To everything there is a season, and fall in New York City is for restaurant openings. Sure, new places pop up all year-round, but autumn in Gotham is peak for...
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The 50 best restaurants in NYC right now
September 2023: Choosing a favorite restaurant in New York City is a joyful task with myriad possibilities depending on the occasion, mood and even the...

The 50 best bars in NYC right now
September 2023: Every drink seems ideal when you're at the perfect bar. Your dive’s beer is frosty, rooftops send you soaring...

All of NYC's latest restaurant reviews
Dining out in New York City can be a labor of love. There are thousands of new and old restaurants to choose from, making reservations can seem like a sport or...

There's a new French American bistro at the Hotel Chelsea
A visit to Café Chelsea in New York City is like being transported to a restaurant in that titular neighborhood in the year that is now: 2023. It would...
Restaurant and bar reviews

The Bazaar
September 21, 2023: If I had a buck for every time I’ve heard that “New York is back,” I’d have enough for a few bites at chef and...

Ariari
September 15, 2023: The text messages started the day before, as they always do. I’d finally landed a reservation at Ariari, the new Korean restaurant...
September 21, 2023: If I had a buck for every time I’ve heard that “New York is back,” I’d have enough for a few bites at chef and...

The Bazaar
September 21, 2023: If I had a buck for every time I’ve heard that “New York is back,” I’d have enough for a few bites at chef and...

Ariari
September 15, 2023: The text messages started the day before, as they always do. I’d finally landed a reservation at Ariari, the new Korean restaurant...

Foxface Natural
August 29, 2023: In the months before the pandemic, a little East Village sandwich window was getting big attention for its locally infrequent ingredients like...

Cecchi's
August 25, 2023: It takes a lot of work to make things easy. A good maître d' will do it, and Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, who manned Minetta Tavern,...

The Golden Swan
August 11, 2023: Approach The Golden Swan’s 11th Street address (the same one previously occupied by The Spotted Pig; a restaurant that cycled through...
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While we remain devoted to New York City’s best restaurants, excellent new dining destinations pop up all the time to further complicate our...

16 restaurants and bars with amazing views of NYC
Many of the best views in NYC are free. The best Statue of Liberty lookout is from a grocery store parking lot in Red Hook, the vantage point...

The 15 best burgers in NYC
What should a burger be? Fast food adjacent? Cooling in a stack on a paper plate beside a backyard grill. Stunt-priced at $86 and topped with a fleck of edible...

The 10 best sandwiches in NYC
Sandwiches are among the world’s most inspirational foods. It would be a Sisyphean task to even begin to enumerate all possible combinations here. They...

7 top-tier seafood towers to feast on in NYC
A seafood tower is a culinary expression of celebration. It is the ingestible equivalent of flinging confetti into the air, but instead of bits of glitter,...
Autumn in New York, 2023

NYC’s most anticipated new restaurants for fall of 2023
To everything there is a season, and fall in New York City is for restaurant openings. Sure, new places pop up all year-round, but autumn in Gotham is peak for...

NYC's best fireplace bars
In a town where functioning intercoms are considered an apartment amenity, New Yorkers seek niceties like fireplaces outside of the home. And this time of...

The best Halloween bars in NYC
When you simply live for frights, every season is spooky season, but it’s amplified right around this time every year for the rest of the scaredy cats....

NYC's 20 best rooftop bars for cooler weather
Some might assume that sky-high imbibing is a spring and summertime affair, but it’s always rooftop season in NYC. Even during rain, wind and...
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Let Me Tell You—“No photos” should be NYC’s hot new going-out trend
“Let Me Tell You” is a series of columns from our expert editors about NYC living, including the best things to do, where to eat and drink,...

Let me tell you—your favorite place is going to close, however iconic
“Let Me Tell You” is a series of columns from our expert editors about NYC living, including the best things to do, where to eat and drink,...
“Let Me Tell You” is a series of columns from our expert editors about NYC living, including the best things to do, where to eat and drink,...

Let Me Tell You—“No photos” should be NYC’s hot new going-out trend
“Let Me Tell You” is a series of columns from our expert editors about NYC living, including the best things to do, where to eat and drink,...

Let me tell you—your favorite place is going to close, however iconic
“Let Me Tell You” is a series of columns from our expert editors about NYC living, including the best things to do, where to eat and drink,...

Let me tell you—all the good cocktails already exist
“Let Me Tell You” is a series of columns from our expert editors about NYC living, including the best things to do, where to eat and drink,...

