The "Something Different," a self-proclaimed sandwich of brisket served between 2 perfectly seasoned potato pancakes with jus, sour cream, and applesauce on the side, is spectacular.
Link Ray; This cocktail references Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray, and coaxes celery's sharper notes out with a French bitters called Suze. + Customizable with gin, rhum agricole, or jalapeno-infused tequila. Mehr erfahren.
You should sip cocktails here, like the Girl Scout cookie-inspired Samoa - which blends genever, bourbon, and crème de coconut or Hero of Little Venice, an excellent flip featuring rum and root beer. Mehr erfahren.
The food is simple yet surprising, with selections ranging from a kickass burger to grilled turnips and seared amberjack. Mehr erfahren.
Order one of their burgers, the coq au vin, or the steak frites, and pair it with either a beer or a selection from their ample wine list. Then sit back and enjoy. Mehr erfahren.
Order the happy hour snack of pimento cheese sandwiches topped with delicate fried yolks held tight by crispy whites. Mehr erfahren.
Calle Dao is a love letter to Cuban-Chinese food. Get the lechón asado with plantains, they also offer great cocktails like mojitos, caipirinhas, and cuba libres. Mehr erfahren.
News alert: Pete Lugers isn't just great for dinner, their lunch will blow your mind too! Mehr erfahren.
Try something new at this cozy and colorful shop- one of the only Paraguayan spots in the city. Staff here are happy to explain the menu to you, which includes some of the best empanadas we've had. Mehr erfahren.
Order the pabellon criollo, a Venezuelan specialty that packs shredded beef, black beans, white rice, sweet plantains, and cheese into the pouch! Mehr erfahren.
Head over to Calle Dão, a Cuban-Chinese restaurant from Marco Britti, of Favela Cubana. Expect items like duck empanadas, peking-style roast chicken, and plátano maduro with black sesame ice cream. Mehr erfahren.
The menu is broad ranging, and this is one of the few Senegalese restos to offer apps, including boulettes -- lightly seasoned and fried fish balls. Mehr erfahren.
Start off with a bowl of fried chickpeas and then move on to other Spanish small plates like the chorizo in sherry, the squid served with ink and rice, and the lamb skewers cooked in Moorish spices. Mehr erfahren.
The beef is homemade-when matched with fresh mozzarella on a hot garlicked baguette in the "Roast Beef Slam," it rocks. Mehr erfahren.
The kitchen whips up shrimp and grits, smoked sausage sandwiches, and watermelon salads to go with the legendary hot fried chicken -- beware of the extra hot. Mehr erfahren.
The eclectic menu goes from whole broiled fish (impressively fresh) to Italian to Greek to Irish, all better than your average diner. Mehr erfahren.
At the heart of the menu is a spice-rubbed roast chicken (some say the spice combination was inspired by Chinese immigrants to the mountain nation) accompanied by a green chile sauce. Mehr erfahren.
Your ideal meal: acorn squash salad and ricotta bruschetta with grapes to start, bucatini cacio e pepe as the pasta course, and spit-roasted short ribs for a main. Mehr erfahren.
Croissants are cooked nice and dark, for crisp tops and bottoms but airy centers; the miche is seriously crusty and full of character. Mehr erfahren.
Offers up more than just croissants: there are mousse cakes, pear tarts, and lemon muffins. Mehr erfahren.
The empanadas are elegantly poofed and crisped, without the densely crimped edges that afflict many varieties. Mehr erfahren.
This historic dive has been around since 1933 and recently started offering free Hebrew National hot dogs with each beer ($2.50 for the Rudy's Blonde house beer, $7 for a pitcher) Mehr erfahren.
La Caverna is also a good place to get ready for a night of partying, as its $4 drink happy hour lasts until 10pm Tuesday through Sunday. Mehr erfahren.
Especially recommended are Duba, a pumpkin stew with berbere, tomatoes, and rosemary, and the lamb dishes. Mehr erfahren.
Here you can try 14 or 15 varieties at one time. Few culinary pleasures can match the chance to compare several from far-flung locales. Or opt for a bowl of delicious clam chowder. Mehr erfahren.
Save room for the ever-popular banafi cake, which puts banana and toffee pie on a dark Oreo crust. Mehr erfahren.
Skip the salad bar and go right for the meat, which comes with great black beans, rice, fried yuca and bananas, and french fries. Mehr erfahren.
It's like a vacation to Brazil. Boi na Brasa ("cow on the coals") is an authentic churrascaria located in Newark's Portuguese-speaking Ironbound, and the price alone makes it worth the trek. Mehr erfahren.
Murray's Bagels in Greenwich Village bakes fifteen varieties of huge, chewy bagels, but you can't get any of these bagels toasted. They're hot from the oven, and that's the point. Mehr erfahren.
