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Flynn McGarry's two-Michelin-star restaurant in Hudson Square runs its own Long Island farm, and the à la carte menu and tasting menu both show it. The dining room is tall-ceilinged and wood-lined in a way that reads warm rather than cold, which is harder to pull off than it sounds. Californian instincts meet New York ambition, and the cooking has a playful quality that never tips into precious.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times 2026 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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Rank 382. Eli Zabar
Bakery
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- Wine Enthusiast Wine Enthusiast: Forward 50 Restaurants
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The pancakes at this Lower East Side diner are available until closing time, which tells you everything about where chef Sam Yoo's priorities lie. The room is full Formica-and-chrome diner, but the menu quietly goes sideways: a Reuben folded into a quesadilla, a wedge salad hit with chile crisp. It lands on both the Times and Eater lists of New York's top restaurants, which for a place serving breakfast all day feels like a flex.
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- Eater The Best Breakfasts in New York
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times #39 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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- AAA AAA: Approved
- Eater Eater: The Best Classic Restaurants in NYC
- Eater Eater: The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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- Eater The Best Classic Restaurants in NYC
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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- USA Today USA Today: Restaurants of the Year
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Rank 382. Hometown Bar-B-Que
Barbecue
Wood smoke hits you on Van Brunt Street before the warehouse comes into view, which is a useful heads-up to adjust your plans for the rest of the day. This Red Hook BBQ shop runs counter service out of a sprawling industrial space with communal tables, where the brisket has the smoke ring to back up the reputation. The Michelin Bib Gourmand is on record, and the banana pudding tends to disappear fast.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Time Out Time Out: #1 · NYC’s 11 best barbecue spots
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Rank 382. Le Chêne
French
When a pithivier comes out of the kitchen at Le Chêne, the whole room looks, and it earns the attention. This snug West Village French restaurant holds two Michelin stars and cooks like it's proving a point about classical technique, foie gras terrines, vin jaune sauces, and all. Tables are packed close, the ceiling is low, and a curved bar up front takes walk-ins. The wine list is serious and runs deep.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 382. Lita
Spanish
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- Punch Punch: Best New Bartenders · Ricardo Rodriguez
- Esquire Esquire: The Best New Restaurants in America
- NJ.com NJ.com: #26 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked
- Punch Best New Bartenders · Ricardo Rodriguez
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
- NJ.com #26 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked
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Rank 382. Los Burritos Juárez
Mexican
The flour tortillas are made with lard and cooked to order, which tells you everything about what kind of place this is. Los Burritos Juárez is a compact burrito shop in Fort Greene doing the El Paso and Ciudad Juárez border style, a regional tradition that barely exists in New York. Slow-cooked guisados go inside, pinto beans tie it together, and breakfast burritos are available until they run out, which they do.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2025 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times 2025 · 1 star, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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- Wine Enthusiast Wine Enthusiast: Forward 50 Restaurants
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Rank 382. Mission Chinese Food
Chinese
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- Eater Eater: The All-Time Eater 38
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2015 · 2 stars · Restaurant Review
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Rank 382. Odo East Village
Japanese
A handful of bar seats hovering over a kitchen the size of a closet sets the whole mood at this East Village izakaya from the team behind Odo. Rustic wood counter, exposed brick, a menu that moves through sashimi, grilled fish, wagyu, and things fried or simmered over rice. The food is meant to be shared, the pacing is unhurried, and the room seats enough people to make a reservation feel like a small victory.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 1 star · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 382. Pierogi Boys
Polish Eastern European
Caramelized onions, sour cream, and chives crown the classic potato-and-cheese pierogi here, and that's more or less the whole argument for visiting. What started as a DeKalb Market stall grew into a lively Ridgewood restaurant and market doing contemporary Polish comfort food. Schnitzel with endive and pickle martinis signal ambition, but the pierogi are still running the show. A casual, cheerful room where the crowd orders like they've been waiting all week.
