The Best Places to Eat and Stay in New York
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Rank 1697. Bistro Ete
Coastal French
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Rank 1697. Bo Ky
Teochew
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Rank 1697. Bufón
Pan-Asian Bistro
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Rank 1697. Calissa
Mediterranean
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Rank 1697. Centro 336
Italian
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Rank 1697. China North Dumpling
Chinese
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Rank 1697. Di An Di
Vietnamese Noodle Shop
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Rank 1697. Dopo Il Ponte
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A multi-roaster coffee shop tucked into an airy high-rise lobby near the Holland Tunnel, which is not a sentence you expect to lead somewhere good, but here we are. The shelves rotate through a rotating cast of specialty roasters, the menu stays short and efficient, and the lobby has enough room to spread out, plug in, and stay far longer than you planned. Good pastries, no guilt about the outlet use.
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Rank 1697. Duryea's Orient Point
Seafood
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Rank 1697. El Verano
Upscale Mexican
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Rank 1697. Empire Diner
Diner
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Rank 1697. Everyman Espresso
Coffee
The lobby of the Classic Stage Company turns out to be a fine place for a coffee shop, all spare seats and big windows that beg you to watch people cross 13th Street. Everyman is a no-frills espresso bar pulling beans roasted by Black and White out of North Carolina, with Colson pastries from Brooklyn if you need something to eat. The staff are warm in a way that makes the spartan room feel intentional rather than unfinished.
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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 1697. Fresco by Scotto
Italian-American
An Italian American restaurant in Midtown that has been a fixture for Midtown media types and political regulars since the nineties, run by the Scotto family with the kind of front-of-house warmth that makes you feel like the reservation mattered. The linguine vongole and a chopped salad are the moves. Arrive late and you may find a DJ has materialized, followed shortly by a conga line, which is not something most pasta dinners promise.
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Rank 1697. Fulgurances Laundromat
Experimental French
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Rank 1697. Gelateria Gentile
Apulian Ice Cream Shop
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Rank 1697. Glace NY
Ice Cream Shop
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Rank 1697. Golden HOF
Korean Beer Bar
A Korean pub from the team behind Golden Diner, where the viral pancakes made the place famous. Here the drinks come first, running from martinis and milk punch to Korean spirits and low-ABV options, and the food is built to keep up with them. Fried wings in gochujang glaze, dumplings a few ways, raw bar picks, and savory pancakes that borrow from both sides of that tradition fill out a menu that has no interest in being subtle.
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Rank 1697. Great N.Y. Noodletown
Chinese Noodle Shop
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Rank 1697. Harpers Bread House
Chinese
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Rank 1697. Hey Yuet
Cantonese
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Rank 1697. Hien From Vietnam
Vietnamese Coffee Shop
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Rank 1697. Il Buco al Mare
Italian Seafood
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Rank 1697. Jing Fong
Cantonese Noodle Shop
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Two benches out front are famous enough to appear in the logo, which tells you something about how long this West Village coffee shop has been part of the neighborhood. Joe Coffee Company roasts its own beans in Long Island City and piles the pastry case high with muffins and quickbreads. It has the warm, unhurried feel of a place where regulars know the staff by name, which in New York passes for a small miracle.
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Rank 1697. Joe's Shanghai
Shanghainese
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Rank 1697. Kiki's
Greek
Wine carafes priced the way carafes should be priced, and octopus skewers landing on paper-covered tables beside tzatziki and spanakopita, all of it meant for sharing. Kiki's is a neighborhood Greek taverna on the Lower East Side that got so popular the team opened an identical spot across the street for overflow, which is either very practical or very on-brand for the neighborhood. Usually easy to get a table, which says something.
