Italian cured meats and massive sandwiches, a West Village institution.
Critics' Pick winner of The Village Voice Best of NYC 2012 Best Shameless Karaoke Experience!
Winner of Best Karaoke Night in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Monday nights, perform your favorite rock hits in front of a live band!
Employees Only was designed to be an industry hangout -- the kind of place where chefs, servers, and bartenders go when their restaurants close to enjoy a serious cocktail and food.
While dinner & brunch are perennially packed, Buvette is the perfect place to stop for a mid-afternoon or late-evening bite and aperitif. Unless you are part of a group of four, ask to sit at the bar. Read more.
This is my favorite cocktail place in the city. Don't miss it. Walk upstairs, find the unmarked door right by the stairs and walk into what is also one of the coziest spots for a drink.
You're here for the incredible, entertaining experience. Let the waiters take over and enjoy your wine, chopped salad, spicy vodka rigatoni and veal parm. Try to save room for dessert!
Andrew Carmellini's Soho restaurant is basically a steakhouse, a craft cocktail bar, a seafood parlor, and a casual new american bistro all rolled into one. The Dutch also has a great brunch menu. Read more.
Adjacent to the restaurant is a DIY burrito shop, featuring a calorie salvo known as the Frito Pie Burrito, with ground beef, rice, beans, green chili queso, salsas, sour cream, and Fritos. Read more.
This scene-y, California-style spot in Chinatown serves a killer brunch. Options range from acai bowls, to a breakfast sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheddar, & pickled jalapenos. Read more.
This lard bread's meaty flavor and pronounced pepper bite rank it solidly in the Top 5 of our favorite lard breads in NYC.
Great bread, tasty sandwiches, and some standout sweets. Don't miss the pizza bianca on your first visit.
I love this cart. She serves rice noodles aka cheong fun and you can add fishballs or beef tripe. She also has congee, Lo mein & vermicelli noodles and tea eggs. All for under $5.
Manhattan's largest selection of cup sake, yuzu margaritas, & Hoppy. Azasu provides the LES with an unusual glimpse of Japanese drinking culture. Read more.
Italian red sauce restaurant lost in time. Their chicken parm hero is a satisfying lunch even if it's not too distinguished.
To get to Fig. 19, you have to walk through an art gallery above the popular subterranean dance spot Home Sweet Home and open up the door in the very back. Once you’re inside, it feels like home. Read more.
Japanese chain with a knack for home-style cooking. The menu includes ramen and sushi, but you're here for the teishoku.
Get the bread!! Challah and sesame are a must. The dishes are beautifully prepared and ready for the 'gram. Especially fluke tartare and steak tartare. Get there early for a cocktail at the bar.
Not once, not twice, but THRICE cooked fries. Swedish Poutine was wonderful! On point sauce options. Open till 4:15
Sex and the city happened here. This is where Miranda took the reins and proposed to Steve "over three-dollar beers."
Beautifully restored 1854 carriage house. Choose from fireside dining on parlor level, a table on the second floor with a view of Gramercy Park, or a cozy spot at the Chef's Table in the wine cellar.
After a revamp, brunch legend Five Points returns as Vic's, an Italian market restaurant. Menu dishes include rye rigatoni with lamb, & six pizzas. Also, barman is brewing 2 house-made limoncellos. Read more.
On Wednesdays and Thursdays you can reserve a spot for their kamayan dinners, where you'll eat a king’s bounty of Filipino dishes like chicharron, longanisa sausage, and ribs served on banana leaves. Read more.
This postage stamp sized, low-fi, BYOB, cash-only restaurant punches far above its weight class offering some of the city’s best noodles. Don’t overlook the big tray chicken or the pork pancakes. Read more.
We went back to Grandaisy Bakery and loved the pecorino pizza blanca -- not quite bread, not quite pizza, but totally delicious!
My new favourite brunch place in LES. The Heirloom and Haloumi, Blue Lagoon, and Sheep and Peach are all amazing.
This is an amazing place to hang with group friends due to the large space throughout the old-style building. The beer are all made especially for Houston Hall!
