New York City Restaurant Week is among the five boroughs’ best food holidays. Traditionally, New Yorkers (and a few lucky tourists) clear their dining...
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Your guide to the best of New York’s food and drink scene spanning all five boroughs.
Speakeasy-themed bars are booming once again in NYC
You may have heard whispers about a few new bar openings lately. One19 opened in October. Then came Venice Bar, Saint Tuesday, Sei Less, UnPublished at...
A collected list of ‘drink of summer’ proposals for 2022
Like dive bars, themed restaurants and speakeasy concepts, “of summer” is a genre unto itself, and it’s even more broad than any of the...
The 17 best new restaurants in NYC, August 2022
While we remain devoted to New York City’s best restaurants, excellent new dining destinations pop up all the time to further complicate our...
NYC's 12 best new restaurants of 2021
At this time last year, we didn’t know which exciting, surprising and splashy spots would emerge as 2021’s best new restaurants. But back then, we...
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Grab a foot-long churro at this new dessert shop in Clinton Hill
Plant-based dessert store Dreamery looks like, well, a dream.
This smoky, boozy ice cream will make you feel like you’re in your favorite dive bar
This Miller High Life x Tipsy Scoop collab truly raises the bar.
Get chauffeured in a golf cart at this 10-course dining event in Brooklyn
Squid, falafel, and ice cream sandwiches are on the menu.
Serafina just debuted a new express fast-casual concept
There are three locations of Serafina Express already open.
Restaurant and bar reviews
Nudibranch
If we were attractive, successful but sexily unsatisfied near-youths in a film, dinner would be set at Nudibranch. The new restaurant, which operated as a...
Cafe Spaghetti
It’s always a good idea to have a backup plan. For sure if you’re dining without a reservation, but even if you’ve booked a table, an...
Nabila's
There isn’t any one single quality that makes a restaurant a “neighborhood place.” The indistinct phrase seems to want to indicate a...
Brooklyn DOP
New York City has almost as many pizza places as it does assertions, superlatives, clichés and burlesque analogies about the official food of the five...
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The best things to order at NYC Summer Restaurant Week’s top spots for 2022
New York City Restaurant Week comes but twice a year, and reservations for the summer, 2022 edition are open now. Tables are available for brunch, lunch and...
The 14 best frozen cocktails in NYC
Trends come and go whether they illustrate a seemingly organic zeitgeist like this year’s influx of speakeasy-style bars or they’re the...
The 33 best rooftop bars in NYC
In New York City, “underground” is good. Speakeasy-themed bars. Hidden streets. Secret gardens. The actual underground. But sometimes you want to...
The Instagram Thing: A bar bathroom that really shines
The Instagram Thing is an occasional column spotlighting things you’ll want to Instagram. Our previous editions highlighted the ten-foot snake topiary at...
Where to eat in New York
The 50 best restaurants in NYC right now
August 2022: Running a restaurant in New York City in any era is a herculean task. We tend to love any place willing to feed us, but some simply...
NYC's 12 best new restaurants of 2021
At this time last year, we didn’t know which exciting, surprising and splashy spots would emerge as 2021’s best new restaurants. But back then, we...
August 2022: Running a restaurant in New York City in any era is a herculean task. We tend to love any place willing to feed us, but some simply...
The 50 best restaurants in NYC right now
August 2022: Running a restaurant in New York City in any era is a herculean task. We tend to love any place willing to feed us, but some simply...
NYC's 12 best new restaurants of 2021
At this time last year, we didn’t know which exciting, surprising and splashy spots would emerge as 2021’s best new restaurants. But back then, we...
The 40 best brunch spots in NYC right now
Brunch is the highlight of any week, whatever day it is. Saturday brunch is the best time to gear up for the night ahead, Sundays are perfect for relaxing and...
The 13 best rooftop restaurants in NYC
New York has plenty of places to look at stuff. Our museums are marvelous, our streets are superb, our new skyscrapers are nail-biting and even our subway has...
The 19 best waterfront restaurants in NYC
There is a reason why we long to touch the surf, why kids skip stones on creeks, young lovers kick off their shoes to wade into river beds and...
Where to drink in New York
The 50 best bars in NYC right now
Everything’s easier when you're drinking out at a bar. Your dive’s beer is frosty, the wine bar has harder-to-find bottles...
The best rooftop bars in NYC
In the city that never stops sprawling, upward expansion has also reached great heights. Many incredible eating and drinking destinations are poised in the...
Everything’s easier when you're drinking out at a bar. Your dive’s beer is frosty, the wine bar has harder-to-find bottles...
The 50 best bars in NYC right now
Everything’s easier when you're drinking out at a bar. Your dive’s beer is frosty, the wine bar has harder-to-find bottles...
The best rooftop bars in NYC
In the city that never stops sprawling, upward expansion has also reached great heights. Many incredible eating and drinking destinations are poised in the...
The 19 best speakeasy-inspired bars in NYC
Although 2022 has wrought quite the resurgence, the last of New York City’s real-deal speakeasies ceased operation in 1933. That’s the year...
The 20 best dive bars in NYC
New York City has fewer dive bars than any other drinking genre. The primary reason is that a real deal dive must already exist. One simply cannot open a...
Martini menus are NYC's biggest fall drinking trend
Earlier this year, frozen drinks were everywhere, most notably at some previously unlikely locations. A little later, espresso “martinis”, which...
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The best speakeasies in NYC
Although reports of their resurrection are greatly exaggerated, the last of New York City’s real-deal speakeasies ceased operation in 1933. That’s...
The best outdoor bars in NYC
NYC has plenty of patios and terraces for boozy afternoons in the city
Although reports of their resurrection are greatly exaggerated, the last of New York City’s real-deal speakeasies ceased operation in 1933. That’s...
The best speakeasies in NYC
Although reports of their resurrection are greatly exaggerated, the last of New York City’s real-deal speakeasies ceased operation in 1933. That’s...
The best outdoor bars in NYC
NYC has plenty of patios and terraces for boozy afternoons in the city
The most romantic bars in NYC
Cozy up to bae at a spot that’s equal parts sweet and sexy
The best wine bars in NYC
Including educational vin studios and natural-wine–focused neo-bistros
The 16 best beer bars in NYC right now
NYC’s beer scene just keeps getting better. Whether you like sipping a flight of craft beers or chugging out of a boot at a beer garden, New York has...
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The 50 best restaurants in NYC right now
Including dazzling newcomers and erstwhile favorites.
The 33 best rooftop bars in NYC
Raise a glass to spectacular views and elevated libations at the city's best rooftop bars.
The 41 best brunch spots in NYC right now
The best brunch in NYC includes boozy specials, old-school New York gems and all-day cafés.
NYC Restaurant Week guide: Summer 2022 edition
The twice-annual NYC Restaurant Week offers special prix-fixe meals at hundreds of restaurants in New York City.
The best things to order at NYC Summer Restaurant Week’s top spots for 2022
Reserve now for tables through August 21.
The 50 best bars in NYC right now
Sip classic cocktails, craft beer and expert wine selections at these new drinking destinations and longtime...
A Jean-Georges restaurant is closing after 25 years in NYC
It's the end of an era.
NYC's 14 best rooftop restaurants
Eat and drink in the NYC skyline at these rooftop restaurants with food, booze and absolutely stunning views.
A sober dive bar has just opened in the East Village
Hekate is a very unique, yet very New York, kind of spot.
The most famous restaurants in NYC
From old-world steakhouses to iconic pizza joints, these are the most famous restaurants in NYC