The Best Restaurants in Brooklyn
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Rank 96. Gigi’s
French
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 96. Nin Hao
Fujian
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 96. Pangat
Maharashtrian
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 107. Bacchus
French
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Rank 107. Opera Cafe & Lounge
Turkish
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Rank 107. Tatiana Restaurant Brighton Beach
Eastern European
Tables on a patio steps off the Brighton Beach boardwalk, with the Atlantic doing its thing just beyond. This sprawling Russian restaurant is modeled on the festive seaside dining culture of Odessa, which means the menu runs from smoked fish and shish kebab to foie gras, and the room is never quiet about it. The crowd brings its own occasion. The gratuity situation is explained on the bill, which is the kind of transparency you appreciate after the fact.
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 110. Bamonte's
Italian-American
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Rank 110. Bar Bruno
Mexican
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 21 Best New Restaurants In NYC
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Rank 110. Bar Ferdinando
Sicilian
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 21 Best New Restaurants In NYC
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #25 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
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Rank 110. Glasserie
Mediterranean
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2013 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Roadbook Roadbook: The best restaurants in Greenpoint, New York
- The New York Times 2013 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Roadbook The best restaurants in Greenpoint, New York
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Rank 110. Leland Eating and Drinking House
Mediterranean
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Rank 110. Tlacualli Breakfast
Mexican
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- The New York Times The New York Times: #23 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 124. Cas
Caribbean
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- The New York Times The New York Times: #91 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 124. Meet Fresh
Taiwanese
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Rank 126. Brennan and Carr
American
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The original location of this festively orange Greenpoint coffee shop has a second room given over to quiet laptoppers and a shelf of free books, which sets the tone nicely. Cafe Grumpy roasts its own beans and has been around forever; the vibe is airy and unhurried, the kind of place that handles both first dates and long Sunday afternoons without breaking a sweat. Pastries, gluten-free options, and grab-and-go cold brew round things out.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Boba Shops in NYC
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The individual library-style carrels built into the "solid oak retail structure" tell you everything: this Danish roastery and coffee shop in Bushwick is more serious than cozy. The cafe wraps across several storefronts of an upcycled industrial block, with roasting operations visible in back and a pastry counter up front where the warm staff, dressed in lab coats, quietly undercut the austere Scandinavian design. The pastries routinely upstage the excellent coffee.
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Croissants In NYC
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The curved ceiling and wood fixtures make this narrow coffee shop look a little like a vintage railway car, which is more than most cafes can say. The original location of what's now a multiborough roaster and chain, it pulls shots from seasonally rotating single origins and house blends alongside pastries from Colson. Warmer and more lived-in than the sterile white-box aesthetic that swept the neighborhood, with sidewalk seats for anyone who enjoys watching Williamsburg go by.
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A gallery of cow portraits on the wall sets the tone at this no-frills Park Slope coffee shop, which does not take itself too seriously but does take espresso seriously. Black & White roasts come out of a small, sunny space with tile backsplash, a handful of stools, and Colson pastries for the indecisive. The staff know what they're doing, which in this neighborhood is less common than it should be.
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Rank 147. Fulgurances Laundromat
Experimental French
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Peaches HotHouse is a casual Bed-Stuy counter-service spot for Nashville hot chicken, back when that was a rare find in the city and long before the chains with celebrity backing showed up. You pick your heat (regular, hot, extra hot) and your bird, shrimp, or catfish, then add grits and collards. Dress for a paper-lined basket and a mild sweat. Eater lists it among the best places to eat in the neighborhood.
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Rank 154. Hainanese Chicken House
Malaysian
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2023 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 155. Karenderya
Filipino
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- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
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Rank 157. Dunya Kabab House
Afghan
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2022 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 157. Nabila's
Lebanese
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2022 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 159. Ras Plant Based
Ethiopian
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2021 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 161. Le Crocodile
French
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- The New York Times 2020 · 3 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants and Bars in Williamsburg
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Rank 162. El Encebollado de Rossy
Ecuadorean Peruvian
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2020 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 162. Kokomo
Caribbean
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2020 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2020 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Roadbook Roadbook: The Best Restaurants and Bars in Williamsburg
- The New York Times 2020 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 165. Boran
Thai
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 167. Claro
Mexican
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · 2 stars · Restaurant Review
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Rank 167. Village Café
Middle Eastern
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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A tasting counter in Brooklyn where the kitchen uses yuzu as sauerkraut draped over clams instead of a tidy squeeze of acid. Chef Victoria Blamey's avant-garde tasting menu runs about three hours and tends to fill your head with strong flavors that most restaurants at this price point seem too nervous to attempt. The Dungeness crab empanada, built on a Chilean abalone dish with Chartreuse and fermented black beans, is the kind of thing that makes you question your senses.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2015 · 3 stars · Restaurant Review
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2024 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2024 · Dungeness Crab Empanada · Hungry for the Best? Here Are Our Top New York Dishes of 2024.
- The New York Times 2015 · 3 stars · Restaurant Review
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times 2024 · Dungeness Crab Empanada · Hungry for the Best? Here Are Our Top New York Dishes of 2024.
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A prix-fixe dinner party where strangers share a table and, apparently, an extraordinary chocolate cake. The cake alone landed on the New York Times list of top dishes of 2024: dark cocoa crumb, pink-peppercorn buttercream, and the kind of thing that makes you rethink everything you assumed about the format. Communal seating and a tasting menu in the $60 to $75 range make this feel more like a good dinner at a friend's place than a restaurant.
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Rank 170. Sofreh Cafe
Persian
Nasim Alikhani's minimalist Persian cafe on Flatbush is the kind of place you visit for one thing and leave thinking about it for weeks. That thing is the latifeh, a traditional confection the New York Times flagged as one of 2024's top New York dishes: two rounds of soft, rose-scented cream sandwiched between pastry and rolled in salted pistachios. Made fresh constantly so they never turn soggy, each one disappears faster than you planned.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2016 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2012 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 173. Xixa
Mexican
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2013 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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