The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Roman's
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Rank 1. Roman's
Italian
At Roman's, bare wood tables catch the light of low candles while the marble bar behind becomes a shrine to aperitif knowledge and seasonal Italian cooking. The menu shifts with the calendar, but each dish arrives as though it were the only thing you came for.
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- The New York Times 2026 · #53 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 2. 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 3. Miss Ada
Middle Eastern
A Fort Greene mainstay where whipped ricotta with brown butter and lamb-topped hummus emerge from a shockingly small kitchen. The backyard garden fills nightly despite scarce reservations, though the bar welcomes walk-ins for charred skewers and market salads meant for sharing.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Vogue 2026 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Vogue Staff
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Rank 4. Mango Bay
Caribbean
A Fort Greene brownstone draped in island florals and anchored by leather banquettes serves Afro-Caribbean cooking that feels both ancestral and urgent—char-grilled octopus arrives over braised collards and burrata, oxtail braises alongside roasted carrots. The sides alone, mango chow and fried plantains, make you want to return with everyone you know.
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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 6. 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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- 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 8. 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 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Nasim Alikhani
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Nasim Alikhani
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Rank 9. Maison Sun
French/Asian
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Rank 11. 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 12. Place des Fêtes
Spanish Wine Bar
The team behind Oxalis runs this Clinton Hill wine bar where small plates of grilled seafood, charred bread, and roasted vegetables share equal billing with zippy natural wines from obscure Spanish producers. The kitchen and bar face each other across a narrow room that fills nightly with the particular hum of people who came for good wine and stayed for better food.
- Wine Enthusiast 2023 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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Rank 13. Los Burritos Juárez
Mexican
A Fort Greene counter turns out burritos in the El Paso style, built on house-made flour tortillas cooked to order with lard—soft, chewy, and warm. The fillings are slow-cooked guisados: pork in red chiles, brisket in salsa verde, bound together with pinto beans. A regional tradition, executed with quiet competence and available at breakfast until the supply runs out.
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A few steps from Fort Greene Park, this bistro wraps you in tropical warmth while its kitchen moves fluidly between northern and southern Thai traditions with ingredient-driven precision. The gui chai arrives crackling and golden; the braised short ribs, caramelized and yielding, taste like they've been waiting for you.
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Rank 16. Pizza Secret
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 18. Russ & Daughters
Jewish
- BagelUp #4 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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Rank 19. Ciao, Gloria
Italian
- Time Out #20 · The 21 very best coffee shops in NYC
- Sprudge The Sprudge Guide to Coffee In South Brooklyn
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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 21. Entre Nous
French
A Clinton Hill wine bar that nails the French apéro formula: copper bar, cherry wood, and natural bottles lining the walls. The kitchen keeps its French small plates honest—chicken liver parfait, mushroom croquettes, Jonah crab salad—with the restraint of someone cooking for people who actually know wine.
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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
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Rank 23. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 25. Speedy Romeo
Wood-Fired Pizza
A former garage turned tavern where the wood-fired oven turns out pizza that breaks Italian rules without apology—St. Louis style with Provel cheese and pickled peppers sits alongside stuffed peppers studded with salami. The owner's Jean-Georges training shows in the smart, whimsical touches that elevate a kitschy space into something genuinely appealing.
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Rank 26. Bergen Bagels
NY-Style Bakery
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
- The Infatuation #16 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
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Rank 29. Alta Calidad
Mexican
Light floods through the windows at this modern Mexican restaurant where a communal table and convivial bar create easy fellowship. The kitchen riffs on tradition with crispy tempura shrimp on tortilla with cabbage remoulade and paper-thin carne asada charred with Chihuahua cheese until the edges crisp and caramelize. It's cooking that respects its foundations while testing their limits.
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Rank 30. Bergen Bagels
NY-Style Bakery
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Rank 31. 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 32. Hart's
Mediterranean
Beneath the Franklin Avenue subway stairs sits a slate-blue sliver where Nick Perkins commands a marble counter kitchen like a conductor in a phone booth. Heirloom tomatoes swim in olive oil and chili; hake arrives with anchovies and bitter greens; pork Milanese arrives bronzed and playful. The space is whitewashed brick and blonde wood, but the real economy is in every plate.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Vogue 2026 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Vogue Staff
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Rank 33. The Sunken Harbor Club
Tropical Cocktail Bar
- VinePair 2024 · Bartender of the Year · The Next Wave Awards · Garret Richard
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
- Time Out #2 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 34. Bergen Bagels
NY-Style Bakery
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Rank 37. Bar Goto
Japanese
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
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Rank 39. Leland Eating and Drinking House
Mediterranean
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Rank 46. Sawa
Middle Eastern
On a Brooklyn corner, siblings and their chef have opened a spirited spot where the line forms before service even begins. House-made pita arrives hot for labneh and hummus spiked with wagyu beef cheeks, while golden-fried rakkakat stuffed with akkawi cheese arrives with the confidence of a dish that knows what it is. It's Middle Eastern cooking that doesn't whisper.
