The Top 100 Restaurants Near Peek Inn
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Rank 1. 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 2. Border Town
Mexican
- The Infatuation The 21 Best New Restaurants In NYC
- Eater 2026 · The Best New Restaurants in Brooklyn Right Now
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Rank 3. 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 4. Bonnie's
Cantonese Chinese
A nondescript corner spot in Williamsburg channels retro Hong Kong diner aesthetics while Chef Calvin Eng interprets Cantonese regional cuisine with modern precision. Crispy yeung yu sang choi bao stuffed with shrimp and mustard greens, salt-and-pepper shrimp lacquered with melted onions, and cheung fun dressed in X.O. sauce reveal a kitchen unafraid of both tradition and invention.
- Esquire 2023 · MSG Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Calvin Eng
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Calvin Eng
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Rank 5. Restaurant Yuu
Contemporary French
The kitchen emerges from darkness like a stage reveal, all whites and precision, as Chef Yuu Shimano orchestrates a tasting built on French discipline and Japanese refinement—smoked clam against celeriac, abalone risotto dusted with nori. Each plate moves between restraint and indulgence, anchored by the duck and foie pastry that tastes like a relic, punctuated by the mojito that tastes like now.
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Rank 6. Oxomoco
Mexican
A lively Greenpoint room where casual surfaces hide serious ambition: tacos arrive loaded with chanterelle or the day's catch, but the kitchen roams Mexico's regions with equal conviction, from tropical hamachi agua chile to smoky tlayuda to brined and smoked chicken. Vibrant, balanced, never showy.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
- Roadbook The best restaurants in Greenpoint, New York
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- Grub Street 2026 · The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
- Vogue 2026 · The 25 Best Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Vogue Staff
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Rank 8. Antica Pesa
Roman Italian
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Rank 9. Salsa Pizza Napoletana & Street Food
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 10. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 11. Uzuki
Noodles
Chef Shuichi Kotani's soba shop occupies a raw Greenpoint warehouse, where hand-cut noodles arrive in ceramic vessels he has thrown himself. The buckwheat preparations are spare and exacting, though prices run high for what amounts to disciplined simplicity.
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Rank 12. Taqueria Ramirez
Mexican
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Giovanni Cervantes
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
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Rank 13. Pierozek
Polish Eastern European
In a Greenpoint storefront adorned with hand-painted Polish pottery, Alexandra Siwiec and Radek Kucharski turn out delicate pierogi—jalapeño and potato, raspberry and cheese—alongside borscht, golabki, and kielbasa that tastes as though it knows its own purpose. The casual room feels less like a restaurant than a kitchen that happens to sell what it makes, which is precisely the point.
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Rank 14. Taqueria El Chato
Mexican
A narrow storefront with a few stools and a counter, where handmade tortillas cradle tender al pastor, chorizo, and melted cheese beneath salsa verde and raw onion. The vampiro—a fried tortilla shell loaded with cheese and toppings—justifies the cramped quarters and absence of pretense.
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Rank 16. Kellogg's Diner
Retro American
- Eater 2026 · Where to Eat Brunch in New York City
- Eater The Best Breakfasts in New York
- The New York Times 2024 · Passion Fruit Tajín Icebox Pie · Here Are Our Top New York Dishes
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Rank 17. Frijoleros
Mexican
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Rank 18. Chez Ma Tante
Canadian French
Aidan O'Neal and Jake Leiber run a compact French-Canadian kitchen where pork preparations and offal terrine anchor a menu that refuses apology. Fennel sausage over beans and bacon, gnocchi with blue cheese, maple crème brûlée—the cooking is forceful, richly flavored, and worth the weekend crowds.
