French-inflected American dishes culled from local greenmarkets and farms.
- Amali
- Upper East Side
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Mediterranean
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$$$
Farm-to-table Mediterranean spot on the Lower Upper East Side.
Classic French cuisine in a bistro atmosphere makes for a beloved Park Slope institution.
Fresh fish, raw oysters, happy drunks.
Quality Bay Ridge red sauce joint, crowded, noisy, and fun. Play the spot-a-real-Tony-Soprano game.
Share a martini with the ghost of Rudolph Valentino inside this old-school den of glam.
McNally's master ersatz bistro will never ever die. Open early, open late.
Oldest of Williamsburg's old-school Italians. Mangia!
Lady-leaning reincarnation of Café de la Gare. Mini-skillet cassoulet the warm version of cupcakes.
Tourists and gourmets, united at last by Steve Hanson's stand-out seafood.
Large two-tiered room with unassuming crowd, not bad for keeping it low-key.
Men in black dropping Bouley's masterful French. Get élégant.
Opened in 1794, old but not musty. Buffalo steaks and heavy wines.
They come by the droves for celeb-studded Sunday brunches.
Stunning Parisian café perfect for wasting time in Williamsburg.
Funky fresh Middle Eastern with an American twist.
Turn-of-the-century Viennese café with excellent pastries and coffee delivered on a silver tray. Starbucks, ya heard?
Steak, wine, and good times, Midtown Manhattan-style.
Mangia, mangia, and then ride up and down in the funny glass elevator until the hostess kicks you out.
Shrine to La Baker a still-reliable pre-theater stop.
- Ciano
- Flatiron
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Italian
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$$$$
Upscale new-Italian cuisine worth the coin.
For hearty cooking in an elegant old-school setting, you can't fight City Hall.
- Craft
- Union Square
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American (New)
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$$$$
Supernatural foodie witchcraft from DIY coven leader Colicchio.
- D'Amico Foods
- Carroll Gardens
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Coffee Shop, Soups/Salads/Sandwiches
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$
Old world and old school meet for superior coffee.
- Daniel
- Upper East Side
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French
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$$$$
Food constructed with such care it would be a shame to eat, if it weren't so damn tasty.
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