The Instagram Thing: This Michelin-starred restaurant pairs its cheesecake with a creature
The Instagram Thing is an occasional column spotlighting things you’ll want to Instagram. Our previous editions highlighted the ten-foot snake topiary at...

Did Lady Gaga actually work at NYC’s Cornelia Street Café?
I worked at The Cornelia Street Café in the West Village around about 2007-2008, but not for the entirety of either of those years. I was a server some...
Latest food and drink news

NYC's Altro Paradiso will host a pop-up by way of Chicago this October
Lula Cafe items join the menu for just four hours on October 20.

Viral bakery L'Appartement 4F is giving out free baguettes in NYC tomorrow
You can even snag a croissant!

The owner of NYC's Beetle House is opening a new spot downtown
Bread and Stone is an Italian restaurant with pizza and pasta.

I went on a quest to find the most authentic fior di latte gelato in NYC
No, fior di latte gelato is not just vanilla ice cream.
Where to eat in New York

The 50 best restaurants in NYC right now
September 2023: 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 42 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...
September 2023: 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
September 2023: 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 42 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 14 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...

19 hidden backyards, gardens and patios for outdoor dining in NYC
As the days get longer, adding more rooftop drinking and outdoor dining minutes to each week, space at al fresco spots can run short, with entry as competitive...

NYC’s 10 best new restaurants of 2022
We all love to theme—literally at high-concept spots crafted after certain films, cats, dolls, devils, or sex, and as an organizing device: Dives....
Where to drink in New York

The 50 best bars in NYC right now
September 2023: Everything’s easier when you're drinking out at a bar. Your dive’s beer is frosty, the wine bar has harder-to-find...

The 20 best speakeasy-inspired bars in NYC
Although last year wrought quite the resurgence, the last of New York City’s real-deal speakeasies ceased operation in 1933. That’s the year...
September 2023: Everything’s easier when you're drinking out at a bar. Your dive’s beer is frosty, the wine bar has harder-to-find...

The 50 best bars in NYC right now
September 2023: Everything’s easier when you're drinking out at a bar. Your dive’s beer is frosty, the wine bar has harder-to-find...

The 20 best speakeasy-inspired bars in NYC
Although last year wrought quite the resurgence, the last of New York City’s real-deal speakeasies ceased operation in 1933. That’s the year...

The 19 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...

NYC's 10 best bars for nonalcoholic cocktails
Whether you abstain from alcohol year-round, or simply cannot stop talking about Dry January at the beginning of every year, nonalcoholic...

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...
Best restaurants and bars by occasion

NYC's 12 best first-date restaurants
Like NYC’s most romantic bars and restaurants, almost any venue can be a great first date place. Some fledgling love birds flock to fine dining...

The 10 best fine dining restaurants in NYC
In New York City, tabs at our top fine dining destinations can easily meet and exceed the cost of plane tickets to Paris, the latest iPhone or a Schott jacket....
Like NYC’s most romantic bars and restaurants, almost any venue can be a great first date place. Some fledgling love birds flock to fine dining...

NYC's 12 best first-date restaurants
Like NYC’s most romantic bars and restaurants, almost any venue can be a great first date place. Some fledgling love birds flock to fine dining...

The 10 best fine dining restaurants in NYC
In New York City, tabs at our top fine dining destinations can easily meet and exceed the cost of plane tickets to Paris, the latest iPhone or a Schott jacket....

The most romantic bars in NYC
Not to spoil the ending like the last act of a so-so rom-com, but anywhere can be romantic. Glances have been stolen in dive bars, first kisses...

The 18 most romantic restaurants in NYC
Some nights you just want to grab a bite at a great restaurant or down a quick drink at a bar. But other nights—like when you’re celebrating a...

The 12 best themed restaurants and bars in NYC
Just when you think New York has it all, you look around and realize there’s no Rainforest Cafe. In one sense, we have a paucity of theme restaurants:...
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The best speakeasy-style bars 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 23 best cocktail bars in NYC
New York has enough bar categories, themes and conceits to fill the Gowanus Canal, but none dredge up as many connotations as the cocktail bar....
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 speakeasy-style bars 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 23 best cocktail bars in NYC
New York has enough bar categories, themes and conceits to fill the Gowanus Canal, but none dredge up as many connotations as the cocktail bar....

The 11 best Irish pubs in NYC
A New York City Irish pub is a special kind of place. Some are among the best bars in town, a few also happen to double as great restaurants, and...

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...