Restaurants Perfect For Action at the Bar
our suggestions
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L’Artusi
228 W 10th St., West Village, NYL’Artusi can officially go on our list of favorite restaurants in this town. A few things stand out as qualifications for such an honor – outstanding and consistent food, great service, good music, and some ancillary entertainment that comes in the form of great people watching.
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Allswell
124 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NYSometimes when we head for Brooklyn to check out a restaurant that the locals are all fired up about, we end up disappointed. You quarantined Brooklynites can have a tendency to over-hype your beloved neighborhood staples – staples that sometimes wouldn’t cut it when put up against the big boys in the West Village or [...]
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Scarpetta
355 W. 14th St., Chelsea, NYA fantastic and trendy Italian spot, so far untainted by the Meatpacking District sprawl.
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Fedora
239 W. 4th St., West Village, NYJust so you know, this restaurant is named for it’s previous owner and proprietor, a woman by the name of Fedora Dorado who ran the original establishment for over 50 years before Gabe Stulman took over and revamped it in November. So don’t go thinking it’s an invitation for you to bust out that ridiculous [...]
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Maison Premiere
298 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NYEither we’ve aged into silver haired, 30-something hipsters overnight or Williamsburg is just more on our wavelength lately than Manhattan. As you’re well aware, we love drinking almost as much as eating and right now, there’s no better place to find our two beloved pastimes working together in sweet harmony than The Burg. Marlow & [...]
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Raoul’s
180 Prince St., SoHo, NYRaoul’s is the sh*t. That’s really the only proper way to put it. If you can’t have a good time here, you probably can’t have a good time anywhere. This boisterous French bistro has been a Soho institution since the 70’s.
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Keens Steakhouse
72 W. 36th Street, Midtown, NYKeens is as Old New York as you can get. Open since 1885, this place is loaded with history. It’s pretty much the Museum of Natural Meat Eating History.
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Locanda Verde
377 Greenwich St., Tribeca, NYAn Infatuation favorite, Locanda Verde is a very good restaurant, and it is so because the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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The John Dory Oyster Bar
1196 Broadway, Flatiron, NYFor the average restaurateur, the first incarnation of The John Dory would have been quite the accomplishment – tons of press coverage, a steady flow of customers…who cares if the reviews were mixed? But that wasn’t exactly what Ken Friedman and April Bloomfield had in mind. These two aren’t just after success; the name of [...]
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La Esquina Brasserie
114 Kenmare St., Nolita, NYIf you read our review of the cafe and taqueria, you know that we’re fans of the food at La Esquina. It’s easy to like fresh Mexican favorites in a casual environment. But what happens when you put a guy with a clipboard and some very dangerous stairs in between us and dinner? In most [...]
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