The Top 20 Wine Bars Near PopUp Bagels
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Rank 2. Cenadou
Modern French
A bright, plant-framed room lined with royal blue chairs and dark wood, where French bistro foundations meet Provençal sensibility. Poached vegetables arrive with warm aioli, lamb rack sits atop smoked eggplant purée, and the baba au rhum gets its theatrical finish tableside—traditions refined rather than abandoned.
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Rank 4. OKO
Asian
The chef interprets Japanese cuisine through his own lens in a light-filled room where locals gather at a welcoming bar beneath soaring ceilings. An open kitchen sends out creative takes on nigiri, tempura, and hot dishes—miso black cod and crab-pork dumplings anchor a menu that rewards improvisation.
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Rank 6. Osteria Padre Pio
Campanian Italian
Chef Andrea Ingenito's Campanian kitchen produces nearly everything from scratch—wooden boards arrive laden with house-made focaccia and caponatina, while the kitchen turns out silky pappardelle and baked corvina in generous portions. The dining room feels genuinely warm, the kind of place where locals return not for novelty but for the steady, unpretentious generosity of real regional cooking.
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Rank 7. Dubrovnik
Croatian
A Michelin-selected Croatian restaurant where custom woodwork matches the kitchen's precision—branzino from the wood-fired grill arrives with smoky vegetables and broccoli rabe risotto. Live music some nights adds to the appeal of this New Rochelle find.
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Rank 8. Boro6 Wine Bar
Wine Bar
Soft jazz drifts through a marble-countered room in Hastings-on-Hudson where Paul DiBari's kitchen turns out hand-cut pasta with ricotta and tomatoes, brasato braised in red wine, rillettes studded with pork confit. The wine list matches the ambition of the cooking, and servers move with the unhurried grace of people who understand that civilization requires patience.
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Rank 10. 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 11. 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 12. Don Antonio
Neapolitan Pizza
A wood-fired outpost of a Neapolitan institution, Don Antonio channels four generations of pizza-making into dishes like the Montanara Starita—fried dough topped with house tomato sauce, smoked mozzarella, and basil—and frittatine, where fried spaghetti scraps meet ham and Buffalo mozzarella. The kitchen's lineage shows in every char and fold.
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #7 · 50 Top Pizza USA
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 2026 · The Best Restaurants Around Times Square
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Rank 13. Four Twenty Five
Contemporary
Benno and Vongerichten's Park Avenue dining room floods with daylight and restraint, a glamorous stage for cooking that roams Italy, France, and Asia without apology. A foie gras arrives with blood orange and warm spiced madeleines; even asparagus reads as a statement, while the chocolate tart at meal's end—layered with black cardamom and tonka—justifies its prominence.
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
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Rank 15. 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 16. Barawine
Contemporary
Fabrice Warin's dining room on Lenox Avenue draws in passersby with whitewashed walls that do double duty as wine racks, a communal bar, and a quieter back space where the mood settles. The menu refuses easy categories—quinoa salads and braised lamb shanks coexist without apology, each executed with equal conviction.
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Rank 17. Sempre Oggi
Italian
The dining room sprawls across the Upper West Side like a gallery, all soaring ceilings and gilded sculpture. Sempre Oggi executes the Italian canon—house-made rigatoni with guanciale and roasted tomato, calamari brightened with herbs and crème fraîche—with enough precision to justify the grandeur, while a properly fluffy tiramisu closes things out with classical comfort.
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Rank 18. Dons Bogam
Korean
At Dons Bogam, table-side grills and attentive service create the illusion of indulgence without the smoke. Pork belly glazed in red wine arrives supremely tender; the beef platter pairs thinly sliced galbi with meaty king trumpet mushrooms. A vented room and cheerful bar make this Koreatown spot feel less like a casual barbecue joint and more like a deliberate occasion.
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