Candlelit Brooklyn pizza with a line of celebrities holding wine bottles. Jay-Z and Beyoncé's spot.
575 Henry St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
L'Industrie$ · Williamsburg
The current best-slice-in-New-York consensus. The burrata slice converts purists.
Joe's$ · Greenwich Village
The plain slice, folded, standing up, at 1am. Non-negotiable canon.
Di Fara PizzaPizza restaurant · $$ · Midwood
Dave Portnoy rated it 9.4. The Dom DeMarco original, still finishing every pie with scissor-snipped basil and a pour of olive oil, and still worth the wait.
1424 Avenue J, Brooklyn, NY 11230
John's of Bleecker StreetPizza restaurant · $ · West Village
Dave Portnoy rated it 9.3. Coal-oven, no-slices-ever institution since 1929, with a blistered thin crust and carved-up wooden booths.
278 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014
Lazzara's Pizza CafePizza restaurant · $$ · Garment District
Dave Portnoy rated it 9.3. A second-floor walk-up doing thin, crackery squares by the tray, a genuine hidden room above the Midtown chaos.
221 W 38th St #2, New York, NY 10018
Top Tables in New York
Flyfish Club$$$$ · Lower East Side
The VCR Group's members-only dining club, seafood-driven. Where the Knicks celebrated the championship when they got home. The house is invested here, so this door is already open.
The Polo Bar$$$$ · Midtown
Ralph Lauren's clubhouse, the hardest table in America and the one where everyone famous already is. Management books it, not OpenTable.
Le BernardinFrench restaurant · $$$$ · Midtown
The best-restaurant-in-America argument that never loses. Eric Ripert's fish church.
155 W 51st St, New York, NY 10019
4 Charles Prime RibSteak house · $$$$ · West Village
Tiny basement prime rib den with a burger people plan trips around.
4 Charles St, New York, NY 10014
Red Hook TavernRestaurant
Featured by Brian Lindo / Brian Can't Stop Eating. Brian says it might be the best thick-cut burger in the city and calls the area worth a visit.
329 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
7th Street BurgerRestaurant
Featured by Brian Lindo / Brian Can't Stop Eating. Included in My Favorite Burgers; Brian praises the crispy smash, bun, onions and house sauce.
91 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009
Italian in New York
Via Carota$$$ · West Village
No reservations, eternal line, worth it. The insalata verde has its own press.
Don AngieItalian restaurant · $$$ · West Village
The pinwheel lasagna that owns Instagram, in a room that earns the hype.
103 Greenwich Ave, New York, NY 10014
Torrisi$$$$ · Nolita
Major Food Group's love letter to old New York. Book the second a date exists.
Carbone$$
Named a favorite by TimTheTatman and Logan Paul and 1 more on Mr AZ Sports. Verdict: Also named Toss & Fire (Syracuse) best pizza
Quality ItalianItalian restaurant · $$$$ · New York
A steakhouse that thinks it is Italian, from the Quality Branded family. The chicken parm arrives looking like a pizza and is meant to.
57 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
Locanda VerdeItalian Restaurant
Italian Restaurant in New York, NY.
377 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013
Trendy in New York
Graciela$$$$ · West Village
The Don Julio team's West Village sequel: live-fire ojo de bife, tables gone within minutes of the Resy drop.
The Eighty Six$$$$ · West Village
Art Deco steakhouse in the 4 Charles mold, Elton John sightings included. Near-impossible two-week reservation drops.
Wild Cherry$$$ · West Village
The Frenchette team's 70s supper club inside the Cherry Lane Theatre. Tableside fettuccine alfredo, scene fully assembled.
COTE 550$$$$ · Midtown
Subterranean Korean steakhouse with a reflecting pool and a DJ. Midtown's hottest ticket.
Somssi$$$ · Greenwich Village
The Atomix team's Korean-European neo-bistro. Ox-tongue steak, kimchi-cheese fries, the food world in every seat.
Little Maven$$$ · Manhattan
VCR Group's neighborhood-glam American room. The house is invested, the table is easy, the burger is a Capon burger.
Steaks in New York
Tatiana$$$ · Lincoln Center
Kwame Onwuachi's Afro-Caribbean hit, the toughest table that isn't a steakhouse.
Smith & WollenskySteak house · $$$$ · New York
The Third Avenue original since 1977. Green and white clapboard, dry-aged in house, the steakhouse other steakhouses measure against.
797 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10022
Quality ItalianItalian restaurant · $$$$ · New York
A steakhouse that thinks it is Italian, from the Quality Branded family. The chicken parm arrives looking like a pizza and is meant to.
57 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
Quality MeatsAmerican restaurant · $$$$ · New York
Midtown, off 58th. Butcher-shop room, aged beef, and the gimmick that works: house-made ice cream in flavours like coffee and doughnut.
57 W 58th St, New York, NY 10019
The Eighty Six$$$$ · West Village, Manhattan
Art Deco steakhouse in the 4 Charles mould, hidden behind an unmarked West Village door. Howie scored it 10.0.
Peter Luger Steak House$$$$ · Williamsburg
The dry-aged porterhouse that set the New York steakhouse standard since 1887, cash-or-house-account only at the original room, sizzling plates and no menus needed once you know the order.