We love the bread and enjoy the pastries here, though the full menu doesn't quite measure up.
A restaurant and pasta shop--this is where you should buy your pasta in Chelsea.
The jumbo lump crab cake, topped with red pepper coulis, is a perfect first course. Read more.
Throwback sandwiches include classic turkey club or the oyster Rockefeller po'boy with spinach rémoulade and spicy-cured lemons. Read more.
Particularly creative are the small house-made jars of pickles, including okra with garlic and caraway seeds and Brussels sprouts with garlic and dill ($5 a jar, or $15 for three). Read more.
One of the city's best Himalayan restaurants. Don't miss the mula achar, spicy pickled daikon radish,
The restaurant's beef carpaccio may be its tastiest dish: tender with pickled mustard seeds, parmesan, lemon and arugula. Read more.
Must-Haves: Domestic Darlings cheese flight, chistorras in a blanket, stuffed Peppadew peppers, endive salad, goose breast reuben, mac and cheese, goat cheese hazelnut truffles
Make sure there's a soft-hued pistachio macaron in your order; add on a vanilla speckled with what seems like a million vanilla beans; and a salty caramel that's bold on the salt.
Fun-loving soft serve with creative toppings like the Salty Pimp: vanilla, dulce de leche, salt, and a chocolate dip. Catch this come summertime!
Fun-loving soft serve with creative toppings like the Salty Pimp: vanilla, salt, dulce de leche, and a chocolate dip.
It's not hard to find a tapas restaurant in Chelsea, but Txikito sets itself apart a bit with a more comfortable, warmer space than the rest and a menu focused on Basque food.
A long and interesting sake menu with craft cocktails and smart, intricate small plates far beyond usual bar grub.
A cozy West Village restaurant where sliders are good but the Pat La Freida cheeseburger is even better.
Upscale French sweets and the best mille crepe cake—a stack of delicate crepes layered with custard—in town.
Excellent yeast doughnuts at this tiny Bed-Stuy shop. Cafe au Lait and Blood Orange glazes are top-notch.
Excellent one-stop shop for Spanish specialty ingredients: cured meat, cheese, oils, and more. We dig the sandwiches, too.
Daivd Chang's original restaurant for ramen, pork buns, soft serve, and more.
Though it's not our favorite ramen in the neighborhood, it's cheaper than most with flavorful noodles.
The new incarnation of the gonzo M. Wells, now a inside MoMA's PS1. French-Canadian and American diner classics meet foie gras with enormous, gratifying portions. Lunch only.
Greek food truck with solid souvlaki, friendly service, and homemade Greek specials like pork chops and baklava. Lines can grow long; go early or late to skip the lunch rush.
Little has changed at this 35+ year-old neighborhood luncheonette—except the neighborhood around it. Classic grilled cheese, tuna melts, and egg creams are the menu standouts.
Tiny but ambitious spot that combines French fine dining with Korean cuisine at affordable prices.
Though it’s not quite the same as it was when F. Scott Fitzgerald hung out here (along with contemporaries like Ernest Hemingway), you can soak in the old-timey ambience—assuming you can get a table. Read more.
These guys know how to make a seriously good cup of coffee. Gotta love their latte, and in the summer, it's superb on ice.
A classic Italian bakery with simple, well-made loaves. Get the semolina—it may be the best in town.
Baked buns are good here, but the Portuguese-style egg custard tarts are the thing to order here. They're frequently fresh from the oven, and our pick for the best of their kind in the city.
Whacky flavors of soft serve, crack pie, and fat, chewy cookies are the hallmarks of this bakery.
At this intimate bar tucked inside the Iroquois Hotel you can sip wine or beer, but we suggest trying the carefully-made, retro-style cocktails.
Good neighborhood Italian deli with some hard-to-find ingredients. They sell good sandwiches, too, and fresh mozzarella made in-store.
Upstate-roasted coffees and $6 oatmeals served briskly from this circular kiosk in the dining concourse.
Stealth outpost of this Lower East Side cafe stationed just under the Lombardy Hotel.
The coffee-geekiest of the Gregory's chain, featuring its own custom Aeropress bar.
