The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near S&P
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Rank 1. 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 2. COTE
Korean
Simon Kim's steakhouse fuses Korean beef reverence with American steakhouse grandeur, its dark, moody dining room anchored by a visible aging room downstairs. Meats arrive raw for inspection before tableside grilling, their umami deepened by kimchi and ssamjang in a ritual that feels both ceremonial and convivial.
- World's 101 Best #21 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
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Rank 3. 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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Rank 4. 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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Rank 5. 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
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · United States' Best Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
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Rank 6. 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 7. 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 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality Management
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Rank 8. 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 9. 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 10. The Gallery
Japanese
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Rank 11. Thyme
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 12. Shinji’s
Japanese
- VinePair 2024 · Bar Program of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- 50 Best 2026 · #77 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 13. Odo
Kaiseki Japanese
Behind a cocktail bar lies a hushed counter where Chef Hiroki Odo conducts kaiseki with precision and invention—a broth of tilefish brightened with yuzu, house-made soba studded with salmon roe. The service dissolves into the background, leaving only the clarity of carefully sourced ingredients and the subtle force of tradition meeting personal vision.
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Rank 14. Lysée
Korean
- Food & Wine 2023 · Best New Chefs · Eunji Lee
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Eunji Lee
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Eunji Lee
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Rank 15. Undercote
Korean-Inspired
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality
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Rank 16. 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 17. Junoon
Indian
Pendant lights and white marble set a refined stage where contemporary Indian cooking meets restless ambition, each plate a small argument for why tradition needn't mean stillness. Tuna puchka arrives jeweled with caviar; the Assamese tile fish curry hums with cilantro and restraint.
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- Food & Wine 2023 · S&P Burger · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- Eater The Best Breakfasts in New York
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Rank 20. 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 · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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Rank 21. 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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- 50 Best 2026 · #71 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Esquire 2023 · Cartagena · The Best Martinis in America
- Esquire 2024 · The Best Bars in America
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Rank 23. Hawksmoor
British
- Esquire 2023 · Ultimate Vodka Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
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Rank 24. Oiji Mi
Korean
Brian Kim's modern Korean kitchen operates with uncommon restraint, letting the quality of striped jack hwe and tender lobster ramyun speak for themselves across five courses. The sleek dining room hums with attentive service; cocktails and wine arrive with equal intelligence. A place where technique and subtlety have displaced bombast.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Esquire 2023 · Martini Royale · The Best Martinis in America
- Esquire 2023 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 25. JUA
Modern Korean
Chef Hoyoung Kim orchestrates a modern Korean tasting menu in a sleek, high-ceilinged room near the Flatiron, where raw fluke from Jeju arrives in chilled spicy broth, branzino emerges with shattered skin, and wood-fired lamb speaks to exacting technique. Each course moves with purpose toward a glazed Korean donut and silky ice cream, the whole experience calibrated and unrushed.
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Rank 26. bōm
Korean
Behind its sister restaurant, bōm presents Korean wagyu in a marble-countered room where grills work quietly at the bar, searing premium beef kept visible in a dry-aging chamber. The kitchen layers luxury ingredients—uni, caviar, truffle, crab—with equal ambition across savory and broth-based courses, a place where comfort and refinement coexist without apology.
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Rank 27. noda
Sushi
Behind the speakeasy bar sits an eight-seat counter where Chef Tsunoda composes his omakase with measured precision, each piece of nigiri a study in knife work and rice temperature. The dark room and thoughtful sake program suggest this is sushi designed less for spectacle than for the particular pleasure of restraint.
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Rank 28. 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 29. 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 30. Upland
California Mediterranean
Stephen Starr and Roman and Williams craft a bright, wood-floored brasserie where California cooking meets Mediterranean ingredients in understated elegance. Hand-cut beef tartare and roasted King salmon arrive with the precision of a chef who knows restraint.
