This is Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley's favorite bar, which he told us in a video tour of the East Village. Mehr erfahren.
Sit at one of the eight white-marble "bars" and watch roasted-chicken pizza ($12) being made in the wood-burning oven or chat with the chefs who assemble Mr. English's prime-rib sliders ($18). Mehr erfahren.
The menu offers lamb and roasted daurade fish, but the most popular items are the roast-pork sandwiches and three kinds of pizzas, cooked by the glow of a wood-burning oven. Mehr erfahren.
Popular midday dishes include the peppered chicken on arugula ($19); marinated sea bass with asparagus on a salad ($19); and the pasta with black pepper, egg and guanciale, cured pig jowl ($15). Mehr erfahren.
Try the chilled artichoke or Peekytoe Crab Cakes. Tables are well-spaced, making eavesdropping hard and good conversation irresistible. Mehr erfahren.
In 2002, the restaurant added a three-course prix fixe to target "ladies who lunch" ($37). But the signature dish remains a Dover sole with champagne cream, served on a silver platter ($55). Mehr erfahren.
Try one of the daily lunch specials, which are made in limited quantities of 30 orders or less. Diners with room for dessert may want black sesame crème brulee or coffee Jell-O. Mehr erfahren.
For brunch, eggs Benedict gets a twist, being served on crispy waffles studded with chewy lardons. A regular special is deliciously light pancakes with cream and fruit, like freshly sliced peaches. Mehr erfahren.
The smallish burgers served from this truck are made with high-end meat ($5.50 or $7.50). Check @fritesnmeats on Twitter to see if they're in Tribeca, Midtown or the Financial District. Mehr erfahren.
Worth trying at this posh but low-key place: the two-course prix-fixe lunch ($8) with vegetable dumplings stuffed with shiitake mushroom, sweet corn and peanut, plus steaming pad see ew with beef. Mehr erfahren.
Try the black truffle quesadilla or lobster tacos. The trio of guacamole, which includes a hot chipotle version and one with mango, apples and and pomegranate topping, is also a good bet. Mehr erfahren.
For nearly 12 years, the Marriott in downtown Brooklyn has been the borough's only full-service hotel. That's ending with the debut of this 321-room Sheraton. Mehr erfahren.
After eating, buy some ingredients for a DIY paella: Bomba rice, olive oil, chorizo, pimentón, and saffron. Ask at the counter, and they'll cheerfully give instructions for cooking the rice. Mehr erfahren.
If you have about 30 minutes, try a single-serving of paella for about $22. The tab for a plentiful lunch is roughly $30 a person. Mehr erfahren.
Standouts on the daily brunch menu include the earthy and rich enmoladas with duck meat (tortillas dipped in mole sauce, filled and rolled) for $12. Mehr erfahren.
There's a frankly hodge-podge cast to the exhibits here: organ-grinder carts, hand-carved puppets, etc. But the real draw is the conversation between the museum's founder and his visitors. Mehr erfahren.
The main attraction is the Gotham Salad ($18), made with chicken, ham, gruyere, tomatoes, beets, bacon, egg, iceberg lettuce and Thousand Island dressing. Mehr erfahren.
Enjoy a big portion of corned-beef hash with two well-poached eggs ($14) or a kale salad with clothbound cheddar ($11). The warm biscuits with jam are an excellent side ($3). Mehr erfahren.
About 24 crêpe combinations are available, equally split between savory and sweet for $6 to $9.50. There's something very French about getting a Nutella crêpe to go from the sidewalk window. Mehr erfahren.
Good choices include the mussel soup with sausage, an open-faced sea urchin sandwich, plank-grilled Spanish mackerel in escabeche juice, and diver scallops with risotto and orange. Mehr erfahren.
Try it for brunch: bloody marys, egg dishes and savory or dessert pizzas made with house-cured sausages and meats dominate the menu ($8-$16). Mehr erfahren.
For lunch, served from noon to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, the most popular entrees are the miso Alaskan black cod ($26) and the grilled burger with bacon and pickled ramp dressing ($19). Mehr erfahren.
The claims to fame here are The Rev. Al Sharpton and The Tommy Tomita, pairings of juicy chicken and fluffy waffles. Mehr erfahren.
The brunch menu ventures into playful fare like the most popular dish, "eggs in a nest," two eggs served any style over parmesan toast. The mimosas, bloody Marys and sunflower martinis are also good. Mehr erfahren.
NYU wants to add a new tower to this complex, but preservationists in Greenwich Village say that would imperil the historic buildings, which were designed by I.M. Pei. Mehr erfahren.
It's all about refined comfort here. Think macaroni with grana padano or shrimp and grits with chow chow relish. Mehr erfahren.
Try the pulled-pork. It's spicy and savory with succulent pork, cucumber, pickled carrots, cilantro and chili mayonnaise all on a lightly toasted roll. Sandwiches range from $6.75 to $8.75. Mehr erfahren.
Pick up some fried Oreos, three for $3. They're much better than Oreos that haven't been fried. Mehr erfahren.
Try splitting a $25 prix-fixe lunch with your companion and adding one or two of the ever-changing small dishes. In the prix-fixe, the pork buns are a perennial favorite. Mehr erfahren.
The brunch crowd here is a mix of college students and stroller-steering parents. For traditionalists, there are blueberry pancakes; for the adventurous, coconut pancakes with passion-fruit syrup. Mehr erfahren.
