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'Inoteca
98 Rivington St. Italian $$ Lower East Side  
Whether acquired cold from a panel truck at a rural corner, or hot from a village macelleria, porchetta is Italy's favorite sandwich meat. Though duplicating this fennel-stuffed roast with the copper crackling skin in this country is patently impossible, 'Inoteca has made a noble stab at it.... More>>
10 Downing
10 Downing St. New American, Soul Food $$$$ West Village  
Chef Jason Neroni’s latest adventure is a staid Village bistro with wonderful views of Sixth Avenue and interesting art on the walls (plus a newly opened sidewalk seating area). Despite the eclectic menu, his interest in pork and Spanish food prevails. Baked feta is the best bar snack; striped... More>>
Aamchi Pao
194 Bleecker St. Indian, Vegetarian $ Greenwich Village  
This small spot is dedicated to the Mumbai street foods based on pao, or pav (pronounced pow), a soft, junky white roll, usually buttered, that's served with many delicious, spicy things. The most iconic of these is the vada ("wada") pav, a sandwich filled with a fat, crispy, heavily spiced... More>>
Alexandra
455 Hudson St. Bistro $$$ West Village  
Bare brick, lots of mirrors, an aura of intimacy, and a well stocked bar: This West Village bistro has the decorative elements in place. The spaghetti, featuring cauliflower, prosciutto, and feta cheese, is a surprise favorite. The hamburger is also good ; moist and pink and nicely charred. The... More>>
Ariyoshi
810 Broadway Japanese $$$ East Village  
Itzakayas have lately taken the city by storm. These Japanese pubs have added creative dishes to the national canon, and thus expanded our idea of what Japanese food can be. Ariyoshi’s menu is a multiplex document that could take a half-hour to study, but includes every Japanese dish you’ve ever... More>>
Arturo’s Coal Oven Pizza
106 W. Houston St. Italian, Pizza $$ Greenwich Village  
This is one of the original New York coal oven pizza joints; it was opened in 1957 and is still run by the same family. It’s crowded, loud and there’s live jazz (practically in your lap) every night. The pizza crust sports a nice char from the hot oven, and is thickish, salty and pleasantly... More>>
B & H Dairy Restaurant
127 Second Ave. Kosher $ East Village  
This vestige of the theater district once known as the Jewish Broadway is also one of the few kosher dairy restaurants remaining in town. Their dreamy soups––mushroom barley, borscht, cabbage, and vegetable, in descending order of preference––come with two thick slices of buttered challah bread... More>>
Banjara
97 First Ave. Asian, Indian $$ East Village  
Though the prices are 50 percent higher than surrounding Indian restaurants, the surcharge is well worth it. Among the usual curries, and tentative attempts to evoke regional cooking, is dumphakt, a magnificent round pie filled with nut-fragrant chicken chunks. The tandoori-fired lamb chops also... More>>
Bar Milano
323 Third Ave. Italian, Northern Italian $$$$ Gramercy Park  
This latest project of brothers Jason and Joe Denton is a slick, marble-clad room featuring the cuisine of northern Italy, with lots of creative on the part of chefs Eric Kleinman (‘inoteca) Steve Connaughton (Lupa). Zoom in on the pastas for a wild ride of a meal, including osso buco... More>>
Bar Six
502 6th Ave. International $$ West Village  
Sit in the rear room, with its mellow yellow walls, skylight, and well spaced tables. The bistro menu features selections from the Mediterranean rim—try mussels Provençale, an appetizer of 20 mussels in a sunny tomato broth that could well serve as a main course. Vegetable couscous,... More>>
Belcourt
84 E. 4th St. Bistro $$$ East Village  
The green premises with antique bar and banquettes suggest a bistro, but Belcourt is slightly more. It offers such speculative bistro fare as oil-poached octopus with cardamom-pickled vegetables in an appetizer portion, and an entrée trio of roasted pork belly, sausage, and cheeks. Skip... More>>
Bennie's
88 Fulton St. Thai $$ Financial District  
The windows of the subterranean Bennie's face a cityscape mural, as if you needed something to look at besides the excellent Thai fare––multiple rad yums and noodle dishes with flavors sharper and prices lower than you expect. The avid clientele is mainly Wall Streeters, disproving the old saw... More>>
Boqueria
53 W 19th St. Spanish $$$ Chelsea  