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Rank 31. Kanyakumari
Indian
A compact south Indian seafood kitchen with a bar-forward buzz, where bold regional cooking—fried chicken, tender beef short rib with curry leaves—delivers genuine depth. The fish curry and ghee rice show restraint and care alongside the kitchen's louder pleasures.
- Eater Sleeper Hit
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
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Rank 32. LenLen
Thai
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- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. East
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. East
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- Esquire 2024 · King Tusk · The Best Martinis in America
- Esquire 2024 · The Best Bars in America
- Wildsam The 50 Most Essential Bars in America
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Rank 35. 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 36. Bazaar Meat by José Andrés
Steakhouse
Fire and theater collide at this steakhouse where the grill becomes performance and meat is both reverence and provocation. Dry-aged beef emerges from charcoal-fired ovens with smoke and precision, a menu that questions the cut as much as it honors it.
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- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 1 Pin
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
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Rank 38. Sip & Guzzle
Japanese
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
- 50 Best 2025 · #39 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #1 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 39. abcV
Vegetarian
Nestled within ABC Carpet & Home, this vegetarian restaurant pairs minimalist design—mismatched chandeliers, bright pops of color—with menus that blur the line between nourishment and refinement. An egg and cheese dosa arrives beside bergamot-scented spaghetti with rainbow chard, dishes that prove vegetables need no apology.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times 2026 · #48 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 40. 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 41. Little Ned
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 42. 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 43. L’Americana
Italian-Inspired
- 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 44. Via Carota
Italian
A West Village trattoria where rustic Italian cooking—charred vegetables, silken pasta, snow of Parmigiano—arrives with such seeming ease that you simply sit back and savor the meal. The wait stretches hours, the tables fill nightly, yet the food's unpretentious grace justifies the hunger.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- 50 Best 2025 · #18 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
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Rank 45. Penny
Seafood
Marble counters run the length of the space, stacked with Champagne and white wine on ice. The kitchen celebrates pristine seafood—razor clams with giardiniera, stuffed squid with harissa, Dover sole in bordelaise—each dish dressed with restraint and precision. Arrive early; most seats hold walk-ins.
- 50 Best 2025 · #40 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Food & Wine 2025 · The Top 15 US Restaurants
- Wine Enthusiast 2024 · Forward 50 Restaurants
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Rank 46. Audace
Italian
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- Esquire 2023 · The Best Bars in America
- Esquire 2023 · 1884 Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
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Rank 48. Cafe Zaffri
Modern Middle Eastern
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Rank 49. Lola's
Asian, Southern
Suzanne Cupps coaxes vegetables into unexpected eloquence across a menu that moves from naan to gumbo without apology or design—the confident cooking of someone equally at home in three culinary worlds. Her plates feel less like fusion than like the natural inheritance of a chef raised between the Philippines, Pennsylvania, and the American South.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Suzanne Cupps
- The New York Times 2026 · #71 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2024 · New York’s 14 Best New Restaurants
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Rank 50. 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 51. Family Meal at Blue Hill
New American
An intimate dining room where Dan Barber lets vegetables—sourced from his Stone Barns farm upstate—speak for themselves with minimal intervention. The single seasonal menu arrives family-style, grains and occasional proteins orbiting the produce, each plate marked by restraint and confidence in its raw material. Eating here feels like witnessing a cook who trusts what he grows enough to step back.
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Rank 52. Massara
Southern Italian
The Flatiron outpost of Chef Stefano Secchi channels Campania through shared plates and house-made pasta, the true centerpiece here. Cold noodles arrive dressed in tomato purée and crowned with raw shrimp and uni; delicate raviolini cradle burrata imported from the region itself. Cooking this precise and playful suggests a kitchen confident in the pleasures of restraint.
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- BagelUp #9 · 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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Michael Schulson's sprawling izakaya across from Rockefeller Center manages the difficult feat of serving 350 people without sacrificing the counter's immediacy. Sushi, robatayaki, wagyu, and broiled bass move with equal authority across the bi-level room, each done with the confidence of a place that has earned its size.
