10 Downing St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-255-0300
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 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 >> |
| West Village |
New American, Soul Food |
Patio-Sidewalk Dining |
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455 Hudson St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-255-3838
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 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 >> |
| West Village |
Bistro |
Catering, Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
$$$ |
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502 Sixth Ave. : New York, NY 10011 : 212-691-1363
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 Sit in the rear room, with its mellow yellow walls, skylight, and well spaced tables. The bistro menu features selections from the Mediterranean rimtry mussels Provençale, an appetizer of 20 mussels in a sunny tomato broth that could well serve as a main course. Vegetable couscous,... More >> |
| West Village |
International |
Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party |
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42 Grove St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-255-3590
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 Small plates continue to take over New York City, suckering the gullible into paying big bucks for tiny bites. Yet at Buvette, Jody Williams's new Francophilic "gastroteque," you'll actually leave-quelle surprise-charmed and with your belly full. The décor marries the hallmarks of French... More >> |
| West Village |
Dessert, French |
Takeout |
$$ |
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85 Tenth Ave. : New York, NY 10011 : 212-497-8090
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 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 >> |
| West Village |
Italian |
Business Dining, Private Party |
$$$$ |
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260 Bleecker St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-243-1974
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 Improvising within the hallowed canon of the Italian hero, Village pork store Faicco's takes advantage of its superior access to cold cuts to create the city's most formidable hero. With a flick of the knife, the crusty roll is laid open then successively piled with San Daniele prosciutto, hot... More >> |
| West Village |
Deli, Italian, Sandwiches |
Kid Friendly, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$, $$ |
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50 Carmine St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-929-5050
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A few years after conquering Williamsburg, Fatty Cue opened an outpost in Manhattan, dishing up its famed selection of smoked meats while also offering a more refined menu of Asian-influenced small plates. Highlights include smoked goat pappardelle, coriander bacon, chiles and cheese, and a... More >> |
| West Village |
Asian, Asian Fusion |
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52 Greenwich Ave. #B : New York, NY 10011 : 212-633-2590
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 While news of another Italian wine bar may provoke a yawn these days, this joint deserves a second look with its whimsical Central Italian cooking. The house-cured anchovies tangled in a mini-salad with celery and parsley are bitchin', and so are the small, crock-tendered stews of oxtails and... More >> |
| West Village |
Italian, Wine Bar |
Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party |
$$$ |
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105 Christopher St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-414-5774
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 This may be the most authentic Tuscan restaurant in New York, with a menu similar to a roadside osteria you might find somewhere near, say, Cortona. The three-course menu runs from the usual sliced charcuterie to an heirloom tomato salad, to a novel zucchini carpaccio. The short pasta menu might... More >> |
| West Village |
Italian |
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$$$ |
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278 Bleecker St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-243-1680
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 Don't even think of going to any of the other Johnny-come-lately branches of this august Greenwich Village institution--only the original turns out superlative thin-crust pies. Order the voluminous salad, dressed with red-wine vinaigrette, and ponder why the menu insists on listing every... More >> |
| West Village |
Italian, Pizza |
Delivery, Takeout |
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39 Grove St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-206-7691
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 Named after a pair of gray suede shorts, Lederhosen is the premier downtown beer garden. A mountain mural decorates the back room, in which lederhosen hang from the ceiling, and seating is at crowded trencher tables. The apex of the menu is the wursts;sausages in seven varieties served with... More >> |
| West Village |
German |
Private Party, Takeout, Wifi Access |
$$ |
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39 Grove St. : New York, NY 10014-5316 : 212-206-7691
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| West Village |
European, German |
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581 Hudson St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-645-5811
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 With owners from Florence and Milan, Lievito (?Yeast? or
?Leavening?) is a full-blown Italian restaurant masquerading as a pizza parlor. The wine list alone merits a visit, and the pizzas are unique--bringing northern Italian culinary traditions to what is basically a Neapolitan pie. The real... More >> |
| West Village |
Italian, Pizza |
Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$$ |