If you are tired of the same old tapas, head to Boqueria, which is one of the best tapas bars in town. You could go no further than the cheese-and-sausage bar in the window and be perfectly content with a plate of smoky idiazabal cheese, with little heaps and smears of flavorful condiments... More>>
C & L Dumpling House
77 Chrystie St. Chinese, Noodle Shop $ Lower East Side  
This new noodle-and-dumpling spot doesn’t dabble in Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles, which comes as something of a relief. You can now get hand-pulled noodles anywhere in Chinatown, but where can you get wok ho fun? This incredibly cheap soup features irregular homemade rice noodles, scads of sliced... More>>
Cabrito
50 Carmine St. Mexican $$$ Soho  
This is a margarita mill with a difference; via reverent attention on the part of chef David Schuttenberg to the regional cuisines of Mexico. While the eponymous cabrito (baby goat) is not all that, the balance of the menu verges on the fantastic, including boat-size, handmade huaraches heaped... More>>
Chinese Food
25B Henry St. Chinese, Noodle Shop $ Chinatown  
The newest dumpling shack is also a shade better than most, and their chive-and-pork dumplings (four for around $1) are magnificent: crisp on the bottom and soft on top, dripping with flavorful juices. Other standard classics are rendered with similar aplomb, including sweet-and-sour soup with a... More>>
Chiyono
328 East sixth St. Japanese $$$ Greenwich Village  
While most East Village Japanese restaurants concentrate on either sushi or noodles, Chiyono presents home-style Japanese cooking, like your Nipponese mom would have made. That means a roster of croquettes, of which the best heaps potatoes on a pair of splayed fresh sardines, then deep-fries... More>>
Cho Dang Gol
55 W 35th St. Korean $$$ Chelsea  
No better introduction to Korean dubu (tofu) cookery than the classic soybean meal,which features three bowls: flocculent freshly made curds dotted with black sesame seeds, an intriguing white soybean porridge with the texture of loose library paste, and a fermented soybean soup. In addition to... More>>
Co.
230 Ninth Ave. Italian, Pizza $$ Chelsea  
Those who’ve grooved on Jim Lahey’s vegetable-topped sheet pizzas at Sullivan Street Bakery (now located in Hell’s Kitchen), won’t recognize the products of this Roman-style pizzeria. Even the dough seems different, rolled thin and formed into irregular discs. The place looks... More>>
Curry-Ya
214 E 10th St. Japanese $$ East Village  
Curry-ya takes the most plebian of Japanese dishes and elevates it by gentle tweaking. Every order consists of a ring of rice, curry gravy, meat or chicken, and a selection of four substances to be strewn on top: pickled green-onion bulbs, daikon dyed red, raisins, and flakes of dehydrated... More>>
DBGB Kitchen & Bar
299 Bowery American, French, German $$$ East Village  
Daniel Boulud's most populist restaurant yet is dedicated to homemade sausages and beer. And what sausages! There's boudin Basque, crafted from pork blood and pig's head that forms a black, sticky round on the plate and tastes completely wonderful; the Parisienne is composed of pale, plump links... More>>
Degustation Wine & Tasting Bar
239 E 5th St. French, Spanish $$$ East Village  
The 15-item menu of small plates touches on the tropes of molecular gastronomy. Three or four make a meal. There's an egg cooked at 147 degrees (the temperature at which albumen coagulates), a squid body stuffed with lentils and chorizo, and a savory mussel broth topped with celery foam... More>>
Del Posto
85 tenth Ave. Italian $$$$ West Village  
This Batali spawn outdoes Babbo in several significant ways. In size, certainly, though the effect of the hulking space is to increase the serenity level rather than reduce it. As a piano tinkled in the background, we sprawled in our seats –– surrounded by wealthy Westchester parents taking... More>>
Desnuda
122 E. 7th St. Seafood, South American $$$ East Village  
Desnuda looks like a typical upscale wine bar, but feels like a night in your stoner friend's basement –– a friend who just happens to have a cooler full of fish, a rack of nice wine, and a head full of good ideas. The place specializes in South American wines and "new world ceviche" which... More>>
Dirt Candy
430 E. Ninth St. New American, Vegetarian $$, $$$ East Village  
The room looks a Pinkberry crossed with a submarine. The jalapeño hush puppies are marvelously well fried, the fried trumpet mushrooms on the Greek salad look like onion rings, and the carrot risotto is a shocking shade of orange — like carrot distilled to its essence. It’s all a bit trippy, not... More>>
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