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Rank 55. Koloman
Austrian/French
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Markus Glocker
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
- Esquire 2022 · #21 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 56. Semma
Indian
Vijay Kumar's south Indian cooking at Semma arrives without apology or accommodation: mulaikattiya thaniyam crackles with the intensity of childhood memory, gunpowder dosa achieves an almost austere perfection, and lamb curry unfolds in layers of warm spice. The heat here is architectural, never decorative, and the staff navigates you through unfamiliar terrain with genuine enthusiasm.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Best Chef: New York State · Vijay Kumar
- The New York Times 2026 · #9 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 57. Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare
Contemporary
A grocery store conceals this intimate counter where Natmessnig and Prins orchestrate a rapid succession of refined small plates—delicate tarts, a scallop crowned with caviar in vin jaune, oysters in aguachile—from behind spotlit glass. The walnut bar leaves no room for kitchen theatrics to falter, only for precision to land.
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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 59. Casa Mono
Spanish
At Casa Mono, a small room on Irving Place, the kitchen breaks down whole animals and sends out tapas in a considered rhythm—scrambled eggs with uni, silky confit goat—that prioritizes the diner's experience over operational efficiency. The cooking reaches beyond its nominal Costa Brava roots with a refinement that suggests someone genuinely understands what good food is supposed to do.
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Rank 60. Sushi Nakazawa
Sushi
At a ten-seat counter in Commerce Street, Chef Daisuke Nakazawa orchestrates omakase with restraint: tender fish, precisely seasoned rice, a whisper of wasabi and nikiri. The progression moves from Hokkaido salmon through live scallop to uni and a final fatty tuna handroll so finely chopped it dissolves on the tongue.
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Rank 61. Osteria 57
Seafood Italian
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Rank 62. Mama's Too
Sicilian Pizza
- Time Out The Cacio e Pepe · The 18 best pizzas in the world right now
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #4 · 50 Top Pizza Slice USA
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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Rank 63. La Dong
Vietnamese
A Colonial-inflected dining room of wooden arches and lotus lamps sets the stage for Vietnamese cooking that moves beyond the usual suspects. The turmeric crepe arrives clever and plump with shrimp; the pho, enriched with Miyazaki wagyu and poured tableside, justifies the pilgrimage to Union Square.
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Rank 64. Atoboy
Korean
Chef Junghyun Park's Gramercy dining room is spare and bright, with an open kitchen where Korean cooking gets a creative push without losing its spine. Red shrimp in kimchi beurre blanc, fried chicken brined in pineapple and finished with ginger-peanut butter—the menu reads as both adventurous and fundamentally welcoming. It is a place that loves what it cooks.
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Rank 65. 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 66. Arcane Estate Coffee
Panamanian
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Rank 68. hakubai
Japanese
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Rank 69. Claud
French-inflected New American
A few steps below street level, Claud glows with whitewashed brick and dark tile, its open kitchen framing an ingredient-focused menu of shared plates. Red shrimp sizzle in garlic oil, pork chops arrive with smoked onion jus, and a six-layer Devil's food cake demands a second spoon.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Joshua Pinsky
- Wine Enthusiast 2024 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- Esquire 2023 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 70. 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 71. Anixi
Vegan Mediterranean
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Rank 72. Kyma
Greek
Kyma transports you to the Ionian Sea through whitewashed walls and candlelight, where a parade of warm spreads—feta, hummus, taramasalata—arrives before the meal proper begins. Calamari stuffed with four cheeses, whole lavraki, and halloumi fries dusted gold suggest a kitchen devoted to elemental Mediterranean cooking, each plate arriving with unhurried confidence.
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Rank 73. Il Fiorista
Contemporary Italian
Alessandra and Mario De Benedetti's flower shop doubles as a dining room where nasturtium and hibiscus edge into both cocktails and plates—lotus root crisped with pine pollen, campanelle in white Bolognese, broiled salmon over fennel and cauliflower. The décor is vivid and springlike, but the cooking is what blooms.
