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Restaurants Perfect For Dinner with the Parents

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  1. Blue Ribbon Brasserie
    9.0

    Blue Ribbon Brasserie

    97 Sullivan St., SoHo, NY 10012

    Stang’s number one favorite restaurant in town. Blue Ribbon Brasserie never disappoints.

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  2. Eleven Madison Park
    9.0

    Eleven Madison Park

    11 Madison Ave., Gramercy, NY 10010

    Fancy though it may be, Eleven Madison Park is surprisingly lively, and the room wide open and airy – definitely not typical of a place serving this kind of food. But make no mistake, this is fine dining at its most serious.

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  3. L'Artusi
    9.0

    L’Artusi

    228 W 10th St., West Village, NY 10014

    L’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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  4. A Voce
    8.9

    A Voce

    41 Madison Ave., Gramercy, NY 10010

    A Voce is definitely Italian fine dining, it will definitely hit you hard in the wallet, and it’s definitely full of suits from the New York Life building next door, but no matter – the food coming out of this kitchen is amazing.

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  5. Perla
    8.9

    Perla

    24 Minetta Ln., Greenwich Village, NY 10012

    All too often, we find ourselves playing the role of hype-squashers, injecting some much needed reality into a situation when people are falling over themselves because a celebrity chef just opened a restaurant with a master pizzaiolo and an indoor water slide. We don’t particularly like being the ones to point out flaws amidst adoring [...]

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  6. Mas
    8.8

    Mas (farmhouse)

    39 Downing St., West Village, NY 10014

    One of our go-to destinations for Fine Dining in NYC. Mas is incredible.

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  7. Vinegar Hill House
    8.8

    Vinegar Hill House

    72 Hudson Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11201

    One of our favorite restaurants that is 100% worth the trip to DUMBO.

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  8. Bar Boulud
    8.7

    Bar Boulud

    1900 Broadway #2, Upper West Side, NY 10023

    Bar Boulud is Daniel Boulud’s “casual bistro”, but by Infatuation standards this is a fancy restaurant. It’s an older crowd, but a seemingly loose one as the restaurant feels upbeat and lively. As for the food, you’ll find a long list of pates and terrines, but otherwise, it’s a pretty straightforward bistro.

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  9. Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria
    8.7

    Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria

    53 Great Jones St., NoHo, NY 10012

    We love it when people get up in arms over a restaurant review. “How dare the New York Times give a Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria three stars? It’s a sandwich shop! Who do they think they are? That’s how many Adour by Alain Ducasse has!” Those aren’t real quotes, but that’s the “people who [...]

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  10. Maialino
    8.7

    Maialino

    2 Lexington Ave., Gramercy, NY 10010

    About a year and a half ago, we wrote up a less than glowing review of Danny Meyer’s then brand new Roman trattoria, Maialino. We had high expectations due to Meyer’s flawless record, but flaws were found, and verdict was levied accordingly. Steinthal actually compared the place to every great band’s worst album. Ouch. But [...]

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