As you know I'm a big foodie. I was just in NYC, and ate at quite a few great restaurants thanks to my friend Mel Barlow. One of them, Rayuela I already blogged about, but I thought I'd throw the rest of them down in a list. I'm going to start/keep blogging all my favorite restaurants A: so I can have a record of all my favorite places, and B: if you're in NYC or are going to NYC, then you can have some places to try out.
So here they are.. Obviously nothing will make it into the blog if I don't like it, but I'm listing these in the order of what I liked the most:
1. Rayuela- A hopscotch of food from different places. I blogged about this one here.
2. Macondo- A blend of tapas. Blogged about this one too here.
3. Brown- Organic gourmet. Blogged about it this one here.
4. No. 7- Contemporary American Food
5. Frankies 17- A lighter side of italian
6. Moto- Gourmet American, Great live music. Great rustic old brooklyn vibe.
7. Walters- Great late night gormet wings. Other food is great too.
8. Diner- Gourmet Diner food. Hip greasy diner vibe.
9. Relish- Awesome breakfast, and another hip diner vibe.
10. Roebling Tea Room- fun light food, breakfast was great, and rustic atmosphere.
11. Smac- Awesome assortment of Mac 'n Cheeses. I had the Buffalo Chicken mac. Sooo good!
12. Fette Sau- BBQ meet, their own beer on tap that you can buy growlers of. Rustic butchershop vibe.
New additions:
13. Alta- Amazing tapas in a small low key area close to Union Square. A new fave.
I love Fette Sau, although I always come home smelling strongly of smoked meat, which freaks out my vegetarian girlfriend…
BTW, I’ve been reading your blog for some time now and love it. Keep up the good work!
What, no Rao’s?
Thanks so much for this list. It couldn’t have come at a better time. I’m going to NYC this weekend for the very first time!
hey nick,
my new favorite nyc restaraunt is EN japanese brasserie (http://www.enjb.com/). I can’t wait to go there when I’m in new york later this month. thanks for the good reads on your blog.
Great list…do you have a similar one for Las Vegas? Preferably before the next WPPI conference?
@jerren Haven’t tried Rao’s. Would love to. Send me the info.
@scott I’ll have to try that next time I’m there. The burg has some great restos
@carl Haven’t really been to Vegas much. There is a good sushi place called RA sushi and I think they are in Vegas. They’re not really botiquy like the rest of these, but good sushi.