Great spot to get a healthy and seasonal meal to-go! We like the Spicy Meatballs with Spanish Brown Rice, Sweet Potato Casserole, Slaw and Tomato & Cucumber Salad.
Amazing sushi for the value with the all important rice cooked quite well. Come early for lunch around noon as it gets crowded quick. 2 and 3 roll lunch specials with soup or salad. Very good deal.
Japanese chain with a knack for home-style cooking. The menu includes ramen and sushi, but you're here for the teishoku.
Great selection of sandwiches, particularly vegetarian options (the tofu one is my fave!), though of course classic pork belly is good too.
This sandwich shop has some whackadoo ingredients in their subs, but have no fear—they're tasty stuff, and reasonably priced to boot.
Solid Philly-style cheesesteaks and sandwiches; we're particularly fond of the roast pork and broccoli rabe.
Mega Italian market with multiple restaurants, butcher, seafood, and cheese counters, bakeries, gelato, coffee, pizza, sandwiches, and more. Great but expensive selection; gets crowded.
Ennju serves up Japanese eats at bargain-basement prices. Get katsudon: it's made to order out of pork cutlets that are fried and served with rice and eggs cooked up with scallions
Incedible Thai food, great atmosphere. Make sure you come on Friday nights for jazz night!
Great lunch spot for non-buffet indian food. They give you a bunch of small dishes that are all pretty tasty.
On The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Scott Conant goes crazy for Mama Els' Fried Chicken at Hill Country Chicken, a fresh fried chicken joint frying up all-natural chicken. Find more tips at FN Local. Read more.
Fresh, flavorful, spicy, and filling Indian food served in a Chipotle-style construction line. Don't miss the Pulled Pork Vinadaloo Biryani. Read all about my visit on WinstonWanders below. Read more.
Scandinavian rye loaves, airy cheese straws, tender poppyseed hamantaschen, city’s best chocolate babka. Sandwich: the harissa-fueled potato-and-tomato-studded Tunisian tuna on house-baked ciabatta.
Don't be fooled by the cafeteria style arrangement-- the food is high quality and really well prepared. Great for a quick, healthier meal
I know the name says express - but well executed dishes take time - and that's what they do here with all the stir fries.
Try the pretzel croissant - This is seriously one of the greatest foods in all of NYC. One of the few things I can order over and over.
This Korean joomak delivers exactly what NYC's nocturnal gastronauts crave most: a new & exciting way to drink & eat at the same time. Order a fiery communal bowl of the late-night-only Korean ramen. Read more.
This institution succeeds in perfectly recreating Central Texas barbecue. The brisket – available in fatty or lean – is amazing, but the beef shoulder is often even better, smoky and richly textured. Read more.
Happy hour 4:30-7p is the Lobster Roll and draft beer for $20. The lobster roll is usually $26...so...great deal!
This Eataly-esque Mexican market offers coffee, pastries, and juice in the morning, and a taqueria menu. Cafe El Presidente also features a tortilla-making operation and a bar. Read more.
The prime rib sandwich is amazing, but the Porchetta sandwich will blow your mind! It's sold on Thursdays and Sundays only. Make sure you ask for some crispy crackling.
Home cooked flavor and great prices. Sit at the counter and enjoy how the owner (older Dominican lady) screams at every employee the entire time....its part of the experience :)
Montanara is great. The pizza is fried before cooking in the oven. Looks the same as a margherita pie but the difference in taste is noticeable.
We couldn't be more excited about this latest addition to the Danny Meyer empire...and it certainly doesn't disappoint! So many favorite dishes here - get the rabbit meatballs and carbonara pizza.
Our favorite spot to grab six prickly pear margaritas and just enough guac to keep us reasonable Read more.
Go to Rosa Mexicano and have one of the strongest and best margaritas in town. Also make sure to order the guacamole to go with it. Be forewarned though, its not cheap.
Salad chain with an emphasis on local and organic ingredients. Way better than your average chopped salad bar.
Trendy hipsterish Korean restaurant. Good place if you want to introduce Korean food to your foreign friends who are new to Korean food.
Be sure to bring a person that can read Korean. No English menu. Amazing food and service.
This new fast-casual spot just opened in Chelsea. Freshly baked pitas or hand-stretched laffa bread are vehicles for hummus, vegetables, salad and taboon chicken. There is also beer and free Wi-Fi. Read more.
Blows Chipotle out of the water with their real deal Texas 'cue. Get an "El Tres Bowl" with Smoked Brisket Double Meat. Don't miss the corn, guac, and squash toppings! Read all about it below! Read more.
Schnipper's is basically the no-brainer option if the line at Shake Shack is too long (which is often when the weather is nice). The food is tasty, the service is fast and the options are great.
The menu features good Chicago red hots, eggy (or perhaps just yolky) frozen custard, salty crinkle-cut fries, and best of all, wonderful burgers, reputedly ground from a combo of brisket and sirloin. Read more.
An affordable vegetarian South Indian spot popular with Murray Hill lunch-eaters.
An expansive menu with plenty of uncommon Indian regional specialties. Go for binda sasuralwali, "Okra you would eat at your in laws' house."
