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Rank 1273. 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 1273. Gold Bar at The Clocktower
Cocktail Bar
The cocktail bar on the second floor of the landmark Metropolitan Life building, where the ceilings are tall enough to make you feel like you should order something serious. The drinks program travels with the restaurant group globally, which keeps the bar from feeling like an afterthought to the dining room below. A polished crowd in no hurry fills the seats most evenings, and the room does most of the work before the first drink arrives.
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Montauk sits at the farthest tip of Long Island, far enough out that locals just call it The End, and Gurney's has been holding down this stretch of Atlantic coastline longer than most of its guests have been alive. It's a full resort, with ocean views, a seawater pool, and the kind of unhurried pace that the rest of the Hamptons keeps promising but rarely delivers. The crowd leans casual and sand-tolerant, which is exactly right.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 1273. JaBä
Taiwanese
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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- The Pinnacle Guide The Pinnacle Guide: 1 Pin
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Rank 1273. Kees
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 1273. La Marchande
Modern French
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Rank 1273. Lady Wong
Malaysian-Inspired Bakery
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Bakeries in NYC
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Asian Dessert Spots In NYC
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Rank 1273. Lafayette
French
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2013 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Eater Eater: The Best Croissants in NYC
- The New York Times 2013 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Eater The Best Croissants in NYC
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Rank 1273. Levant
Middle Eastern
The looming white-domed oven is the centerpiece of this tiny Astoria storefront, which has the brisk pace of a slice shop but the latticed oriel windows and warm arabesques of a Cairo street. It specializes in feteer, flaky layered pies pressed with ghee and folded around fillings, the basturma version packed with heavily garlicked air-dried beef. The New York Times named it among New York's 100 best restaurants. Steinway Street already has its Little Egypt; now it has a destination.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2024 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2024 · New York’s 14 Best New Restaurants of 2024
- The New York Times The New York Times: #25 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2024 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The New York Times 2024 · New York’s 14 Best New Restaurants of 2024
- The New York Times #25 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 1273. Little Ned
Cocktail Bar
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- The Pinnacle Guide The Pinnacle Guide: 1 Pin
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Rank 1273. Louies Next Door
Wine Bar
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- Wine Enthusiast Wine Enthusiast: Top 50 New Restaurants
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Rank 1273. Lucky Charlie
Pizzeria
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Sand between your toes is apparently a design philosophy here, not just an oversight. Marram is a 96-room resort in Montauk built around the idea that "barefoot luxury" is a complete sentence, leaning into the town's old surfer looseness rather than polishing it away. Yoga, craft workshops, and weathered-cool décor all pull in the same direction. The in-house restaurant from a Uruguayan chef does seafood and is worth your attention.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 1273. Milk and Honey New York
Cocktail Bar
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 1273. Mister Paradise
Cocktail Bar
The menu lists a spicy margarita riff called The Party Lobster, which tells you most of what you need to know about the vibe. Mister Paradise is a cocktail bar in the East Village where the drinks are built with serious technique, clarification, sous-vide, the works, but presented with enough wit and noise that you'd never call it stuffy. Locals land here and stop leaving, which is either a warning or a recommendation depending on your Thursday.
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- The 50 The 50 Discovery
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
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Old money meets boutique hotel money at this Lake Montauk resort, where whitewashed timber rooms and two pools sit on a marina that Gilded Age dynasties once claimed as their own. The setting feels genuinely private in a way that most of the Hamptons stopped being long ago. A beach club, tennis, fitness classes, a wood-fired pizzeria, and a seafood fine-dining room round things out. Pack light, but bring something for dinner.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 1273. Much Obliged
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 1273. Nakaji
Sushi
A doorbell on an unassuming Chinatown hallway lined with charred cedar is your only cue you've found this ten-seat omakase counter. Inside, chef Kunihide Nakajima runs an Edomae-style sushi experience that leans hard into traditional Japanese rhythms, from the tsumami courses to the seasonal fruit that closes the meal. The seafood comes from Japan, the aesthetic is spare, and the room does not reward fidgeting.
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- The New York Times 2021 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Eater The Best Sushi Restaurants in Manhattan
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Rank 1273. 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 1273. NoMad
Cocktail Bar
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 1273. 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 1273. Peek Inn
Cocktail Bar
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- The New York Times The New York Times: The 17 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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Rank 1273. Pouring Ribbons
Cocktail Bar
A second-floor cocktail bar on Avenue B where the team came up through Death & Company and it shows. The bartenders here are the kind who can build a Jack Rose, hold a real conversation, and remember what you ordered last time, all without breaking stride. Classic cocktails done with the focus of people who treat the work seriously but aren't precious about it.
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 1273. Rice Thief
Korean Seafood
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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 1273. Salsa Pizza Napoletana & Street Food
Neapolitan Pizzeria
You order at the door, grab a table, and the pizza shows up without ceremony, which is exactly the point at this Greenpoint slice shop. The dough is soft and light in the way Neapolitan purists get worked up about, and the toppings stay out of each other's way. The bruschetta with honey and ricotta is a small, sweet detour worth taking. Ranked 32nd on 50 Top Pizza USA, Salsa keeps things casual enough that nobody feels underdressed.
