Order a glass of Gaja Barbaresco to pair with the complimentary parmesan served while you peruse the menu.
There may be better steaks in NY, but no steakhouse can equal this 1885 Herald Square stalwart. The bar mixes up one of the city's best Manhattans. Read more.
More than 50 beers by the bottle and 28 on tap. Craft, imported, Trappist. Don't bother asking for Bud Light here. Read more.
Michelin-starred chef Daniel Boulud's downtown spot serves pork-belly-topped burgers and great sausages (try the blood and pig's head sausage) with an extensive beer list (24 on tap and 63 bottled). Read more.
Pricey hamburgers are usually all style and no substance, but it's difficult to have any beef with the $26 Black Label burger made with prime dry-aged cuts at this hot spot.
Besides great views, The Standard hotel also has NY's hippest beer garden. The menu, designed by Michelin-starred chef Kurt Gutenbrunner, includes fat, flavor-packed sausages and plus-size pretzels. Read more.
From 11 AM- 4 PM seven days a week $12 gets you a pizza (Marinara, Margherita, Soppressata Piccante or Brussels Sprout) and either a salad or soft serve ice cream.
You can’t go wrong with the much-lauded fried chicken, but for something slightly lighter try the one-eyed Caesar salad.
Try not to get too full before dessert – a dish of complimentary chocolates and pastry bites await you. You’re also awarded a free slice of cake if it’s your birthday.
If you want a reservation, come with a party of eight for April Bloomfield’s whole roasted pig dinner.
Have a Jean-Georges Vongerichten experience for a bargain price with their $38 prix fixe dinner.
Pair a classic burger with disco fries and one of the two beer–ice cream floats.
After a night of modern dance at Lincoln Center, check the mural over the bar portraying the cream of the dancing crop, circa 1973.
Hard-core sports fan like this Garment District resto for its secret door into Madison Square Garden.
The circa-1907 chandelier depicts a barmaid among clusters of grapes, harkening back to the space’s original use: a men-only barroom.
Shrimp chili tempura and all dim sum killer .......presently living large!!!!!
6th ave and 8th st order two dogs (well done for that caviar crunch) and a papaya drink and understand the promise of AMERICA with its streets paved with gold!!!
simply the best pastrami sandwich on the planet, pair it with a dr browns cel ray soda and see god
Explore the architecture and art installations of this former elevated railway, or simply wile away an afternoon on one of the wooden lounge chairs. Stay for sunset, the views are gorgeous!
CNN Eatocracy: Devils on Horseback, chicken liver & a burger with Roquefort are a few of its hearty offerings. A 2 hr wait is normal during peak hours, as is celeb-spotting in the witching hours. Read more.
You'll need a nap after the Breslin Burger, a griddled LaFrieda patty covered with a blanket of assertive, mature English cheddar & topped off with supple slabs of house-cured Berkshire pork belly. Read more.
Buy your ticket for 7pm. Extra time to wander around, and it's less crowded for that first hour.
