In 2006, the venerable Michelin guide doled out its stars to NYC restaurants for the first time. And New Yorkers, more or less, gave a collective shrug. New York already had Zagat and the New York Times dining section. Did it need another ratings system? In Europe, where Michelin is a foodies’ bible, the tire/restaurant […]
Author: David Farley
Our Favorite NYC Restaurants by Neighborhood: Tribeca
When one thinks about Tribeca—a portmanteau for Triangle Below Canal (Street)—a few things come to mind: cobblestone streets, fancy clothes shops, Robert De Niro. And oh yeah, there also happens to be a lot of nice restaurants in this handsome lower Manhattan neighborhood. The Tribeca restaurant scene is mostly known for its splurge-worthy spots, some […]
Our Favorite NYC Restaurants by Neighborhood: The Upper West Side
Manhattan’s Upper West Side was, for a long time, a dining desert. Sure, there are blocks and blocks of beautiful brownstones; leafy, relatively tranquil streets; hordes of Columbia University students; and plenty of museums in what some people still call “Seinfeldland.” But when the stomach started to rumble? You’d have to hop on the […]
Our Favorite NYC Restaurants by Neighborhood: The Upper East Side
Once considered a dining desert, the Upper East Side has flourished in recent years with fine restaurants of every stripe to go along with the neighborhood’s world-class museum scene. There is Michelin-starred dining for those with expense accounts or a reason to splurge, and there are no-frills spots where you can chow down for pocket […]
Our Favorite NYC Restaurants by Neighborhood: The East Village
The East Village has long been the punk rock sibling to the more posh and put-together West Village. Roughly stretching from the Bowery to the East River and from E. 14th Street and E. Houston Street, the neighborhood was largely occupied by German and Ukrainian immigrants in the 19th century and was considered the northern […]
Best Brunch in NYC: The Spots You Can’t Miss
Brunch: you either love it or you hate it. And for those who fall into the “love” category, it’s usually because brunch is bibulous, social, and fun. Food is an afterthought. But it need not be this way. If you know where to look, you can go have all the trappings of a good brunch […]
The Absolute Best Rooftop Restaurants in NYC
It’s hard to believe in this city of skyscrapers, but there was a very recent time when it was nearly impossible to find a restaurant crowning any of the tall towers that define the landscape of New York City. The top floors of the city’s monumental towers were simply just that: rooftops. But something has […]
Soho Restaurants: 9 Spots You Can’t Miss
SoHo, an acronym for South of Houston (Street), is one of the most atmospheric neighborhoods in New York City. Its cobblestone streets are lined with stunning mid-19th-century cast-iron buildings that house design shops and upscale clothes stores, transforming SoHo’s sidewalks into ersatz catwalks, particularly on weekends. The borders of the district aren’t cut and dry, […]
The Best Italian Restaurants in NYC
There’s almost a symbiotic relationship between New York City and Italian cuisine. Some people jokingly refer to The Big Apple, or La Gran Mela, as the twenty-first state of Italy. After all, you can’t throw a meatball in the city without hitting a sign that says “Trattoria” or “Ristorante.” Plus, there’s a huge amount of […]
West Village Restaurants: Our Top 10
There once was a time when Greenwich Village was an actual village. That was before the grid street plan for Manhattan in the early 19th century was conceived and the city slowly crept north, building around the already existing curvy and diagonal streets of “The Village.” City authorities who designed and instituted the grid plan […]
