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The Tribeca restaurant scene is mostly known for its splurge-worthy spots, some of which are Michelin-starred and\/or have prix-fixe menus. But sprinkled into the mix are some lesser-frills eateries that are worth trudging down those cobblestone streets to seek out.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Here are the 11 best restaurants in Tribeca.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ronny Emborg, who worked in the kitchens in elBulli and Mugaritz, is the talented man in the toque at this Michelin two-star, prix-fixe restaurant (<\/span>77 Worth St<\/span><\/i>). His forte is \u201csensory dining,\u201d so expect to taste with your olfactory glands almost as much as your taste buds.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The tasting menu, which will cost you around $300 (and maybe your pinky finger) isn\u2019t cheap but the experience is a quintessential Tribeca dining experience.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n New Yorkers generally don\u2019t care much for outsider restaurants prancing into the Big Apple, thinking they\u2019re going to make a big splash. That\u2019s kind of what happened when this Chicago burger import planted itself at the end of a Tribeca alleyway in spring 2019. And predictably, New Yorkers gave a collective shrug.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But <\/span>Au Cheval<\/span><\/a>, one of the best Tribeca restaurants, is worthy of more than that. Housed in a dimly lit space with leather booths, wood floors, exposed brick walls, Au Cheval is like a steakhouse that serves burgers. With steakhouse prices to boot. The signature burger, for example, will set you back three Hamiltons (and that\u2019s without fries), but it\u2019s definitely worth the splurge.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n B\u00e2tard<\/span><\/a> has all the trappings of a fancy French restaurant: a quiet, minimalist, low-lit dining room, super-attentive care from the servers\u2014some of whom may even have a Gallic accent\u2014and a prix-fixe menu of edible French delights, including foie gras, beef tartare, p\u00e2t\u00e9 de campagne<\/em>, and dover sole bathed in a meuni\u00e8re sauce. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Plus, the 800-bottle French-leaning wine list is a doozy. But the real surprise: it won\u2019t cost you an arm and a leg (or even a finger) to eat here: the four-course dinner costs just $99.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s a little weird to name your Indian restaurant after this holy city on the Ganges River (also known as Varanasi), a place that has more of a reputation for its spirituality and extreme chaos than it does about the food people consume there.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Whatever the case, <\/span>Benares<\/span><\/a> (the restaurant, not the city) serves up spectacular food. The long list of Indian staples are excellent, especially the cardamom-spiked Gujarati rogan josh <\/em>(lamb curry)\u00a0and the spicy Goan staple shrimp vindaloo. <\/span><\/p>\n One of the least pretentious Tribeca restaurants, <\/span>Bubby\u2019s<\/span><\/a> is a true neighborhood classic. And it happens to serve fine no-fuss fare as well. Since it opened in 1990, it\u2019s been the place to go for weekend brunch.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The pancakes, which you can get any day of the week, could rival Clinton Street Baking Company on the Lower East Side for the best in the city. The rest of the comfort food fare here\u2014fried chicken, buttermilk biscuits, bacon mac \u2018n\u2019 cheese, for example\u2014is solid and consistently satisfying.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This <\/span>Gallic-accented eatery<\/span><\/a> has been perpetually packed since the first day they fired up the burners in 2018. And for good reason. Think of the menu here as somewhat elevated feel-good fare, like if you had a French grandma who was pretty fancy and knew her way around the kitchen.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Duck frites, for example, is a crispy duck breast pregnant with luscious juice sitting alongside even crispier fries. The wine list, heavy on funky natural varieties, is one of the best in the city.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Have a hankering for Korean? You could go to Koreatown in Manhattan or, even better, trek out to the Murray Hill section of Flushing, Queens to explore the giant (and off-the-radar) K-Town there. Or you could settle into this two-Michelin-starred <\/span>Korean spot<\/span><\/a> and be prepared to 1) pay a lot of money and 2) consider it one of the finest Korean meals you\u2019ve ever had.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This is a marriage of Korean ingredients and French technique and you\u2019ll say \u201cI do\u201d very quickly.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Laotian food is seriously underrated\u2014perhaps because its cool kid neighbor Thailand gets all the attention. But Laotian cuisine, not too dissimilar to the cuisine of Issan in northern Thailand, is excellent. And at <\/span>Khe-Yo<\/span><\/a>, one of the (if not the only) Laotian eateries in New York City and one of the best Tribeca restaurants in general, the spicy fare is stellar. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Think: luscious noodle soups bobbing with pork belly and flavor-popping charred salmon doused with a coconut green curry sauce. It\u2019s good enough that you end up involuntarily nodding your head as you masticate and then wondering: why aren\u2019t there more Laotian restaurants in New York as well as the United States?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Not really a restaurant but worthy of being on such a list, <\/span>Laughing Man<\/span><\/a> was begun by actor Hugh Jackman in 2011 after an enlightening trip to Ethiopia. The cafe initially only peddled fair trade coffee from this East African nation but now has expanded to carry coffee from Peru and Colombia too. All profits go back to the coffee farmers from these communities to help promote health and well-being.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Since opening this solid Italian restaurant<\/a> in 2009, chef Andrew Carmellini has built a small empire of eateries around the city, but <\/span>Locanda Verde<\/span><\/a> is always worth revisiting again and again. The menu often changes with the season, but Carmellini is especially good at Roman classics such as bucatini all\u2019Amatriciana and tonnarelli cacio e pepe.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAtera<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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