The Pierre’s elegant newcomer boasts a standout morning menu; try the Welsh rarebit or the excellent fish and chips with minted mushy peas. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
Top Chef Harold’s new spot takes Thai flavors and marries them with hefty Western ingredients like Maine lobster and lobes of fatty bone marrow. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
It’s not only the best place to catch the ‘vegetables are the new meat’ trend, it’s one of our favorite restaurants of the year. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
There’s more than just falafel at Einat Admony’s charming Nolita spot, says Adam Platt, who chose it as one his best new restaurants in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
There’s an elegant brunch spread here that goes nicely with the Bellinis accented by litchis and raspberries from the bar. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
Don’t miss the dumpling stand here for dim sum master Joe Ng’s take on har gow with shrimp and bacon. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
Marcus Samuelsson’s ode to southern down-home cooking is Harlem’s most ambitious opening in decades. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
You can get one of our fav tasting menus here (five or seven courses) and this re-invented French spot is also one of the year’s best restaurants from Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
Zakarian’s latest is a standout for its elegant take on bull market classics like steak Delmonico and foie gras with bruleed figs. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
One of our favorite desserts of the year is the Fritelle De Mele here, an impeccably turned-out apple fritter crowned with caramel gelato. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
We know you know, but just a reminder: The sandwiches are unparalleled, and the $50 prix-fixe dinner is one of the best gourmet deals in town. A best restaurant of the year pick from Where to Eat 2011 Leer más.
Taste the best in Southern-friend Brooklyn here with the chicken and biscuits or pork special of the day. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
Adam Platt’s favorite breakfast sandwich in the meatpacking district is the $10 combo of Kentucky bacon, fried eggs, and Cheddar cheese here. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
Try the appropriately sturdy cassoulet here, says Adam Platt. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
She Gallante’s next effort after Cru is a veritable hit. Platt loves the cortecce pasta with octopus best. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
Anita Lo’s $95, seven-course tasting menu is one of the best, says Adam Platt. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
The Queens Park Swizzle (aged rum, bitters, mint) here is one of our favorite cocktails of the year. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
One of the most eagerly-awaited downtown openings of the year is Sara Jenkins’ latest, where she’ll augment her porchetta with homey dishes like lasagna al forno. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
Get the $125 tasting menu here for bites like tableside antipasti and Mark Ladner’s legendary 100-layer lasagna. One of our fav Italians from Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
It’s first-rate Thai by way of Las Vegas at this new spot, one of the best restaurants of the year from Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
Celebrate the vegetable with the $42 Mondays-only veggie tasting menu here. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
This place may look like a hodge-podge nightclub, but the Nuevo Latino menu is inspired: shortrib arepas or the ceviches with Asian pear are top notch. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
Vegetables are the new meat at this elegant spot for shojin Buddhist cuisine like persimmon with sesame cream and fragrant rice balls called ohagi. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
For the ultimate in nouveau southern-fried dining, try the Tennessee fried chicken dinner here on Tuesday nights. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
It’s the ultimate in handcrafted retro deli pleasure here, where you must try the pastrami on rye with a Brooklyn-brined pickle. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
Adam Platt picked the tramezzi here (served only at lunch) as his favorite sandwich in Midtown. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Leer más.
