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@ The Lion: You made it in! Order a big drink and a burger, some extra fries, something with an egg. Now, who’s here we recognize from Page Six? (2 days ago) [Link]

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@ Aquavit: You’re not here for fusion food, pal. Get the herring plate, a Carling and a shot of aquavit. Some sweetbreads to follow, a piece of char. Skohl! (1 week ago) [Link]

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@ Má Pêche: Bet you're feeling Momomiddleaged now. Still, some spring rolls and a steak frites will settle you down. Beef 7 Ways? Do you dare? (2 weeks ago) [Link]

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@ Balaboosta: You’ll want some smoked eggplant, hummus and a carrot-puree pizza before the chicken under a brick. If this be healthy eating, eat on! (June 29, 2010) [Link]

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@ Takashi: Congratulations! You’ve unlocked the raw meat and grilled offal badge! Ask for liver and rib-eye, and don’t forget your vegetables. Also: hot pepper paste. And: Sake! (June 16, 2010) [Link]

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@ Torrisi Italian Specialties: Lunch is marvelous, but come for dinner: eight courses of excellent Italian-American art food off a $50 prix-fixe menu that changes daily. (June 8, 2010) [Link]

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@ ABC Kitchen: Taste the wages of someone else’s sin: Healthy, haute-organic food that happens to be great, from the prolific Jean-Georges Vongerichten. (June 2, 2010) [Link]

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@ Bar Americain: Bobby Flay cooks food that is both obviously American and obviously only his own. Seafood salad to start, steak to finish, Cab all the way. (May 25, 2010) [Link]

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@ Prime Meats: Start with six oysters, a tankard of Sixpoint IPA and a plate of German cured meats. (Party like it’s 1899!) Now salad, steak. #bklyn4life. (May 25, 2010) [Link]

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@ mia dona: Perform some meatball surgery, eat a few mini calzones, have some salad and drink some wine. It’s Mamma Mia in Puglia here: satisfactory. (May 19, 2010) [Link]

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@ mia dona: Perform some meatball surgery, eat a few mini calzones, have some salad and drink some wine. It’s Mamma Mia in Puglia here: satisfactory. (May 19, 2010) [Link]

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@ Betel: Loud and crowded with mediatown professionals on the mating path. The Thai-ish street food is tame and inoffensive, though. So have a drink! (May 13, 2010) [Link]

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@ Fatty 'Cue: The foursquare 140: Malaysianish barbecue in a setting that recalls Williamsburg '92. Get bacon, with a tall cold beer. Get some pig. And the crab laksa, yes. (May 11, 2010) [Link]