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Rank 74. Le Basque
French/Spanish
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Rank 75. Cho Dang Gol
Homestyle Korean
In Koreatown's barbecue-heavy corridor, Cho Dang Gol pivots toward the rustic and comforting: silken tofu in bubbling stews, cod roe omelets, and a sautéed tofu trio that braids pork belly with sweet potato noodles and kimchi in a bright red pepper sauce. The wood tables are close and the room unadorned, built for eating, not posing.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Infatuation #8 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 76. Mark's Off Madison
Old-School Bakery
- BagelUp #15 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- Esquire 2021 · #35 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 77. 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 78. Bagels & Schmear
NY-Style Bakery
- Eater The Best Bagels in New York City
- BagelUp #24 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
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Rank 79. Hill Country
Central Texas Barbecue
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Rank 80. Okonomi YUJI Ramen
Japanese
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Rank 81. Grace Street
Korean
- Time Out #16 · The 21 very best coffee shops in NYC
- The Infatuation 9 Great Shaved Ice Spots In NYC
- The Infatuation The Best Asian Dessert Spots In NYC
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Rank 82. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Inside the Park South Hotel, Stone & Soil applies Japanese hospitality and zero-waste principles to cocktails, where a mezcal drink built on fermented pineapple—skin and all—tastes like restraint has never tasted so good.
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Rank 84. Saint Urban
European
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Rank 85. Novitá
Italian
A golden room with low ceilings holds the comfortable rhythm of a neighborhood institution. Novitá trades novelty for clarity—warm calamari with lemony avocado, tagliolini Bolognese—and the kitchen's unhurried confidence mirrors the Italian warmth of service. It is the kind of place where the coziness feels earned.
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Rank 86. KOSAKA
Omakase Sushi
A twelve-seat counter in a hushed room where Chef Masatomo Soma works with unhurried precision, letting each piece of fish—rosy seabass, golden-eyed snapper from Chiba—speak for itself, though never without a quiet flourish: shiso leaf, yuzu koshō, the kind of restraint that reads as generosity.
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Rank 87. Bánh Anh Em
Vietnamese
People queue before this Third Avenue spot opens, drawn by Vietnamese cooking that repays the wait. The baguettes for bánh mì arrive warm and flaky; the pho layers brisket, tendon, tripe and steak over housemade noodles. Bánh cuốn and bánh xèo follow—dishes that taste like they've been perfected across decades, not invented last season.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Infatuation #20 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
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Rank 88. La Devozione
Pasta Italian
Inside Chelsea Market, a century-old Italian pasta maker has opened a counter restaurant where thirty diners at a time face an avalanche of shapes and sizes—manicotti packed with sole and brown butter, penne tangled with rabbit, each plate arriving without restraint or pretense. It's a tasting menu built on the premise that pasta, made well and served generously, needs no apology.
- 50 Top Italy 2025 · #16 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 89. 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 91. Ribalta
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 92. Caffè Panna
Italian Dessert
A narrow parlor on Irving Place where the daily rotation of gelato flavors arrives announced on Instagram, each scoop crowned with clouds of namesake panna. Hallie Meyer's Roman-inspired sundaes and affogatos suggest a quieter ambition than her father's empire—less spectacle, more cream.
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
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- BagelUp #3 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- Eater The Best Bagels in New York City
- The Infatuation #1 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
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- The Infatuation The 21 Best New Restaurants In NYC
- The Infatuation #15 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
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Rank 98. Adel's Famous Halal Food
Middle Eastern
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Rank 99. Oceans
Seafood
A raw bar anchors the back of this Park Avenue seafood room while an inviting bar presides up front—a split personality that matches the cooking's range from ceviche and sushi to soy-glazed black cod with mushroom dashi. Toro tartare with caviar catches the light; buttermilk panna cotta with cranberry mousse closes gracefully.
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Rank 100. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style