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The 50 best restaurants in NYC right now
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The 50 best restaurants in NYC right now

Choosing a favorite restaurant in New York City is a joyful task with myriad possibilities depending on the occasion, mood and even the time of year. Your...
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Wenwen
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Wenwen

4 out of 5 stars
I was first introduced to the “wild side” of chef Eric Sze by visiting his East Village restaurant 886. One of the cooler stops on St....
Kisa
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Kisa

4 out of 5 stars
A few months ago, I tried to walk into Kisa on a Friday night without a reservation. You can probably guess how that went.  Located right off the F...
Hellbender
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Hellbender

A handful of alums from Gramercy Tavern have started to carve out their own corner of Ridgewood. It all started with Rolo's, an Italian-ish restaurant that...
Hav & Mar
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Hav & Mar

5 out of 5 stars
I am used to being the only Black face in the room. Growing up in the suburbs of California, it was easy to count the amount of Black students who shared a...
Yellow Rose
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Yellow Rose

3 out of 5 stars
Each time I’ve walked inside Yellow Rose, it felt like I walked into the home of a Texan grandmother—well, if grandma decorated her walls with...
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The 14 best Irish pubs in NYC
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The 14 best Irish pubs in NYC

This is an assemblage of places from cocktail meccas to dives, at almost every single one of which, you can get yourself a perfectly-pulled Guinness.

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The 50 best restaurants in NYC right now
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The 50 best restaurants in NYC right now

March 2024: Running a restaurant in New York City in any era is a herculean task. We tend to love any place willing to feed us, but some simply...
The 45 best brunch spots in NYC right now
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The 45 best brunch spots in NYC right now

Brunch is the highlight of any week, whatever day it is. Saturday brunch is the best time to gear up for the night ahead, Sundays are perfect for relaxing and...
The 14 best rooftop restaurants in NYC
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The 14 best rooftop restaurants in NYC

New York has plenty of places to look at stuff. Our museums are marvelous, our streets are superb, our new skyscrapers are nail-biting and even our subway has...
NYC's 10 best new restaurants of 2023
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NYC's 10 best new restaurants of 2023

This year in New York City, dining is all about independence. Most of the best new restaurants of 2023 come from operators untethered from corporate...

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The 50 best bars in NYC right now
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The 50 best bars in NYC right now

March 2024: Everything’s easier when you're drinking out at a bar. Your dive’s beer is frosty, the wine bar has harder-to-find...
The 19 best dive bars in NYC
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The 19 best dive bars in NYC

New York City has fewer dive bars than any other drinking genre. The primary reason is that a real deal dive must already exist. One simply cannot open a...
The best rooftop bars in NYC
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The best rooftop bars in NYC

In the city that never stops sprawling, upward expansion has also reached great heights. Many incredible eating and drinking destinations are poised in the...

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NYC's 12 best first-date restaurants
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NYC's 12 best first-date restaurants

Like NYC’s most romantic bars and restaurants, almost any venue can be a great first date place. Some fledgling love birds flock to fine dining...
The 10 best fine dining restaurants in NYC
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The 10 best fine dining restaurants in NYC

In New York City, tabs at our top fine dining destinations can easily meet and exceed the cost of plane tickets to Paris, the latest iPhone or a Schott jacket....
The most romantic bars in NYC
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The most romantic bars in NYC

Not to spoil the ending like the last act of a so-so rom-com, but anywhere can be romantic. Glances have been stolen in dive bars, first kisses...
The 20 most romantic restaurants in NYC
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The 20 most romantic restaurants in NYC

Some nights you just want to grab a bite at a great restaurant or down a quick drink at a bar. But other nights—like when you’re celebrating a...

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Chinatown
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Chinatown

Chinatown, that small, bustling stretch of Lower Manhattan, is home to some of the city’s very best dim sum spots, dumpling houses, and karaoke bars....

Best bars by type

The best speakeasy-style bars in NYC
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The best speakeasy-style bars in NYC

Although reports of their resurrection are greatly exaggerated, the last of New York City’s real-deal speakeasies ceased operation in 1933. That’s...
The 23 best cocktail bars in NYC
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The 23 best cocktail bars in NYC

New York has enough bar categories, themes and conceits to fill the Gowanus Canal, but none dredge up as many connotations as the cocktail bar....
The 11 best Irish pubs in NYC
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The 11 best Irish pubs in NYC

A New York City Irish pub is a special kind of place. Some are among the best bars in town, a few also happen to double as great restaurants, and...
The 16 best beer bars in NYC right now
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The 16 best beer bars in NYC right now

NYC’s beer scene just keeps getting better. Whether you like sipping a flight of craft beers or chugging out of a boot at a beer garden, New York has...