New York restaurants A to Z: Listings and reviews

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This rooftop restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Westchester offers New American cuisine.

Aamanns–Copenhagen

• Price band: 2/4

Smørrebrød—the open-faced Danish sandwiches—arrive on the New York sub scene with this modernist cafe. House-made rye is topped with ingredients like beef tartare or chicken salad and baked root vegetables. Drinkers can throw back a shot of homemade aquavit to go with the Northern European fare.

Aangan

Aangan serves Indian cuisine.

ABA Turkish Restaurant

This café offers a variety of Mediterranean and Turkish dishes.

Abboccato

• Price band: 2/4

When he sends out authentic Greek food at Molyvos, executive chef Jim Botsacos is only telling half the story: his father’s. Now, as chef-partner at Abboccato (“touch of sweetness”), he pays tribute to his Italian mother. Each dish is associated with a region of Italy, such as Umbrian-style quail

ABC Cocina

• Price band: 2/4

Since making his stateside debut in 1985, Jean-Georges Vongerichten has conquered Gotham's dining scene with cuisines as diverse as the city itself: upscale French at his flagship Jean Georges; New American at downtown charmer Perry St; and clubby Southeast Asian at Spice Market in the Meatpacking

ABC Elixir Bar

• Price band: 1/4

A juice and smoothie extension to Jean-Georges Vongerichten's market-driven restaurant ABC Kitchen has opened, with a similar focus on organic, seasonal produce, much of it purchased from the nearby Union Square Greenmarket. The philosophy couldn't be clearer than in a drink called the Local (pear,

ABC Kitchen

• Rated as: 5/5
• Price band: 2/4
• Critics choice

While plenty of New York restaurants have lately made the environment a priority—sourcing their ingredients locally and crafting dining rooms from salvaged materials—none have done so with quite as much visual and gastronomic panache as chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s new ABC Kitchen. The chef’s