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Rank 21. Lise & Vito
Natural Wine Bar
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Rank 23. Bamonte's
Red-Sauce Italian
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Rank 24. 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
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 25. Lingo
Japanese-influenced New American
In a Greenpoint corner, chawanmushi meets rock shrimp and sea grapes; bone marrow steak tartare gets dressed in black sesame cream. The beef pie—Hokkaido curry inside a golden pastry shell—is where Lingo's casual American template and Japanese sensibility stop negotiating and start singing together.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Emily Yuen
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 26. Win Son Bakery
Taiwanese-American Bakery
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Rank 28. Fortunato Brothers
Italian Bakery
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Rank 29. Zoli
American
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Rank 30. House
French/Japanese
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Rank 32. Mable's Smokehouse
Central Texas-Style Barbecue
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Rank 33. Kru
Thai
A sleek dining room of exposed brick and polished concrete frames the contemporary take on Thai cooking by husband-and-wife chefs Ohm Suansilphong and Kiki Supap. Braised beef shank arrives in a broth balanced between sour and spice, while red curry branzino steams atop egg and cabbage on a banana leaf. The lesson here is tradition made urgent.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Esquire 2022 · #37 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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A rum-focused cocktail bar in Williamsburg where daiquiris anchor a menu that pivots between spirit-forward drinks and seafood snacks like oysters with tepache mignonette. The operators, both seasoned in craft cocktail culture, have furnished the space with intention—everyday pricing, basement rum bar included—suggesting they built this for regulars, not tourists.
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Rank 35. Ammazzacaffè
Italian
A spare, welcoming Italian trattoria where a handsome wood bar and garden patio set the stage for seasonal pastas and grilled fish. The ondine—shrimp in tomato sauce—and branzino with roasted grapes arrive with the precision of a kitchen that understands restraint.
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Rank 36. Rose Marie
Southern New American
Rose Marie trades Yellow Rose's structured Tex-Mex for a looser, rustically charmed contemporary American menu with Southern edges. Saltine-crusted fish and a bacon-laden patty melt justify lingering over cocktails in this Williamsburg sibling's freeform groove.
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Rank 37. 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 41. Laser Wolf
Middle Eastern
A rooftop skewer house where Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook have engineered something genuinely convivial: salatim arrive first—babaghanoush, harissa beans, pickled vegetables—followed by lamb kofta and grilled vegetables that justify the kitchen's open-flame fervor. The room pulses with string lights and music, reservation-worthy precisely because it refuses to feel exclusive.
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Rank 42. arthur
American
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Rank 43. K'Far
Israeli Middle Eastern
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Rank 44. I Cavallini
Regional Italian
Chef Nick Curtola works in clean, unadorned lines at this neighborhood trattoria—braised beef tendons shaved thin with acidic onions, handmade pastas balanced with restraint, a tiramisu so light it seems to dissolve. The room invites lingering, and the cooking, rooted in regional tradition, knows the difference between simplicity and emptiness.
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Rank 45. Le Crocodile
French
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Rank 47. Wenwen
Taiwanese Chinese
Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the clean, airy dining room at this Greenpoint Taiwanese restaurant, where Chef Eric Sze applies precision to bold flavors: sacha hot honey popcorn chicken dusted with a sugar-spice powder, whole striped bass in black sugar and yuzu, a beef noodle soup built on sixteen hours of oxtail broth. The cooking is assured and unsentimental.
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Rank 48. Lamonte
European
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Rank 49. Win Son
Taiwanese Chinese
A light-filled room of blonde wood and exposed brick channels bodega warmth through a modern lens, serving Taiwanese dishes with unfussy confidence. The briny clams in Shaoxing wine, the pillowy bao, the chewy zha jiang mian with lamb and Sichuan heat—each arrives without pretense, meant to be eaten.
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Rank 50. Fulgurances Laundromat
Experimental French
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Rank 51. Fette Sau
Central Texas Barbecue
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Rank 52. 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 53. Zaab Zaab
Isan Thai
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Bryan Chunton and Pei Shan Wei
- The New York Times 2026 · #38 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 54. Casa Ora
Venezuelan
Isbelis Diaz and her son cook Venezuelan food in a Williamsburg room lined with ceramics by a Caracas artisan, their tequenos crackling and their asado negro braised until it dissolves. The staff moves with genuine warmth, and a plate of sweet plantains with cheese and crema feels like a benediction.
