Oceana
Modern Seafood
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Rank 79. 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 80. Between the Bagel
Bakery
- BagelUp #13 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- Eater The Best Bagels in New York City
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
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Rank 82. Lysée
Korean
- Food & Wine 2023 · Best New Chefs · Eunji Lee
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Eunji Lee
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Eunji Lee
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The narrow dining room glows with incense and dark wood, a cozy refuge where the kitchen executes a sprawling menu of curries and stir-fries with unusual care. Yum pla duk—crispy catfish draped in tart mango salad—and miang kha-na's brilliant tangle of lime, pork, and peanuts suggest a kitchen that understands Thai food's full range.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times 2026 · #60 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 84. Tán
Mexican
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · World's Best Brunch Venue
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · United States' Best Restaurant
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Winner · North America's Best Brunch Venue
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Rank 85. 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 87. Elcielo
Colombian
Chef Juan Manuel Barrientos orchestrates a two-star tasting menu in the Virgin Hotel that channels tropical Colombia through dishes like shio koji duck with passion fruit sabayon. Floor-to-ceiling windows and theatrical touches—a bread tree, chocolate experience, coffee ceremony—transform the meal into something between fine dining and curated theater.
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Rank 88. Le Rock
Brasserie French
Dim Art Deco glamour at street level in Rockefeller Center, where the Frenchette team serves a brasserie menu of seafood platters, duck confit with lentils, and profiteroles glossed in buckwheat honey fudge with genuine French technique and tableside theatricality. The bar moves at a clip; the crowds haven't stopped.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Restaurateur · Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 2026 · The Best Restaurants in Midtown
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Rank 90. Che Li
Shanghainese Chinese
The narrow dining room at Che Li glows with red lanterns and imperial detail, perpetually crowded with diners working through a Shanghainese menu of chicken in Shaoxing wine and stir-fried rice cakes. The house fish stew—a Sichuan-inflected departure—arrives as a bracing, peppercorn-laden argument for asking your server what's worth eating.
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Chinese Cuisine Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Grub Street 2026 · The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
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Rank 91. Le Jardinier
French
Chef Alain Verzeroli's dining room glows with olive velvet and trailing plants, a verdant setting that mirrors his vegetables-first approach to the plate. Grilled octopus arrives with green olives and romesco; salmon is coaxed with smoked chili and pak choi; the lemon tart carries a whisper of tarragon.
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Rank 92. 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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Rank 93. Lungi
Sri Lankan Indian
At Lungi, chef Albin Vincent channels his grandmother's kitchen in Kanyakumari and Sri Lanka through dishes like pan-fried kingfish on banana leaf with fried makrut lime, and kothu roti—roti chopped and scrambled with meat and egg. The Upper East Side room hums with energy, and a carrot halwa spiked with warming spices closes the meal with grace.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
- The New York Times 2026 · #59 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 94. Superiority Burger
Vegetarian
A vintage diner wedged into the East Village serves vegetarian cooking that doesn't apologize for what it isn't. Brooks Headley's menu—quinoa-and-chickpea burgers, beans with escarole and provolone—prizes bold seasoning and textural contrast over imitation, while desserts drawn from his pastry training elevate the experience beyond counter food.
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outsdanding Restaurant
- Eater The All-Time Eater 38
- The New York Times 2023 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 95. 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 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Calvin Eng
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Calvin Eng
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Rank 96. Salsa Pizza Napoletana & Street Food
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 97. Caviar Russe
Contemporary French
A marble staircase ascends to this Madison Avenue perch where caviar—from modest Pacific Sturgeon to thousand-dollar Osetra tins—anchors a French-inflected menu of classical refinement. Agnolotti stuffed with chestnuts yields to truffle foam; Dover sole arrives delicately mousse-filled and dressed in curry cream. The experience traffics entirely in luxe.
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Rank 98. 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 99. Midnight Blue
Japanese-ish
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Takuma Watanabe
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 4 Finalist · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Takuma Watanabe
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Rank 100. Jōji
Sushi
In a Grand Central corner, Jōji carves out stillness amid transit chaos with nigiri built on meticulously vinegared dual-rice bases and sashimi that pairs buri with green apple and yuzu. The seafood—sourced from Toyosu Market, often luxe—arrives without pretension, though the bill reflects the ingredients' rarefied status.
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