Best meal in a tourist district
Omido
Sure, it’s next door to the Ed Sullivan Theater, where a multitude of gawking David Letterman fans from Tulsa queue to see tapings of the show. But you won’t ever mistake this slick AvroKO-designed spot for the nearby T.G.I. Friday’s. The wood-paneled space looks more like a posh Tokyo spa than a feeding trough for NYC visitors ambling up from Times Square. Miss the comedy of a flair-wearing server? Chef-partner Eiji Takase’s lowlit sushi bar provides all the theatrics a pescaphile requires, with chefs carving pristine slabs of yellowtail, tuna and salmon into fusion rolls like the foie gras–topped Temari, or a sashimi platter graced by exotic ringlets of Tokyo scallion and fresh wasabi. Braised kobe short ribs daubed with an artful smear of horseradish should please any corn-fed Bible Belt natives still daunted by the concept of dining on raw fish.

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