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Rank 55. Di An Di
Vietnamese Noodles
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Rank 56. Joe's Pizza
NY-Style Pizza
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Rank 57. Paulie Gee's
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 58. Madre
Contemporary
In the vaulted lobby of a boutique hotel on Franklin Street, Madre serves contemporary cooking that moves between Mediterranean and Latin flavors with casual confidence. Jalapeño cornbread madeleines with whipped honey, octopus with romesco and nopales, and a dark chocolate pot de crème suggest a kitchen unafraid of specificity.
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Rank 59. 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 60. 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 61. 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 64. Shalom Japan
Jewish fusion Japanese
A narrow South Williamsburg kitchen steers between Japanese and Ashkenazi traditions with casual precision, marrying matzoh ball ramen and lox bowls studded with avocado and pickles. Wagyu pastrami on caraway shokupan and toro tartare over sake-kasu challah suggest a chef thinking in flavors rather than categories.
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Rank 65. Sobre Masa Tortilleria
Mexican
At Sobre Masa, a husband-and-wife team nixtamalizes heritage corn daily, rolling out tortillas that anchor everything from carnitas to wagyu tongue empanadas with equal grace. The salsas alone—avocado-lime, garlic tuom, chile morita—reveal a kitchen that treats condiment as seriously as main course.
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Rank 67. Ensenada
Seafood Mexican
- Bon Appétit 2023 · America's Best New Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Luis Herrera
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Rank 68. 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 69. 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 70. 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 71. 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 72. 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 73. 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 74. Café Boulud
Contemporary French
A corner room on the Upper East Side with Art Deco polish hosts classical French cooking refined through seasonal technique and global inflection. Black sea bass wrapped in potato, vegetables in delicate balance, a tarte Tatin that knows its purpose—Paumier's kitchen executes the fundamentals with quiet confidence.
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Rank 75. 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 76. Glasserie
Mediterranean
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Rank 77. 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 78. 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 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
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Rank 80. Corima
Mexican
Chef Fidel Caballero's cooking on Allen Street charts an uncompromising path through Mexican tradition, whether from the kitchen counter or the boisterous dining room. Sourdough tortillas made with Sonoran wheat and chicken fat arrive with recado negro butter—a detail that suggests the ambition threading through every plate.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- 50 Best 2025 · #36 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Fidel Caballero
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Rank 81. Karenderya
Filipino
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Rank 82. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 83. 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
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 84. 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 85. 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 86. 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 87. Hupo
Sichuan Chinese
Wok heat drifts through this understated Long Island City room where Sichuan cooking favors aroma and balance over spectacle. House-made tofu and ma-la wontons arrive with clarity and restraint, pitched for everyday appetite rather than thrill-seeking.
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Rank 88. 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 89. 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 90. 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 92. 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 93. 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 94. Mesiba
Levantine Middle Eastern
Chef Eli Buliskeria's Levantine cooking honors a sprawling regional cuisine with precision—crispy whole striped bass, charred-onion kreplach, properly executed falafel—in a sleek, minimalist dining room that channels Tel Aviv. The lively ground-floor space at the Moxy hotel crackles with the kind of appetite and noise that makes eating here feel like an event, not an obligation.
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Rank 95. 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 96. Bunna Cafe
Vegetarian Ethiopian
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Rank 97. Sunday in Brooklyn
American
A second-floor dining room of palms and whitewash sits above the rustic bar, where on-site baking and unhurried lingers define the rhythm. The signature skillet pancake—fluffy, topped with hazelnut-maple praline—arrives with brown butter and syrup; crusty sourdough with creamy beer butter follows naturally into the day.
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Rank 98. 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 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Camari Mick
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Rank 99. 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 100. The Grill
American
The dining room gleams with the burnished confidence of old money and new ambition. Crab cakes arrive topped with pan-fried potatoes; duck skin crackles under the knife, yielding to silky fat beneath. This is American comfort as theater—tableside ceremony, lemon chiffon cake—for those accustomed to getting what they want.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 2026 · The Best Steakhouses in New York City