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@ Kif Restaurant: The sauce for the couscous royal comes in a separate bowl. In Morocco they like their couscous “wet” and pour the bowl in; you would do well to follow their lead. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Bati Ethiopian Restaurant: Bati’s injera is the real thing, dusky in color and springy to the touch. Whole hard-boiled eggs pop up like Cracker Jack prizes in the doro wett, a chicken stew. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Abistro: Unpretentious pleasures include featherweight cod and coconut plantains, sweet and gooey. Order the first-rate hamburger and the waitress will declare, “You want the Senegalese salsa.” She’s right. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Momofuku Milk Bar: Recommended: Cereal-milk soft-serve ice cream, chocolate-chocolate cookie, candy-bar pie, chocolate cake with yellow-cake icing, banana cake with hazelnut crunch, Chinese-sausage focaccia. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Flip: A superior combination: short rib on a plain brioche with caramelized onions and garlic aioli. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Get Fresh Table & Market: Recommended: Salad of greens, herbs and citrus; lentil dal; radishes; tacos de cabeza. The passion fruit crème caramel is a perfectly poised dessert. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Roberta's Pizza: Pizzas are nicely singed. Also good: arugula with bresaola, pickled pig’s tongue, mackerel with lemon jelly, wood-roasted chicken, wood-roasted Berkshire pork chop. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Recipe: Recommended: Soups, steamed mussels, roasted halibut, pickled artichokes, hanger steak, roast chicken or game hen, chocolate pine nut tart. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Southern Spice: The vegetable biryani is a marvel. Each forkful unearths new treasures: swollen golden raisins, cashews, and an abundance of cauliflower, green beans, carrots and fresh peas. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Sangam: The lamb biryani is the standout. Juices from the tender meat make the rice so moist, you need only a dab of raita. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Asia Dogs: The dogs are just a stage for the audacious toppings. The Sidney is adorned with a perfectly pitched Thai mango salsa. The Ito delivers high notes off a baseline of ginger, garlic and salt. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Bep Vietnamese @ Simple Cafe: Cha gio, with pork and mushrooms, have crisp and bubbled rice-paper skins. Some specials deserve to be staples: the catfish atop vermicelli, and a tangy salad of mango, cabbage and banana blossoms. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ El Cocotero: Order a patacón Maracucho in this full-service setting. Fillings include asado negro, pot roast in a sweet onion-and-red-wine sauce, and carne mechada, stewed shredded flank steak. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Saraghina: This trattoria, with dishes like bluefish ragù, is a pretty and unexpected addition to the neighborhood. Outside of the pizzas, you go back to Saraghina to try something new. Skip the panzanella. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Oaxaca: Recommended: Carnitas, slow-cooked shredded pork, and camarón, shrimp bathed in a smoky garlic sauce, are knockouts. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Calexico Carne Asada: Top billing goes to the carne asada. With flavor so intense, it‘s hard to justify ordering anything else. That said, the pulled pork and pollo asado (grilled chicken) are also excellent. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Mai Africa: Tastier than the meat here are dishes that spotlight the Senegalese coast. Recommended: Grilled tilapia is crispy, moist and tangy. Finish with thiakry, made with couscous, yogurt and sour cream. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Sanrasa Restaurant: Recommended: On Sundays, eat all you can of chicken, mutton and kingfish curries; eggplant with pineapple, green bean, beet and mellow garlic curries; and coconut and fiery onion-chili sambols. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Engeline's: Recommended: Sizzling sisig, tokwa at baboy, crispy pata, chicken adobo, laing, pancit bihon, Bicol express. The crispy pata, a whole pig hoof, is enormous — a crowning glory. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Saltie: The vegetarian Clean Slate is as vibrant as it is hefty — it’s fearless, if a sandwich can be such a thing. The ice cream sandwiches are equally rich and delicious; order both and share with a friend. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Umi Nom: Recommended: Sautéed sweet sausage, grilled mackerel, bahay kubo fried rice, chicken pad see ew. The best dishes stick close to Southeast Asia, like the pork-belly adobo and the green papaya salad. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Charles' Country Pan Fried Chicken: Timing the fried chicken is a guessing game. Batches appear at unpredictable intervals. Sample the other entrees and sides, keeping an eye peeled. The baked chicken is nearly the equal of the fried. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Henry Public: Recommended: Turkey sandwich, cross-cut marrow bones, salad, oysters, Wilkinsons for dessert. The well-charred “hamburger sandwich” is a balm to an appetite fatigued by too many baroque burgers. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Dos Toros Taqueria: Recommended: Quesadillas, burritos, tacos and chips with salsa. When asked if you want guacamole, the correct answer is “yes.” (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Szechuan Chalet: Recommended: Sichuan pork dumplings with roasted red oil, ox tongue and tripe with roasted chili and peanut vinaigrette, braised flounder fillets with Napa cabbage in chili oil sauce, ma po tofu. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Northern Spy Food Co.: Recommended: Pig’s trotter roulade; pickled eggs; polenta with baked eggs; corned beef hash; kale salad with cheddar, squash and almonds; mushroom sandwich; pear-and-frangipane tart; apple pie. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Locanda Verde: Recommended: Sheep's milk ricotta, blue crab crostini, lamb sliders, artichoke, ravioli, maltagliati with pesto, gigantoni with pork ragù, pistachio brown butter cake, rice custard gelato. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Cooper Square Hotel: Recommendations for Table 8: Duck prosciutto, scallop crudo, quail with chanterelles, swordfish with eggplant, rack of lamb, coffee parfait. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Union Square Cafe: Recommended dishes: Heirloom tomato salad, lasagna Bolognese, capellini with flaked cod, pan-roasted chicken, grilled lamb chops, hamburger (lunch), chocolate chip bread pudding, cookie assortment. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Eleven Madison Park: Recommended: Prawn roulade, farm egg with Parmesan foam, goat's milk ricotta gnocchi, halibut, lobster, duck for two, chicken for two, peanut butter and chocolate palette, chocolate tart with caramel. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ The Redhead: Recommended: Bacon peanut brittle, chips & dip, pretzel with beer cheese, mushroom flatbread, one-eyed Caesar, sweet corn soup, shrimp and grits, fried chicken, pork chops, caramel banana pudding. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Gus and Gabriel Gastropub: Recommended: Nachos, loaded potato skins, potato chips, Mexi mac and cheese, Chicago hot dogs, Creamsicle float spiked with tequila, Rocky Road shake spiked with bourbon. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Hotel Griffou: Recommended: Deviled crab croquettes, spinach salad, grilled Tasmanian sea trout, fettuccine, burger, strip sirloin frites, plat au boeuf. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ The Standard Grill: Recommended: Country pâté, snow pea and radish salad, charred octopus appetizer, swordfish, rainbow trout, chocolate mousse. (May 6, 2010) [Link]

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@ Pulino's Bar and Pizzeria: You’ll want pizzas for the table, a carafe of red wine. Now take a hard look at the list of specials. Lamb or goat on it? Get that, too. (May 5, 2010) [Link]

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@ Saul: Recommended appetizers: Seafood chowder, crispy pork terrine, squid ink tagliatelle, pork belly and charred octopus salad. Main courses: Skate, scallops, squab, sweetbreads. (May 5, 2010) [Link]

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@ DBGB Kitchen & Bar: Recommended appetizers: Blood sausage, crispy tripe, veal tongues, iceberg salad, matzo-ball soup, more sausages. Main courses: Arctic char, lamb duo, more sausages. (May 5, 2010) [Link]