The Top 100 Restaurants Near Ali's Trinidad Roti Shop
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Rank 1. Ali's Trinidad Roti Shop
Trinidadian Caribbean
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Rank 2. 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 3. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 11. Daphne's
Contemporary Italian
A corner storefront in Bed-Stuy glimmers behind silver beads, signaling the refined calm within—a tightly edited Italian-American kitchen that moves between shareable plates and house-made pasta with quiet confidence. The focaccia arrives golden and anchovy-bright; the grilled pork chop, ringed with slow-cooked greens and beans, tastes like restraint and precision working in concert.
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- The New York Times The 25 Best Pizza Places in New York Right Now
- The New York Times The 25 Best Pizza Places in New York Right Now
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Rank 14. 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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Rank 15. Maya Congee Café
East Asian
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Rank 16. Cas
Jamaican, Caribbean
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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 20. 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 21. Leland Eating and Drinking House
Mediterranean
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Rank 22. 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 23. 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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Rank 25. 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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- 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 28. Theodora
Mediterranean Seafood
Wood smoke hangs thick in this Fort Greene dining room where Tomer Blechman applies Mediterranean sensibilities to seafood aged and charred over open flame. The dry-aged black cod arrives with miso beurre blanc and grilled vegetables; a pita comes topped with monkfish liver 'nduja. The restaurant hums with purpose, built entirely around what fire can do to fish.
- VinePair 2024 · Food & Beverage Program of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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Rank 30. 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.
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2026 · #53 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 31. Ursula
New Mexican Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Eric See
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
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Rank 32. 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 34. 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 35. Pizza Secret
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 36. 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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Rank 40. 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 41. Bar Madonna
Italian-American
- 50 Best 2026 · #36 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
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Rank 42. Brooklyn DOP Pizza
NY-Style Pizza
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Rank 44. Lilia Ristorante
Italian
At Lilia, pasta commands attention, but the opening moves—fried dough with cacio e pepe spice, blowfish in Sicilian lemon, charred focaccia with green garlic butter—arrive with equal ambition. These early dishes establish the restaurant's gift for marrying rustic Italian foundations with precise, burnished technique.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Missy Robbins
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 45. 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 46. 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
- Bon Appétit 2024 · America's Best New Restaurants
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Rank 48. 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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Rank 49. Sunn’s
Korean
At Sunn's, Chef Sunny Lee elevates banchan from supporting cast to main event, producing six daily small plates that bend Korean tradition toward France and Italy in a kitchen barely larger than a closet. Crushed olives tangle with eggplant namul; hot mustard stands in for Dijon—stubbornly original gestures in a room that refuses to apologize for its ambitions.
- Food & Wine 2025 · Sunn’s Salad · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Sunny Lee
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 51. 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 52. 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 53. Pitt's
Southern
- Food & Wine 2025 · Pancake Soufflé · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- Punch 2025 · Rosie Martini · Our Favorite Cocktails
- Punch 2025 · Best New Bartenders · Ben Hopkins
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Rank 54. 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 55. 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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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 57. Ha's Snack Bar
Wine Bar
At Ha's, a sliver of a room on Broome Street where stools outnumber tables, the menu pivots nightly between French toast and Vietnamese gestures, untethered to anything but appetite. The eggs mayo—spiked with Maggi, studded with trout roe—suggests the kitchen knows something about restraint and flavor that most restaurants have forgotten.
- Bon Appétit 2025 · America's Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha
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Rank 58. Frenchette
French
- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Restaurateur · Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 59. Le Coucou
French
A jewel-box dining room where Chef Daniel Rose interprets French classics with theatrical flair: pike mousse quenelles swim in lobster sauce, lamb arrives blushing pink with braised neck and spring carrots, and Chartreuse-spiked crème brûlée proves desserts need not whisper. The open kitchen glows at the center; the crowd, impeccably turned out, provides its own entertainment.
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Rank 60. Eyval
Modern Persian
Ali Saboor's Bushwick restaurant wields the Persian pantry with painterly precision—barberries, fenugreek, saffron, black lime—in modern arrangements that feel both reverent and playful. The yogurt alone, voluptuous and tangy, suggests a chef thinking in flavors rather than categories.