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- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza: #32 · 50 Top Pizza USA
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Rank 1273. Salt Hank’s
American
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1273. Seirēn
Spanish-Portuguese Cocktail Bar
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 1273. Stars
Wine Bar
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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 1273. Stone & Soil
Japanese
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Crescent Beach sits right outside the door here, with Peconic Bay stretching out beyond it, and the Pridwin has been around forever. It reads more like an Adirondack lodge than a beach resort, which is either confusing or exactly right depending on your mood. The 49 rooms and scattered cottages have been renovated to keep the old bones while adding a cleaner, more considered feel. Shelter Island itself requires a ferry, which keeps the crowds honest.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 1273. Thyme
Cocktail Bar
A pre-war cellar beneath the Flatiron that once hosted a gambling den is now a cocktail bar with avant-garde techniques and presentations critics have called sippable art. The room has the bones of a genuine speakeasy, and the drinks menu leans into that drama hard, with smoke, science, and ceremony that would feel overwrought somewhere less atmospheric. A good spot for a first date, assuming you want them slightly impressed.
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- The Pinnacle Guide The Pinnacle Guide: 1 Pin
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 1273. Tooker Alley
Cocktail Bar
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Bakeries in NYC
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: Black and White Cookie · 25 Iconic Dishes That Define New York
- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in NYC
- The Infatuation Black and White Cookie · 25 Iconic Dishes That Define New York
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Rank 1273. Xin Fa Bakery
Chinese Bakery
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Bakeries in NYC
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Asian Dessert Spots In NYC
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Rank 1360. 2nd Jetty Seafood
Seafood
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Rank 1360. Bacchus
French
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 1360. Bar Mercer
Fish & Chips
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Rank 1360. Bella Luna
Italian
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 1360. Belmont Tavern
Old-School Italian
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Rank 1360. Beyond Pita
Middle Eastern
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 1360. Bistro La Source
French
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 1360. Botte Brooklyn
Pizzeria
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 1360. Chang Lai Fishballs & Noodles
Cantonese Noodle Shop
The rice noodles here are stubby and chewy rather than the thin, rippling sheets you'd find elsewhere in Chinatown, and that texture is the whole point. Chang Lai is a tiny Cantonese noodle shop on Bayard where the regulars from the old street cart days have simply followed the owners indoors. Curry fish balls and noodles with all the sauces will run you around five dollars, which leaves you no excuse not to go twice.
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Rank 1360. Cull and Pistol
Oyster Bar
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 1360. Death & Co
Cocktail Bar
The name is a nod to a Prohibition-era collective that disguised speakeasy maps as temperance posters, which tells you exactly the kind of commitment to the bit you're walking into. Death & Co is a proper cocktail bar on a quiet East Village block, dark and close and serious about what's in your glass. The crowd leans dressed-up without being showy, and the bartenders talk about spirits the way sommeliers talk about Burgundy.
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- Time Out Time Out: #9 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Difford's Guide 5 stars · Difford's Guide
- Time Out #9 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
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Rank 1360. French Roast
French
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 1360. Grand Brasserie
Classic French
Inside Grand Central Terminal, this vast all-day French brasserie runs from the pre-dawn commuter rush straight through to a late-night dinner crowd, 365 days a year. The scale is genuinely staggering, which means walk-ins are usually fine, a minor miracle in Midtown. The menu swings from a lobster omelet at breakfast to classic brasserie fare at dinner, with the room itself doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
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Rank 1360. Grotta Azzurra
Italian
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 1360. House of Joy
Chinese
One of the last dim sum parlors in Chinatown still rolling carts through the dining room, House of Joy fills fast on weekends, and the wait outside can stretch past an hour if you don't arrive early. Worth the patience: plates of rice noodles, pineapple buns, and chicken feet run a few dollars each, and the room itself, loud and bustling and completely unbothered by trends, does most of the convincing.
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Rank 1360. Hudson Malone
American
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 1360. Il Forno a Legna
Pizzeria
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: Difford's Guide
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide
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Rank 1360. Juliana's Pizza
New York-style Pizzeria
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 1360. Kappo Sono
Kaiseki Japanese
Taking the elevator to the sixth floor of a commercial building off Union Square is a strange way to find a kaiseki omakase, which is probably the point. The chef spent years at the cult Japanese spot Kyo Ya before opening this one, and the room lands somewhere between chic Tokyo penthouse and relaxed dinner party, with the city glittering through the windows. The courses are elaborate and precise; the mood, somehow, is not.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: #24 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in New York in 2025
- The New York Times #24 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in New York in 2025
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The Steinway location of this Astoria coffee shop is wedged into a cheese-wedge-shaped room with a reclaimed-wood window bar that's made for watching the neighborhood go by. Kinship roasts its own beans nearby and pulls seasonal espresso drinks alongside pastries from Balthazar and cookies from The Good Batch. A round communal table anchors the middle, and the whole thing has the unhurried energy of a place run by people who actually live on the block.
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The cheese-wedge-shaped room is the first thing you notice, followed by the reclaimed-wood window bar and the Steinway Street foot traffic rolling past it. Kinship is a neighborhood coffee shop that roasts its own beans nearby, and the seasonal drinks menu keeps regulars guessing. Pastries come from Balthazar, cookies from The Good Batch, and the whole operation has the warm, slightly chaotic energy of a place run by people who actually live on the block.
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