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90 Bedford : New York, NY 10014 : 212-741-4695
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 Occupying what was formerly Chez Michallet, in the tenement made famous by the TV series Friends, Little Owl is a reconfigured bistro that adds all sorts of Asian, American, and Italian twists to the standard bistro formula. Thus we have meatball sliders, an appetizer that puts a spherical... More >> |
| West Village |
American, Asian, Fusion, Italian |
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$$$ |
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649 Washington St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-741-1207
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 Plastered with pulp fiction covers, and located at the creepy end of Christopher, Malatesta enjoys the perfect location for its raffish food, which hails from the poorer southward part of Emilia-Romagna. Enjoy the stuffed flatbread piadina, or the predictably great bolognese sauce, here called... More >> |
| West Village |
Italian |
Catering, Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout |
$$ |
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28 7th Ave. S. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-255-1795
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 Mas (la grillade), a West Village offshoot of Mas (farmhouse), poses the question of whether a restaurant can successfully champion a single cooking style: grilling. Chef Galen Zamarra uses oak, apple, and other hardwoods in every dish to add rich, subtle complexities. Restraint is certainly the... More >> |
| West Village |
American, French |
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$$$$ |
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18 Cornelia St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-691-8211
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 In emulation of the lobster pounds Down East, the modest bill of fare highlights the freshest seafood simply prepared, from the elemental Caesar salad with its pleasantly caustic dressing to the perfect clam chowder flavored with chives and smoked bacon to the lobster roll crammed full of meat.... More >> |
| West Village |
Seafood, Yankee |
Takeout |
$$ |
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559 Hudson St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-255-2221
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 This West Village staple has been turning out perfect pastas to order for more than a decade, and sitting in the small dining room and watching the crew gyrate in the long narrow kitchen is half the fun. Sure, there are apps and secondi, but focus on the noodles, which come in all your favorite... More >> |
| West Village |
Italian, Vegetarian |
Catering, Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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176 Perry St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-352-1900
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 One of many Jean-Georges Vongerichten restaurants in the city, Perry Street may be the best;an austere temple of haute cuisine that dispenses with fussy squiggles of color and useless extra ingredients. The wonderful lunch special includes any two dishes from a menu that doesn't distinguish... More >> |
| West Village |
Eclectic, French |
Catering, Private Party, Takeout |
$$$$ |
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11 Barrow St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-675-7775
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 A tug of war has been waged lately over what constitutes an izakaya, or Japanese pub. These institutions arose back home when the island nation was first opened to the West in the 19th century, and izakayas were inspired by real English pubs that appeared in Tokyo. Because of their Western... More >> |
| West Village |
Japanese |
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$$ |
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357 Sixth Ave. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-414-3088
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 The name is short for Sotohiro Kosugi, a wildly innovative sushi chef who recently moved here from Atlanta. The new Village space is mysterious on the outside, while the inside is small, comfortable, and austere. You can't go wrong with the sushi omikase;12 pieces that form a narrative from the... More >> |
| West Village |
Japanese, Sushi |
Delivery, Takeout |
$$$$ |
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253 W. 11th St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-229-2611
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 Split in half, sodden with butter, and crunchy on top with slivered almonds and coagulated sugar, the almond croissant is so good at Tartine that we're going to give up on this item and walk out to get a few right now. . . . More >> |
| West Village |
French |
BYOF, Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
$$ |
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75 9th Ave. : New York, NY 10011-7006 : 646-638-3508
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| West Village |
American, English, European, Indian, Mediterranean |
Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
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28 W. 8th St. : New York, NY 10011 : 212-260-9463
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| West Village |
American, New American, Wine Bar |
Delivery |
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29 Seventh Ave. S. : New York, NY 10011 : 212-989-9880
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 Founded by San Francisco pizzaiolo Tony Gemignani, 900
Degrees undertakes the substantial task of re-creating all the world?s pizzas on a single premises. A hopeless objective? Probably, but some of the pizzas are really good, including those intended to replicate the true pies of Naples. Thus,... More >> |
| West Village |
Pizza |
Takeout |
$$$ |
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