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- Eater Eater: The Best New Restaurants in Queens Right Now
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 382. Pizzeria La Rosa
Pizzeria
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- USA Today USA Today: Restaurants of the Year
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Rank 382. PopUp Bagels
Bakery
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- The New York Times The 17 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
- BagelUp #2 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
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Rank 382. PopUp Bagels
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- The New York Times The 17 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
- BagelUp #2 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
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Rank 382. PopUp Bagels
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- The New York Times The 17 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
- BagelUp #2 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
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- The New York Times The 17 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
- BagelUp #2 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
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- Eater The Best Breakfasts in New York
- BagelUp #4 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The New York Times The 17 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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Rank 382. Santi
Italian
Michael White's fine dining room in Midtown splits into several spaces that somehow still feel close and quiet, the kind of place where the lighting does a lot of work. The menu moves through the Italian south, from Amalfi coastline seafood to grilled secondi, with pasta doing most of the heavy lifting. Orecchiette with blue crab and sea urchin is the kind of dish that makes the rest of the menu feel like a warm-up act.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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The interior runs like a train car, wood-paneled and faintly sweet with incense, and the menu is long enough to require a strategy. This cozy Elmhurst Thai restaurant earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand and landed on the New York Times 100 Best list, which helps explain why the room fills fast. Curries, stir-fries, salads, and fried rice cover the bases, but the crispy catfish with mango salad is the kind of dish that makes the rest of the menu feel like a warm-up.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times The New York Times: #60 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 382. Soothr
Thai
Antique telephone behind the bar, weathered wood beams, tufted red leather booths, a neon sign, and a back garden that softens the whole thing into something you didn't expect from East Village Thai. The menu runs long and regional, so bring enough people to order past the khao soi and into the pork blood soup. The cocktail program earns table time too. Reservations go fast, which the packed room will confirm before you even sit down.
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- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2021 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- AAA Three Diamonds
- The New York Times 2021 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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- USA Today USA Today: Restaurants of the Year
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Rank 382. Sushi by Sea
Sushi
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Rank 382. Tanoreen
Middle Eastern
Pickled vegetables and za'atar-dusted flatbread land on the table before you've even decided anything, which is how Bay Ridge's favorite Middle Eastern restaurant sets its tone. The portions at this warm, family-run spot are engineered for sharing, and the mansaf, braised lamb over fluffy rice in creamy yogurt, is the kind of dish that makes you regret coming alone. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Time Out Time Out: The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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The Beaux-Arts bones alone justify a slow lap through the lobby. The Ned NoMad is a hotel that takes socializing as seriously as sleep, with guests getting access to members-only spaces including a whimsically muraled downstairs club. NoMad puts the Empire State Building and Madison Square Park in easy walking range while Downtown stays close enough for a late night. The kind of place where you feel like you're in on something, even as a tourist.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
- Time Out Time Out: The 35 best hotels in New York City
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Rank 382. The River Palm Terrace
Steakhouse
Prime beef has been the main event here since the 1980s, with the kitchen turning out steaks at a consistency that keeps the regulars from ever really needing the menu. It's a classic North Jersey steakhouse, lobster and fine seafood rounding things out, plus a sushi and sashimi program that feels less like a gimmick and more like a genuine reason to stray from the beef. Just over the George Washington Bridge for Manhattan types making the case for New Jersey.
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The sister property to a London hotel and private club, The Twenty Two New York occupies the restored Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt house near Union Square. It holds a Michelin Key. The vibe is international modern luxury with enough Gilded Age bones in the building to keep things grounded, which is a neat trick for a place that could easily have leaned into its British pedigree and called it a day.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Key
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Rank 382. Tobalá
Modern Oaxacan
House-made blue and yellow corn tortillas arrive before you've even thought about ordering, which tells you something about how this Oaxacan restaurant in Riverdale operates. The room is modern and low-lit, with clay masks and pottery that nod to the region without tipping into theme park territory. Mezcal gets serious attention at the bar, and the dark mole negro on the enmoladas de pato is the kind of sauce that takes days to make.
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- The New York Times The New York Times: 2023 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Grub Street Grub Street: The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
- The New York Times 2023 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Grub Street The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
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- BagelUp BagelUp: #9 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #17 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
- Time Out Time Out: The 18 best bagels in NYC
- BagelUp #9 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The Infatuation #17 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
- Time Out The 18 best bagels in NYC