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
- The New York Times 2026 · #57 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 61. 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 62. Win Son Bakery
Taiwanese-American Bakery
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Rank 63. Bridges
New American
Sam Lawrence's spare, ambitious kitchen in a warm Chinatown room defies easy categorization, moving fluidly between cured fish, custard tarts, and savory cheesecake. The execution is precise, the service unhurried, and the whole enterprise carries the ease of a bistro with the rigor of a destination.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- The Infatuation #21 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
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Rank 64. 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 65. Lei
Wine Bar
On a narrow Chinatown street, Annie Shi has packed a wine bar so thoroughly that bottles climb the walls and diners spill into the alley. The kitchen, squeezed into every remaining crevice, sends out precise modern Chinese cooking—chilled celtuce with shallots, scallops with lily buds, hand-rolled noodles with braised lamb—that matches the ambition of a wine list that refuses to play it safe.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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- Time Out #9 · The 21 very best coffee shops in NYC
- The Infatuation The Best Croissants In NYC
- Eater The Best Croissants in NYC
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Rank 67. 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 68. 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 69. 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 70. 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 71. 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 72. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 73. 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 74. The Musket Room
Contemporary
Beyond the glass doors on a crowded street, a cozy dining room with Danish chairs and wood tables opens onto a menu that shifts with the seasons. Chef Mary Attea's cooking moves between precision and comfort—razor clam chowder with leeks, mackerel suspended in tomato water, pork jowl in red eye gravy. The service knows what it's doing without announcing itself.
- Food & Wine 2024 · Best New Chefs · Mary Attea
- Food & Wine 2024 · Best New Chefs · Camari Mick
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Jennifer Vitagliano and Nicole Vitagliano - Elizabeth Street Hospitality
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Rank 75. Una Pizza Napoletana
Neapolitan Pizza
Anthony Mangieri tends his wood-burning oven with monastic focus, yielding pies whose charred, papery crusts justify the reservation scramble. Nothing else matters here—no appetizers, no elaborate toppings, just Neapolitan geometry and restraint.
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #1 · 50 Top Pizza USA
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 76. 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 77. 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 78. Estela
Modern New American
Ignacio Mattos builds restive dishes from unexpected ingredients—endive hiding walnuts and aged cheese, arroz negro studded with squid—that feel both natural and precise. A lively downtown room where ingredient-driven cooking sustains its rebel energy after more than a decade.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · United States' Best Restaurant
- The New York Times 2026 · #34 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 79. 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 80. Red Hook Tavern
American
The Red Hook Tavern welcomes you with brass rail and vintage fixtures—exposed brick, frosted glass, floral wallpaper—arranged around an intimate bar. A dry-aged burger crowned with American cheese arrives alongside cottage fries; French onion soup comes properly bronzed and bubbling. It's comfort food and cocktails executed with the understated competence you'd expect from the Hometown BBQ team.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation #22 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
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Rank 81. Scarr’s Pizza
NY-Style Pizza
A narrow storefront on Orchard Street where flour ground in the basement becomes dough for both round and square pies sold by the slice. Scarr's elevated the slice shop—not through pretension, but through the kind of ingredient discipline that makes a line of people worthwhile.
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #13 · 50 Top Pizza Slice USA
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Scarr Pimentel
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 82. 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 84. Roberta's
Pizza
A red door opens onto industrial brick and a bohemian fervor that has only intensified over the years. Grilled bread arrives heaped with gigante beans and dandelion greens, crowned with a soft egg; the house bucatini swims in bright sungold tomato. The signature pizza remains the thing to eat here, though a porchetta sandwich to go works when the wait grows unbearable.
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Rank 85. Nobu Downtown
Peruvian Japanese
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Rank 86. 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 88. Raf's
Modern French
A narrow Elizabeth Street bistro where Chef Mary Attea layers Italian and French traditions with unhurried precision: mafaldine tossed with shredded rabbit and spring fava in lemon pesto, cast-iron Sicilian pizza meant for sharing, white chocolate budino that tastes like restraint perfected. The bar accommodates walk-ins; the kitchen rewards patience.
- Food & Wine 2024 · Best New Chefs · Mary Attea
- Food & Wine 2024 · Best New Chefs · Camari Mick
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Jennifer Vitagliano and Nicole Vitagliano - Elizabeth Street Hospitality
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Rank 90. Crown Shy
Contemporary
In the soaring Art Deco lobby of 70 Pine Street, Crown Shy harnesses the grandeur of its setting—marble floors, long bar, upbeat energy—without pretension. The kitchen executes with precision: Gruyère fritters, tomatoes and peaches with anchovy and peanuts, short rib with potato espuma. A place where technical skill serves straightforward pleasure.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. East
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Rank 92. 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
- The New York Times 2023 · The Restaurant List
- Eater The All-Time Eater 38
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Rank 94. 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 95. 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 96. 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 2026 · #4 · 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 97. BONDST
Japanese-Inspired
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Rank 98. Russ & Daughters
American
The counter gleams beneath white-jacketed servers at this Lower East Side institution, where appetizing traditions meet contemporary technique. Scottish smoked salmon arrives with everything-bagel chips; babka French toast balances chocolate and fruit with textural precision. A place that honors its heritage while refusing nostalgia.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- BagelUp #4 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- Eater 2026 · The Best Classic Restaurants in NYC
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Rank 99. 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 100. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style