Monday, August 31, 2026

The Best Places to Eat in New York, by the Record

  1. Rank 881. Uncle Lou

    Old-School Cantonese


  2. Rank 881. Uncle Ray's

    Singaporean Chinese


  3. Rank 881. White Bear

    Chinese


  4. Rank 904. American Cut

    Modern American Steakhouse

    Moody leather and brass in a Tribeca townhouse set the stage for a modern steakhouse that takes its theatrics seriously. USDA Prime and Japanese Wagyu go through a high-heat grill after dry-aging, and the kitchen consistently delivers on both. The room has a genuine late-night-Manhattan pull to it. Service can be uneven given the price point, but the cooking tends to carry the evening. It ranked 67th on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list.


  5. José Andrés runs this steakhouse inside the Ritz-Carlton NoMad like a controlled burn, with an open charcoal and wood-fired kitchen that fills the room with smoke and a sense of occasion that most restaurants wouldn't dare attempt. The cuts run American and Japanese, aged both ways, cooked over fire that does real work rather than just looking good. It landed on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, which tracks.



  6. Rank 904. Gui Steakhouse

    Korean Steakhouse


  7. Rank 904. Loring Place

    Californian New American

    The mid-century room, with its bright orange window frames and striped banquettes, looks like someone raided a very good vintage furniture store and then had the taste to stop. Dan Kluger's West Village restaurant leans vegetable-forward without making a cause of it, and the wood-oven pizzas made with house-milled whole wheat flour keep tables ordering rounds they didn't plan on. A downtown crowd that takes its produce seriously fills the place most nights.


  8. Rank 904. Make My Cake

    Southern


  9. Rank 904. Make My Cake

    Southern Bakery





  10. Rank 904. Txula Steak

    Basque Steakhouse

    A 60-day aged Txuleton ribeye, cooked over a charcoal-fired grill and a Spanish wood oven, is the reason this Basque steakhouse inside Mercado Little Spain exists. The kitchen splits its sourcing between American producers and Spanish importers, which puts Ibérico pork and Spanish lamb alongside the beef with a logic that holds. Sommeliers steer you toward Spanish bottles, and the martini comes with olive oil-infused gin and a Basque gilda, because of course it does.




  11. Rank 915. Al-Andalus

    Andalusian



  12. Rank 915. Amore Pizzeria

    NY-Style Pizza





  13. Rank 915. Bagel Market

    NY-Style Bakery


  14. Rank 915. Bagel Market

    NY-Style Bakery


  15. Rank 915. Bagel Market

    NY-Style Bakery


  16. Rank 915. Bagel Market

    NY-style Bakery


  17. Rank 915. Bagel Point

    NY-Style Bakery


  18. Rank 915. Bagel Point

    NY-Style Bakery


  19. Rank 915. Bagel Pub

    NY-Style Bakery


  20. Rank 915. Bagel Pub

    NY-Style Bakery


  21. Rank 915. Bagel Pub

    Bakery


  22. Rank 915. Bagel Pub

    NY-Style Bakery


  23. Rank 915. Bagel Pub

    NY-Style Bakery


  24. Rank 915. Bagel Talk

    NY-Style Bakery




  25. Rank 915. Bagels For You

    NY-Style Bakery


  26. Rank 915. Bagels on the Square

    NY-Style Bakery


  27. Rank 915. Bagelworks

    NY-Style Bakery




  28. Rank 915. Bark Barbecue

    Central Texas-Style Barbecue


  29. Rank 915. Bergen Bagels

    NY-Style Bakery


  30. Rank 915. Bergen Bagels

    NY-Style Bakery


  31. Rank 915. Biddrina Gelato

    Italian Dessert


  32. Rank 915. Bien Cuit

    French Bakery



  33. Rank 915. Black Seed - Nolita

    Montreal-style Bakery



  34. Rank 915. Bo's Bagels

    NY-Style Bakery










  35. Rank 915. Buunni Coffee

    Ethiopian Coffee


  36. Rank 915. Cadence

    Vegan Southern


  37. 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.




  38. Rank 915. Casa Della Mozzarella

    Old-School Italian











  39. Rank 915. Duo Cafe

    Chinese Coffee Shop





  40. Rank 915. Fette Sau

    Central Texas Barbecue



  41. Rank 915. Fong On

    Chinese


  42. Rank 915. Fortunato Brothers

    Italian Bakery





  43. Rank 915. Grandaisy Bakery

    Italian Bakery





  44. Rank 915. Happy Salad

    Hong Kong-Style


  45. Rank 915. Hill Country

    Central Texas Barbecue





  46. Rank 915. Island Pops

    Caribbean Dessert



  47. Rank 915. Joe's Pizza

    NY-Style Pizza


  48. Rank 915. Joe's Pizza

    NY-Style Pizza


  49. Rank 915. Joe's Pizza

    NY-Style Pizza


  50. Rank 915. Joe's Pizza

    NY-Style Pizza


  51. Rank 915. Joe's Pizza

    NY-Style Pizza


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