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Restaurants Perfect For Impressing Out of Towners

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  1. Picca
    9.0

    Picca

    9575 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

    Dining in Los Angeles is different than dining in New York. You probably don’t need us to tell you that, but every time we eat food in this town, we’re reminded of the fact that having a valet out in front of the restaurant is just about as essential as getting good press. Let’s just [...]

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  2. L'Artusi
    9.0

    L’Artusi

    228 W 10th St., West Village, NY

    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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  3. Allswell
    9.0

    Allswell

    124 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY

    Sometimes 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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  4. Babbo
    8.9

    Babbo

    110 Waverly Place, Greenwich Village, NY

    Of all the Batali restaurants, Babbo is the one most aligned with the Infatuation ideals for good eating. Del Posto, Lupa, Otto and Eataly have a tendency to be filled with faux-New Yorkers, which Stang covered in depth in the Lupa review. Babbo (and Casa Mono) are where the real motherf*ckers are at. When we [...]

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  5. Mas
    8.8

    Mas (farmhouse)

    39 Downing St., West Village, NY

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

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  6. Vinegar Hill House
    8.8

    Vinegar Hill House

    72 Hudson Ave., Brooklyn, NY

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

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  7. Marlow and Sons
    8.8

    Marlow & Sons

    81 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY

    A funky oyster bar that’s relatively small in size but big on personality. Also, the food is great. Mark this down as an Infatuation favorite.

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  8. Ippudo
    8.8

    Ippudo

    65 4th Ave., East Village, NY

    In my dreams there is a Japanese Willy Wonka, and his factory looks like one giant Ippudo. I want to be the fat little German kid that drowns in a river of pork broth and noodles. This updated review of Ippudo is not here to mark a change in our opinion of the place. I [...]

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  9. freemans
    8.8

    Freemans

    End of Freeman Alley, Lower East Side, NY

    It’s painful going back and reading a lot of the reviews I wrote two and a half years ago, especially this one. Freemans was not only the first review ever written for this website, but my first stab at a restaurant review period. There was nothing Immaculate about my writing skills back then. Although its [...]

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  10. Momofuku Ssam Bar
    8.7

    Momofuku Ssäm Bar

    207 2nd Ave., East Village, NY

    Believe the hype. This is an all time Infatuation favorite. Be prepared to eat an unhealthy amount of pork and be very, very happy about it.

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