The top ten dishes and drinks of 2013 cover every corner of New York City, from spicy-sweet Vietnamese curry in Ridgewood, and upmarket chicken Kiev in Williamsburg to a certain line-baiting sweet in Soho. This year’s top crop comes from faces both fresh and familiar, including acclaimed industry vets like Daniel Humm to new kids on the block such as Bunker’s Jimmy Tu. These are the ten defining dishes and drinks of TONY’s dining year.
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Costata for two at Costata
The namesake steak—Italian for “rib eye”—at Michael White’s clubby chophouse is one of this year’s best new pieces of meat. Aged for nearly 60 days, the tomahawk rib has a mineral funk that lingers on the tongue, and a charred, salty crust forged in the raging fire of a 1,900-degree broiler. The dry-aged meat’s melted beef trim is sauce enough; consider béarnaise a crime. 206 Spring St between Sixth Ave and Sullivan St (212-334-3320, costatanyc.com). $118.—Daniel S. Meyer
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