New York City Restaurants

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1. Official Tourism Site: New York City Restaurants
2. Concierge.com: New York City Eating  
3. Frommer's: New York City Restaurants
4. Fodor's: New York City Restaurants  
5. The New York Times: Where to Eat in New York City
6. Zagat: New York City Restaurants Guide  
7. Lonely Planet: New York City Restaurants

• NOTE: Restaurants mentioned on this page plotted on Google Maps

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New York City High-End Restaurants

• Peter Luger Steak, Phone: 718-387-7400 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "The first-rate cuts -- the only ones they serve -- are dry-aged on the premises and come off the grill dripping with fat and butter, crusty on the outside and tender pink within."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Chanterelle French, Phone: 212-966-6960 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "Tables are far enough apart to give diners plenty of intimacy, something rare in many New York restaurants these days."

• • Fodor's Review : "Soft peach walls, luxuriously spaced tables, and towering floral arrangements set the stage for what is the most understated of New York's top French restaurants."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Eleven Madison Park Contemporary, Phone: 212-889-0905 Google Map
  • Fodor's Review : "Chef Kerry Heffernan's seasonal menu always includes a delicious braised beef dish (the braised and grilled short ribs are superb), plus skate, squab, and lobster, each prepared in his simple, elegant French manner."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Nobu Japanese-Peruvian, Phone: 212-219-0500 Google Map
  • Fodor's Review : "[T]his is still the destination for the innovative Japanese cuisine Nobu Matsuhisa made famous, like paper-thin hamachi spiced up with jalapeño, or sea bass with black truffle slivers."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Daniel French Phone: 212-288-0033 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation: : "Why go to Daniel? Because you owe it to yourself to experience the real thing at least once."

• • Fodor's Choice:  "Celebrity-chef Daniel Boulud has created one of the most memorable dining experiences in Manhattan today."

New York City Moderate Restaurants

• Tamarind Indian, Phone: 212-674-7400 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "One of the best Indian restaurants in Manhattan, Tamarind offers innovative and flavorful variations on the old standards."

• • Fodor's Review : "The more intriguing a dish sounds, the better it turns out to be."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Virgil's Real BBQ Barbecue, Southern, Phone: 212-921-9494 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "Virgil's does an admirable job in re-creating that authentic flavor so hard to find north of the Mason-Dixon line."

• • Fodor's Review : "Neon, wood, and Formica set the scene at this massive roadhouse in the theater district."

• Barbuto Italian, Phone: 212-924-9700 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended "The food is fresh and solid, and many of the best dishes are prepared in the blazing wood-fired oven"

• Bombay Talkie Indian, Phone: 212-242-1900 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended "If it's in any way possible while dining in a stylish, modern restaurant in Chelsea, try to imagine you are on the streets of Bombay and you are hungry."

• Savann Restaurant Mediterranean, Phone: 212-580-0202 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended "This is a neighborhood place with regulars who swear by the food."

New York City Affordable Restaurants

• Katz's Delicatessen Deli, Phone: 212-254-2246 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "Arguably the city's best Jewish deli. The motto is "There's Nothing More New York Than Katz's," and it's spot-on."

• • Fodor's Review : "Everything and nothing has changed at Katz's since it first opened in 1888, when the neighborhood was dominated by Jewish immigrants."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Celeste Italian, Phone: 212-874-4559 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "Tiny but charming Celeste features its own wood-burning pizza oven, which churns out thin-crusted, simple but delicious pizzas."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• New York Noodletown Chinese, Seafood, Phone: 212-349-0923 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "New York Noodletown keeps very long hours, which makes it one of the best late-night bets in the neighborhood, too."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Norma's Creative American Breakfast, Phone: 212-708-7460 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "Nowhere is breakfast treated with such reverence, and decadence, as at Norma's, a soaring, ultramodern ode to the ultimate comfort food."

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

New York City Vegetarian Restaurants

• Happy Cow: New York City Restaurants

• Counter Phone: 212-982-5870 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation : "Yes, vegetarian restaurants are cheap, but few of them are fun. That's not the case at Counter, an East Village café that bills itself as a Vegetarian Bistro and Wine Bar."

• Gobo Phone: 212-255-3242 Google Map
  • Happy Cow Highly Rated

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Candle 79 Phone: 212-537-7179 Google Map
  • Happy Cow Highly Rated

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

• Hangawi Phone: 212-213-0077 Google Map

• • Zagat Well-Rated  

New York City Famous & Local Cuisine

• Carnegie Deli Phone: 212/757-2245 Google Map
  • Fodor's Review: "Although not what it once was, this no-nonsense deli is still a favorite with out-of-towners. The portions are so huge you feel like a child in some surreal culinary fairy tale."

• Crifdogs Phone: 212/614-2728 Google Map  
• Time Out New York: Best Pizza - Top 10 Burgers
• New York Magazine: Great Delis - Best Neighborhood Bagels

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