Among the best Indian food places in Manhattan. Lamb biryani, rasmalai, and kathi rolls are a must try. The best part bout the food was great flavors in everything with very low grease.
Mom-approved Filipino food. Get dinuguan, tocino, sinigang, and pancit palabok. Finish with the halo-halo special. Busog na ako! - Jake Manabat, Hunting Season
Best in quality and size at the most reasonable price compared to so many other overrated/priced places in the city. They're UNI is the love of my life!
Bar Jamon, a tiny Spanish wine bar serving small plates is the brainchild of chef Andy Nusser and Mario Batali.
Crispy and fresh, this thin-crust pizza doesn’t leave you feeling stuffed and greasy. Go when the weather is right because seating outside is much more enjoyable.
Great local bagel joint w/a huge selection of spreads, salads & different kinds of bagels. They also make great tossed to order salads. Everything is always fresh & clean and they're open late too!
This is by far the best bagel place in the area. You can also get a combo for lunch decently priced.
We love this small café – try the Marinated Tuna salad or the Prosciutto Egg Sandwich. We’re coming back for the panini’s. Top it off with a delicious cappuccino.
The pair of veggie samosas are a popular bargain snack, and while the cuisine is mostly North-Indian, South-Indian dosas appear on the menu and there are plenty of vegetarian options. Read more.
Big saucy slices and hefty chicken parmesan heroes. For more reviews check out www.pizzasnobo.com.
In a city known for hot dogs, the hefty all-beef Sabrett at Old Town Bar reigns supreme. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Eat your greens! The pure love of vegetables at Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Dan Kluger's restaurant always reminds us just how delicious they can be: Read more.
Satisfy your cravings for red meat and fancy beer at this casual Gramercy bar and restaurant. The menu includes steaks, tandoori lamb belly, & slow-roasted pig head. Read more.
Great bar for craft beers. Over 100 beers on tap. Food is always good and music is always exactly what I'm in the mood for. Great lively bar for a drink or a bite.
The most popular time of year to visit this spot is around the holiday season, as the Christmas decor is unbeatable. To warm yourself up, order the Gluhwein and the apple strudel.
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.
Block association president Arlene Harrison recommends the chicken tajine, but also try the Niokolokoba — the signature dish, a grilled sirloin steak marinated with spices and a black peppercorn sauce
Celebrity spot Upland is worth visiting for their California-inspired Italian dishes like estrella pasta with chicken liver, sherry and sage ($16) and their surprising, Asian-accented plates. Read more.
Head here for cheap vegetarian food with a Middle Eastern flare. Get a fresh falafel sandwich for $5.25 & add sweet potato fries for $0.50. Read more.
Get the daily special for a healthy lunch. 80% chance it'll be tasty. Also, don't expect the staff to smile at you, greet you, or admit any recognition of you, no matter how many years you've been goi
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.
Start with the Fig Toast and follow it up with the Berkshire Pork. But really, everything on the menu is rock solid
If in the mood for beef, variety of sauces, and endless types of potatoes then this is the place to go! Between their NY strip steak and leek hash browns you really cannot go wrong here.
The Little Beet Table opens for vegetable lovers and gluten haters. The farmhouse-style restaurant has mix and match furniture and vegetables in every form, but also a good old fashioned cheeseburger. Read more.
Casa Mono, Mario Batali's cozy tapas joint near Union Square, is serving up small plate classics like, Pork Croquetas, Spanish Mackerel, and Razor Clams A La Plancha.
Danny Meyer's Roman trattoria is a thoughtful, comfortable place, where the service is pitch-perfect and the roast suckling pig has shatteringly crisp skin. Read more.
The Cellar is cozy and perfect for a glass of wine, a few nibblies, and good conversation. All the apps we had were good, and the worlds best Mac and cheese was definitely up there. Nice service, too.
Dough opens its newest shop in Manhattan. Taste the shop's superlative yeast doughnuts, especially their incredible Dulce de Leche creations topped with slivered almonds. Read more.
Find refined southern Italian cooking at A Voce ("Word of Mouth"), just off the northeast corner of Madison Square. Read more.
Excellent traditional Italian sandwiches as well as some unexpected ones (like duck). The Lamazou Favorite (prosciutto, mozzarella, red peppers and arugula) is a classic you can't go wrong with.
Travel back to old Russia with Mari Vanna's elegant décor, traditional Russian food, and smiling staff. Try their infused vodka and herring with scallions. The combination is divine.
While this restaurant isn’t new or trendy, it certainly has evolved brilliantly. It received the highest rating of 4 stars from The New York Times in 2009. I love the beautifully elegant food, the gra
"Labne and eggplant small plates are well worth an order, as is the super tender and assertively spiced mekanek lamb sausages.
The food is refined without being fussy, and the menu is full of crowd-pleasers. Get the crispy grits with ribbons of country ham, and the poached egg dish with duck confit. [Eater 38 Member]
Don’t miss the impossibly decadent $15 oyster pan roast here, and try the Eccles cake with Stilton for dessert. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