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Rank 47. Brooklyn DOP Pizza
NY-Style Pizza
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Rank 49. Chrissy's Pizza
NY-Style Pizza
- The Infatuation 2025 · #5 · NYC’s Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times The 25 Best Pizza Places in New York Right Now
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A Montreal deli wedged into Boerum Hill where cured beef brisket arrives in towering, mustard-slicked piles on rye, with poutine variations and latkes that justify the pilgrimage. The counter and communal tables fill quickly; takeout from the sidewalk window lets you eat the thing at home.
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Rank 51. 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 52. Fausto
Italian
Chef Erin Shambura's Italian-inflected kitchen at this Flatbush corner catches light from an open hearth, creating the kind of dim warmth that suggests both intimacy and occasion. Pasta sings—a tagliatelle with lamb ragu and saffron sets the tone—but it's the composed restraint across each plate, from roasted cauliflower to braised pork shank, that lingers.
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Rank 55. Bagel Pub
NY-Style
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Rank 57. Shelsky's of Brooklyn
NY-Style
- BagelUp #11 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The Infatuation #9 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
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- VinePair 2023 · Bartender of the Year · The Next Wave Awards · Patty Dennison
- Time Out #15 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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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 60. Leyenda
Mexican
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Rank 62. 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 63. 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 66. 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 67. 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 68. 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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Rank 69. Haenyeo
Korean
At this narrow Fifth Avenue corner, Korean fundamentals meet playful cross-cultural improvisation: tteokbokki crowned with Oaxacan cheese, daegu jorim braised into silken submission. The kitchen's gift is knowing when to honor tradition and when to surprise, all delivered with the ease of a neighborhood place that has earned its reputation.
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Rank 70. Café Mars
Contemporary
Chef Paul D'Avino's Third Avenue spot treats the familiar with gleeful irreverence—negroni Jell-O with olive, garlic knot monkey bread, muffaletta dim sum—each dish a small provocation. It's a restaurant that announces itself through whimsy, yet the execution and generosity of spirit suggest a kitchen genuinely interested in pleasure.
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Rank 71. Bien Cuit
French Bakery
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Rank 74. Sofreh Cafe
Persian
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Rank 76. 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 77. 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 78. 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 79. Ali's Trinidad Roti Shop
Trinidadian Caribbean
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Rank 80. Runner & Stone
Bakery
A former Per Se baker channels the city's milling heritage through concrete-slab walls and house-ground flour, turning sandwiches into studied compositions. The tuna confit melt and broccoli fritter pita prove that a bakery counter need not apologize for its ambitions.
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Rank 81. Chavela's
Mexican
Chef Arturo Leonar's guacamole arrives laced with smoked trout and morita chile, a provocation wrapped in tradition; his crabmeat taquitos and Oaxacan tamales show equal ingenuity without abandoning the fundamentals. The dining room explodes with color—Mexican tile, ceramic butterflies, wrought iron—matching the kitchen's restless intelligence.
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Rank 82. Malai Ice Cream
South Asian Dessert
A Cobble Hill scoop shop where eggless ice cream swirls with South Asian spice—masala chai, rose, Turkish coffee—arrives without fanfare or pretension. The flavors taste like someone's kitchen memory translated into cream, which is precisely the point.
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Rank 84. 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 85. 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 86. 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 87. 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 88. 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 89. Inga’s Bar
American
Pressed tin ceiling and white brick glow under candlelight in this reborn tavern where regulars cluster at the bar and the kitchen moves between duck poutine croquettes and braised rabbit with lardon without pretense. The burger satisfies as readily as the trout, and blackout cake with lemon curd closes the night with casual grace. A neighborhood place that knows what it is.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Grub Street 2026 · The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
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Rank 90. 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 91. 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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Rank 92. 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 94. Peter Luger Steak House
Steakhouse
Wood-paneled rooms fill with generations of regulars and newcomers ordering the Porterhouse, dry-aged and broiled until it sizzles, then finished with butter. Peter Luger trades in uncomplicated pleasures: bratwurst, creamed spinach, cheesecake with schlag—and the particular ease of a room where the servers know the rhythm. A steakhouse that feels less like a destination than a birthright.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Vogue 2026 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Vogue Staff
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Rank 95. 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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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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- 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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Rank 98. 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 99. 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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- 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