Whether it's for the food, the ambiance or some combination of both, here are the restaurants I've found memorable since moving to New York in 2007.
Scroll down for a list of restaurants featured in Pay a Visit, by cuisine and by neighborhood.
My Picks
... For Special Occasions
1. Aquavit
2. Clinton Street Baking Co. & Restaurant
3. Breslin
... If You're On a Budget
1. Vanessa's Dumpling House
2. Woorijip
3. Peanut Butter & Co.
... For a Low-Key Saturday Night
1. Clinton Street Baking Co. & Restaurant
2. East Japanese Restaurant
3. Woorijip
... To Hit the Sweet Spot
1. Junior's Cheesecake (definitely the devil's food cheesecake)
2. Butter Lane (best cupcakes in the city)
3. Alice's Tea Cup (incredible scones)
By Cuisine
American
Clinton Street Baking Co. & Restaurant
Gray's Papaya
Hard Rock Cafe
Peanut Butter & Co.
S'Mac
The View
Barbecue
Dinosaur Barbecue
Belgian
Pommes Frites
British
Breslin
Chinese
Grand Sichuan House
Prosperity Dumpling
Vanessa's Dumpling House
Deli
Junior's Cheesecake
Katz's Delicatessen
French
Balthazar
Japanese
East Japanese Restaurant
Go Japanese Restaurant
Sushiya
Korean
Woorijip
Russian
Russian Tea Room
Sri Lankan
San Rasa
Steak
Peter Luger
Swedish
Aquavit
Vegetarian
Teany
A Little Bit of Everything
Brooklyn Flea
Dessert
Alice's Tea Cup
Butter Lane
Buttercup Bake Shop
ChikaLicious
Crumbs
Doughnut Plant
Eleni's
Ferrara
Junior's Cheesecake
Little Cupcake
Magnolia Bakery
Rice to Riches
Robicelli's
Sugar Sweet Sunshine
By Location
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Flea (Downtown)
Grand Sichuan House (Bay Ridge)
Junior's Cheesecake (Downtown)
Little Cupcake (Bay Ridge)
Peter Luger (Williamsburg)
Chelsea
Eleni's
Chinatown
Prosperity Dumpling
Vanessa's Dumpling House
Greenwich Village
Butter Lane
ChikaLicious
Go Japanese Restaurant
Magnolia Bakery
Peanut Butter & Co.
Pommes Frites
Harlem
Dinosaur Barbecue
Little Italy
Ferrara
Lower East Side
Clinton Street Baking Co. & Restaurant
Doughnut Plant
Katz's Delicatessen
Sugar Sweet Sunshine
Teany
Midtown
Aquavit
Breslin
Buttercup Bake Shop
East Japanese Restaurant
Russian Tea Room
Woorijip
Soho
Balthazar
Rice to Riches
Sushiya
Staten Island
San Rasa
Times Square
Hard Rock Cafe
Junior's Cheesecake
The View
Union Square
S'Mac
Various Locations
Alice's Tea Cup
Crumbs
Gray's Papaya
Robicelli's
(last updated March 19, 2011)
