Oyster bar with a big menu of bar snacks and share plates. There are some nice beers on draught, the cocktails are decent for the neighborhood, and some bar bites, like spinach fritters, shine.
Bluebird Coffee Shop is a cozy East Village café, where the pastries are made in-house and the Counter Culture coffee is brewed with care.
The cheesecake here is our favorite in New York, perfect in both aesthetics and taste.
The black and white cookies here are a step above most of the selection in New York.
The Halekulani is the quintessential Hawai'i afternoon tea experience. Think high ceilings, bamboo fans, and soft white curtains, with the traditional three courses brought out one by one.
Michael White's fifth New York restaurant, spread over three stories in Soho, is one part Italian, one part steakhouse, pasta and crudo alongside steaks and chops.
The latest bar from the folks behind the Mulberry Project and the Vinatta Project, with cocktails from John McCarthy.
Vegetable-heavy menu with good salads and some satisfying pasta. Fried pizza gets a little greasy.
Single-serving cookes and cakes to massive plated desserts from sweets mad scientist Pichet Ong.
At Mooncake Foods, the Steak & Roasted Peppers Hero ($8) is an undeniably meaty and satisfying creation.
Compensate for a spice-less bite with the house's signature green chili sauce, free with every dish Mooncake serves.
Soba nippon grows their own buckwheat on a farm in Canada. They're springy and full of buckwheat flavor.
Great steaks here, aged in-house, some for an especially long time. The 60-day dry aged ribeye is a standout.
Bypass the espressos and cappuccinos for misugaru, a multigrain blend that tastes distinctly of barley but also contains black beans, sesame seeds and brown and black rices.