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Rank 1697. Konban
Tonkatsu
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Rank 1697. La Caridad 72
Cuban-Chinese
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Rank 1697. LDV at the Maidstone Restaurant
Coastal Italian
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The restaurant attached to Hauser & Wirth's Soho gallery, Manuela runs lunch, dinner, and brunch inside an interior wild enough to distract you from the menu. The original location in Los Angeles keeps live chickens on the premises; New York wisely does not. The all-day menu leans Mediterranean-ish, crudo and carpaccio giving way to grilled fish and roasted lamb, the kind of food that photographs well and also tastes like food.
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Rank 1697. Mee Sum Cafe
Chinese Coffee Shop
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Rank 1697. Mei Lai Wah Bakery
Cantonese Bakery
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Rank 1697. Mixue
Ice Cream Shop
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Rank 1697. OddFellows Ice Cream Co.
Ice Cream Shop
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Rank 1697. Omen Azen
Japanese
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Rank 1697. Pastrami Queen
Kosher Jewish Deli
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Rank 1697. Paulie Gee's
Neapolitan Pizzeria
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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 1697. Pepe Giallo
Italian
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Rank 1697. Pho Ga Vang
Homestyle Vietnamese Noodle Shop
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Rank 1697. Phoenix Palace
Cantonese
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Rank 1697. Pig and Khao
Southeast Asian
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Rank 1697. Principles GI Coffee House
Personality-Driven Coffee
The pourover menu specifies black only, no exceptions, which tells you everything about this coffee shop before you've ordered. A queer-owned community hub straddling Park Slope and Gowanus, Principles runs on small rotating roasters, plant-based milks across the board, and a gratuity-included model. Cyclists and coffee obsessives fill the place, drawn as much by the ethos as the espresso. The garage door opens when weather permits, and there's a bike repair area out back.
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Rank 1697. Qanoon
Palestinian
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Rank 1697. Raku
Japanese Noodle Shop
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Rank 1697. Roti Roll Bombay Frankie
Mumbai Indian Food Truck
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Rank 1697. Sake Bar Hagi
Izakaya
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Rank 1697. Salumeria Biellese Delicatessen
Italian Deli
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Rank 1697. Saraghina
Pizzeria
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Rank 1697. Silence Please
Coffee
A tea room and cafe on the second floor of a Bowery building, reached by buzzing an unmarked door and climbing an industrial staircase. Neon gramophones, Togo couches, a vinyl listening room, and a DJ who drops in twice daily to play something like Boards of Canada on a sound system that did not come cheap. The MacBook presence is significant, but the Japanese teas and pastries give everyone a reasonable excuse to stay.
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Rank 1697. SourAji
Sushi
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Rank 1697. Southside Coffee
Minimalist Coffee
Window-service only since 2020, this minimalist coffee shop in South Slope turned its interior into a commissary, which turns out to be a fine trade. Counter Culture beans anchor the drinks, but the daily-rotating pastries, cheddar jalapeño corn muffins, and hugely bready sandwiches are what bring out the line of families and dogs. Greenwood Cemetery is an easy walk, if you need somewhere to eat.
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Rank 1697. Superhet Coffee
Coffee
Metal band posters on the walls and distorted guitars blasting while someone brews the most delicate pour-overs in Williamsburg is the whole vibe at this small coffee shop. The owner sources from Brooklyn's Sey roastery and makes his own blends, and the result is coffee that tastes less like coffee than like the memory of a fruit. The drip is worth the trip on its own if you're not in a splurging mood.
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Rank 1697. Sushi Kaito
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A mirrored, handsome room on a corner that used to be a franchise Mexican spot, now serving wagyu French dip and whole lobster repositioned in the shell for easier eating. It's a polished, scene-y restaurant from Catch Hospitality, which means it looks great and reservations can be a project. Taylor Swift has been spotted here, which tells you roughly what kind of evening to dress for.
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Rank 1697. The Donut Pub
Throwback Doughnut Shop
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Rank 1697. Trad Room
Izakaya
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Rank 1697. Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
Ice Cream Shop
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Rank 1697. Villager NYC
Coffee
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Rank 1697. Wo Hop
Chinese
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Rank 1697. Yi Ji Shi Mo
Chinese
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