The Best Places to Eat and Drink in New York
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Rank 1599. dokidoki
Japanese
A standing bar modeled on the Japanese tachinomi tradition, which means you're on your feet, shoulder to shoulder, and the whole room is already talking. Low-alcohol cocktails, sake, and shochu anchor the drinks list, with classics quietly reinterpreted through Japanese and Latin ingredients. The two bartenders behind the counter bring serious cocktail-bar pedigree to a room that wears it lightly, and the small bites fold Japanese technique into Puerto Rican and Salvadoran flavors.
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Rank 1599. Lobby Bar at Dirty French
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 1622. Chapli & Chips
Middle Eastern
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2021 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2021 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1622. Forever Jerk
Caribbean
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2021 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1622. Fradei Bistro
Bistro
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2021 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1622. Mariscos El Submarino
Mexican
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2021 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1622. Washington Squares
Pizzeria
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2021 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1628. Chatpati Delhi
Indian
Chole bhature is the main event at this strip-mall street food spot in Franklin Park, where golden rounds of fried bread the size of cantaloupes arrive alongside bowls of dark, heavily spiced chana masala. The New Jersey Indian community found this place fast, and tables are rarely empty. The kitchen also runs a long roster of Delhi chaat and a Mumbai sideline that includes a samosa served on a bun, which is exactly what it sounds like. The New York Times put it on its 2025 Restaurant List.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2025 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 1629. Anton's
American
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2020 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #8 · NYC’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 1629. 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 1629. JoJu
Vietnamese
The banh mi here come in wax-paper egg-roll bags, which tells you something about the register. This Elmhurst sandwich shop keeps the classics, pâté and head cheese, while slipping in Korean bulgogi alongside them. The fries arrive heaped with pickled daikon, cilantro, jalapeño, and a green sauce borrowed from Peruvian chicken spots. Julie Wong has said she wanted to embrace Queens as a melting pot, and the menu takes that brief literally.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2020 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1629. Kokomo
Caribbean
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2020 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1629. Mokyo
Korean
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #13 · NYC’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 1629. Santo Taco
Modern Mexican
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #14 · NYC’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 1638. 701West
American
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · 3 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1638. Llama San
Modern Nikkei
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · 3 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar Program
- The New York Times 2019 · 3 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar Program
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Rank 1638. Pastis
French
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1638. The Standard Grill
American
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · 2 stars, 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 1643. Bāng Bar
Middle Eastern
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. Boran
Thai
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. Dua Kafe
Albanian Eastern European
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. Electric Lemon
American
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. Handsome Rice
Korean
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. Hug Esan
Isan
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. Joe’s Steam Rice Roll
Cantonese Noodle Shop
Rice ground daily on-site in electric stone mills is the tell at this no-frills Flushing counter, a Cantonese cheong fun spot tucked into a minimall off Roosevelt Avenue. The noodle sheets come out nearly translucent, rolled around pork, shrimp, or egg to order. The New York Times gave it a Critic's Pick, which tracks: there are very few places in the city where the rice noodle itself is this clearly the point.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. Jollibee
Filipino
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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 1643. Madame Vo
Vietnamese Barbecue
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. Mama's Noodle House
Noodle Shop
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. The Freakin Rican
Caribbean
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. TONG_NYC
Bengali Food Truck
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. Van Đa
Vietnamese
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1643. Warique
Peruvian
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1661. Claro
Mexican
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · 2 stars · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1661. Hunan Slurp
Hunan
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1661. Hwa Yuan Szechuan
Sichuan
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1661. Soogil
Korean
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1661. 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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Rank 1666. Berber Street Food
African
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1666. Lagman House
Chinese Noodle Shop
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1666. Momo Crave
Nepalese
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1666. Restaurant Nippon
Japanese
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1666. Rincón Melania
Modern Latin American
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1666. Yves
French
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2018 · 1 star, 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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Rank 1675. Naks
Filipino
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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 1677. Javitri Indian Cuisine
Maharashtrian
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Rank 1677. 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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Rank 1677. uluh
Chinese
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Rank 1682. Chinese Tuxedo
Chinese
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 2 stars · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1682. Empellon
Mexican
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 3 stars · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1682. Sahib
Indian
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 2 stars · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1682. The Pool
Seafood
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 2 stars · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1682. Torishin
Japanese Barbecue
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 3 stars · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 3 stars · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1688. Don Peppe
American
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1688. ICHIRAN Brooklyn
Japanese Noodle Shop
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1688. Sen Sakana
Japanese-influenced Peruvian
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1688. Tim Ho Wan East Village
Cantonese Sushi
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1688. Wallsé
Austrian
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2017 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1694. Benoit New York
French
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2016 · 2 stars · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2016 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1694. Indian Accent
Modern Indian
Blue cheese naan sounds like a provocation until it arrives and makes complete sense. This is a polished, upscale Indian restaurant from Manish Mehrotra, whose original New Delhi spot is a fixture on Asia's 50 Best, with a New York kitchen that reinterprets the subcontinent's classics into something more precise and composed. The tasting menu is how the kitchen argues its case, and the room draws a well-dressed crowd happy to let it.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2016 · 2 stars · Restaurant Review
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2016 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1694. Little Pepper
Sichuan
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2016 · 2 stars · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1699. abc cocina
Spanish
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2013 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 1699. ACME
Nordic
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2012 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review