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New York.

The places in New York that people cared enough about to send to a friend.

14 places · 14 HoodTips · 1 tipsters

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6 places

New York

La Grande Boucherie

Don't overthink the order. Sit at the bar, get whatever's on the ice, and have a glass of something white and cold. The food is French brasserie — good, not life-changing — but that's not why you're here. You're here because the room is one of the best in New York and most people walk straight past it. It's the 45 minutes where Midtown stops being Midtown.

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Chinatown

Hop Kee

Down a short flight of stairs on Mott Street, this late-night Cantonese institution rewards a table that orders family-style.

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West Village

Corner Bistro

A robust, honest, greasy bar burger and a beer. That remains the whole argument for going.

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Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

Randazzo’s Clam Bar

Huge portions of red-sauce seafood beside Sheepshead Bay. Build the afternoon around the lobster fra diavolo.

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Herald Square

Keens Steakhouse

A proper old New York room with clay pipes overhead. Go for the mutton chop and let the room be part of the point.

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Williamsburg

Peter Luger Steak House

Use the old-school format properly: arrive hungry, order for the table and let the room be part of the point.

Guides to New York.

Longer collections of places worth knowing.

Guide

12 placesAnthony Bourdain’s New YorkThe restaurants, bars and stubborn old New York institutions that earned Bourdain’s affection.

1 placesEating like Eric WareheimDave’s city-by-city compilation of the restaurants Eric Wareheim has praised, returned to or singled out over the years.

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Cantonese · ChinatownHop KeeDown a short flight of stairs on Mott Street, this late-night Cantonese institution rewards a table that orders family-style.

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Bar burger · West VillageCorner BistroA robust, honest, greasy bar burger and a beer. That remains the whole argument for going.

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Historic tavern · Woodhaven, QueensNeir’s TavernCome for a beer, the room and the history of one of New York’s great neighborhood survivors.

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Dive bar · Columbus CircleSiberiaMidtown is full of expensive traps; descend the subway stairs for a beer and a place with a pulse.

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Jewish deli · Lower East SideKatz’s DelicatessenKeep the ticket, tip the cutter and order the pastrami on rye. Famous can still be correct.

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Jewish deli · Riverdale, BronxLiebman’s DeliA neighborhood deli without the downtown theater. The pastrami and chopped liver make the trip north worthwhile.

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Italian seafood · Sheepshead Bay, BrooklynRandazzo’s Clam BarHuge portions of red-sauce seafood beside Sheepshead Bay. Build the afternoon around the lobster fra diavolo.

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Dive bar · Hell’s KitchenRudy’s Bar & GrillRed vinyl booths, cold beer, a pig out front and a hot dog with every drink. Rudy’s knows exactly what it is.

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Steakhouse · Herald SquareKeens SteakhouseA proper old New York room with clay pipes overhead. Go for the mutton chop and let the room be part of the point.

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Hot dog counter · Upper East SidePapaya KingTwo snappy grilled dogs and an aggressively tropical drink: fast, cheap and unmistakably New York.

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Steakhouse · WilliamsburgPeter Luger Steak HouseUse the old-school format properly: arrive hungry, order for the table and let the room be part of the point.

By Dave

Tip · New YorkA New York jazz club. Go to Smalls.West 10th between Seventh and Waverly, down a small staircase. Opened in 1994 by Mitch Borden — former Navy submariner, jazz violinist. Basement room, sixty seats, two sets a night. Reserve online. If it's full, Mezzrow across Seventh Avenue is their sister club. Go there. You always meant to see a jazz club in New York. You just never knew where. Smalls.

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