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1476 found.
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107 West
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811 W 187th St
New York, NY
10033
Washington Heights
Phone: (212) 923-3311
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Above 110th, Restaurants - General, Bistro, Restaurants, Best of 2004
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Sided by mashed potatoes and buttermilk gravy, the fried chicken at 107 West (who knows where the name comes from) is nothing short of miraculous, with a very thin, crisp coating of what seems like corn flakes, done to a plea ... read on
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99 Miles to Philly
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94 3rd Ave
New York, NY
10003
East Village
Phone: (212) 253-2700
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Canal to 14th, American, Restaurants - General
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Now there’s a great name! This cheesesteak shack is located right next door to Blue 9 Burger, and it’ll break your heart having to choose one over the other. The steaks constitute the entire menu (choose beef over chicken ... read on
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African American Restaurant Maryway
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218 E 170th St
Tremont
Bronx, NY 10452
Phone:
(718) 992-9199
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Bronx, Recommended, African, Restaurants - General
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This splendid Senegalese still cooks with palm oil, and the national dish of cheb arrives tinted a brilliant red-orange. The tiny grains of broken rice are heaped with eggplant, carrot, cabbage, yuca, and fried fish, and if y ... read on
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Alexandra
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455 Hudson St
New York, NY
10014
West Village
Phone: (212) 255-3838
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Canal to 14th, Recommended, Restaurants - General, Bistro
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$$$
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Bare brick, lots of mirrors, an aura of intimacy, and a well-stocked bar: This new West Village bistro already has the decorative elements in place, and the menu shows lots of promise. Featuring cauliflower, prosciutto, and f ... read on
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Ali Baba
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212 East 34th St
New York, NY
10016
Garment District
Phone: (212) 683-9206
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Vegetarian Friendly, Turkish, Mediterranean, 14th to 42nd, Recommended, Restaurants - General, Restaurants
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What looks like a fast-food joint from the outside turns out to be an excellent and rather formal restaurant inside, a perfect date spot with its convincing fake fireplace. The ambitious menu takes some time to read—there a ... read on
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Aliada
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29-19 Broadway
Queens, NY
11103
Astoria
Phone:
(718) 932-2240
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Vegetarian Friendly, Greek, Queens, Recommended, Restaurants - General
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Concentrating on the cuisine of Cyprus, Aliada complements the regular Greek menu with Middle Eastern flourishes. The horitaki salad adds the stealth herb cilantro to the tossed combination of cucumbers, caper leaves, arugula ... read on
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Alto
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520 Madison Ave
New York, NY
10022
Midtown
Phone:
(212) 308-1099
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Italian, 42nd to 59th, Recommended, Restaurants - General, Restaurants
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$$$
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From the amuse-bouche of cod mousse and pickled anchovy arranged like a delicate sculpture to the astonishing peach strudel, we enjoyed one of the best meals of the year at this new project of Scott Conant. Here he expresses ... read on
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Applewood
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501 11th St
Brooklyn, NY
11215
Park Slope
Phone:
(718) 768.2044
applewoodny.com
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Brooklyn, American, Restaurants - General
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$$$
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This rustic spot—off the beaten path on a shady side street, occupying an antique Victorian storefront—is just what the south Slope needed. Sourcing ingredients from farms upstate, the menu features rib-sticking lamb loin ... read on
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Treichville
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339 E 118th
New York, NY
10035
East Side
Phone:
(212) 369-7873
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Ivory Coast, Above 110th, Recommended, African, Restaurants - General, Restaurants
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The city’s only full-blown Ivory Coast restaurant (other establishments I would characterize as coffee shops) is named after a bustling Abidjan neighborhood, and the excellent cooking reflects the combined tribal and Gallic ... read on
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Artisanal
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2 Park Ave
New York, NY
10016
Murray Hill
Phone:
(212) 725-8585
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French, 14th to 42nd, Restaurants - General
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$$$
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A master of cheese in its myriad forms, capable of using it in every course, Artisanal is the rare restaurant that started out good but has become spectacular. This confident Parisian-style brasserie created by celebrated che ... read on
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Arzu
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101-05 67th Road
Queens, NY
11375
Rego Park
Phone:
(718) 830-3335
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Turkish, Chinese, Queens, Restaurants - General, Restaurants
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The city’s second Uyghur restaurant—referring to a Turkic people in the Chinese province of Xinjiang—has opened just off Queens Boulevard. The menu features the usual Silk Road stuff: homemade noodles in beef soup (lagm ... read on
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Astor Wines & Spirits
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399 Lafayette St
New York, NY
10003
Greenwich Village
Phone: (212) 674-7500
astorwines
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Best Of 2003, Wine/Liquor, Tastings
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Beloved Astor Wines & Spirits, which recently moved down the street to a massive new space underneath Serafina, now features The Study at Astor Center, a rather loftily-titled institution of higher oenophilic learning. (The S ... read on
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Skyway
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2032 Bath Ave
Bath Beach
Brooklyn, NY 11214
Phone:
(718) 373-3332
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Brooklyn, Recommended, Asian, Restaurants - General, Restaurants
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Coney Island Avenue’s Little Lahore may be dying, but great Pakistani cafés are popping up elsewhere in Brooklyn. This spruce new café with plenty of comfy seating offers grilled-to-order kebabs, stuffed or unstuffed tand ... read on
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Little Owl
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90 Bedford
New York, NY
10014
West Village
Phone: (212) 741-4695
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Italian, Fusion, Canal to 14th, American, Recommended, Asian, Restaurants - General, Restaurants
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$$$
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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. ... read on
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Ba Xuyen
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4222 8th Ave
Brooklyn, NY
11232
Sunset Park
Phone:
(718) 633-6601
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Vietnamese, Brooklyn, Best Of 2003, Restaurants - General
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There are eight varieties of the Vietnamese sandwich called banh mi at Ba Xuyen, which moved across Sunset Park to comfortable premises with more than two tables. My fave is heaped with meatballs, pickled veggies, and cilantr ... read on
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