The menu is heavy on the dumplings and stewed meat, and the bar is stocked with German and Czech beer, Hungarian wines, and Becherovka, an herbal Czech liquor. En savoir plus .
The man, the myth, the legend: Jerry Seinfeld is back in NYC. Check out his stand up on the Upper West Side as he makes his homestand this weekend. Thurs, 4/14. En savoir plus .
Prolific singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt is currently touring with her seventeenth studio album, Dig in Deep. Make sure to catch her lively performance filled with more original work and good vibes. En savoir plus .
The Minca Sio, flavored with salt and roast garlic, topped with sliced stewed pork and wild vegetables, is the way to go. For this dish, go for the thin noodles; they really soak up the savory stock.
All the small touches, from the amuse and bread service to the caramels before the check, appear even if you're only popping in for a negroni and bowl of agnolotti. En savoir plus .
Gramercy Tavern bartenders refill glasses quickly, and give you that slightly coddled feeling that feels so nice when dining solo. En savoir plus .
Classic American comfort food, beers, and milkshakes are a recipe to ensure your solo dining adventure is one that will probably lull you into a lovely food coma. En savoir plus .
Bunna is a godsend! Go in a group and order a sampler platter, which allows you to try everything on the menu. En savoir plus .
The menu here is MASSIVE. Sample its killer Mexican breakfasts, a burrito, one of its tostadas, and tacos. En savoir plus .
Knickerbocker Bar & Grill manages to mix a relaxed atmosphere with elevated classic American food that ranges from oysters to shell steak to St. Louis-style ribs and entirely housemade desserts. En savoir plus .
For the adventuresome there is drunken crab, a sort of ceviche of raw Maryland blues marinated in yellow rice wine, with the cerulean of the shell creating a contrast with the electric-orange roe. En savoir plus .
The braised wild boar stew in red wine sauce is fantastic, as is the cherries jubilee, flambéed tableside. En savoir plus .
Black Mountain Winehouse offers Fondue Tuesdays, international cheese plates, and charcuterie samplings. En savoir plus .
The standard kebabs are superb, smoky, and served with shaved onions and big gobbets of bread. En savoir plus .
Try mussels Provençale, an appetizer of 20 mussels in a sunny tomato broth that could well serve as a main course. En savoir plus .
Standout dishes include braised lamb shank with polenta and pickled vegetables and a brisket sandwich with Muenster cheese and a finger-staining beet slaw. En savoir plus .
Though this authentic tonkatsu-ya has branched out in the last couple of years, you're crazy to order anything not made with one of their imported-from-Virginia pork cutlets, either fatty or lean. En savoir plus .
The menu is always in flux, but a few choice items are the Beer Muncheez and Cookie Au Lait, which pairs New York’s own Irving Farm espresso with sandwich cookies in a coffee-flavored ice cream. En savoir plus .
Of course, the real business here is pizza, with standouts including the caprese of homemade straciatella, tomato and pesto, or the mushroom and prosciutto, topped with peas and pecorino. En savoir plus .
Invite hungry friends who will let you eat off their plate—almost everything is served family style—and fight over the rich & crusty eggplant parmagiano or the spicy sausage & broccoli rabe cavatelli. En savoir plus .
The most wonderful section on the menu may just be the desserts, which include a grapefruit stuffed with citrus ice and all sorts of other goodies, capped with caramel. En savoir plus .
Agnanti, right off Astoria Park, is not your typical hummus-and-lamb Greek restaurant: The authentic menu is made up mostly of enough ys and ks to let you know it's the real deal. En savoir plus .
On select weekday evenings, free French fries are served: perfect belching material to clear the stomach for another brew. En savoir plus .
Casa Restaurant might possibly be home to some of the most authentic Brazilian in Manhattan. En savoir plus .
The drinks are authentic, and the best might be the caiprinha, which is flavored with lime and lots and lots of sugar. En savoir plus .
Handmade pierogies (filled with everything from potato to arugula and goat cheese) are especially popular, as are the grilled kielbasa and the veal goulash. En savoir plus .
Those who know and appreciate the stretch of Flatbush Avenue that winds around Prospect Park would be astonished at the lush setting of this Marine Park lobster pound. You might as well be in Maine. En savoir plus .
The roast pork is particularly moist (ask for boiled yuca with green sauce alongside),and El Economico serves the best Dominican sancocho, a soothing chicken soup thickened with pumpkin. En savoir plus .
Best of all the main dishes is the grilled rainbow trout. The whole fish arrives grilled beautifully, butterflied and filleted, but with the head left on, so you can fork out the tiny cheeks. En savoir plus .
