Where to Eat in NYC

You can't go hungry in New York, but the city's wealth of restaurants means choosing just one can be an intimidating prospect come mealtime.

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)

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