Restaurants Near Irving Plaza
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Bar Jamón
125 E. 17th St., Gramercy, NYWe probably should have posted this review when we first wrote about Casa Mono, but that was back in the day when Immaculate Infatuation was just a struggling newborn, still in the incubator. I think Casa Mono was restaurant review number five on the site. But now that we’re a strong (and fussy) two year [...]
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The Smith
53 3rd Ave., East Village, NYA go-to restaurant with consistent food, decent prices, and a lively bar. Order the gnocchi.
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Mayahuel
304 E. 6th Street, East Village, NYInside Mayahuel’s unmarked door lies a dimly lit, bi-level dungeon of potential naughtiness. It’s paradise for a those who love tequila and is extremely dangerous for those whose stomachs don’t agree with it. Mayahuel is another one of those sexy Specialty Cocktail dens that have helped to reshape Date Night here in NYC. Trying to [...]
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Old Town Bar
45 E. 18th St., Gramercy, NYOver a century of Big Apple history lies within these walls, saturated into their prohibition-era marble bar and stained all over their vintage urinals and toilets. Old Town’s no frills formula has been working for generations. It’s all about the company you keep and beer you drink.
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Reservoir
70 University Place, Union Square, NYLooking for a good place to post up for a night of grubbing, game watching, and beer drinking? This is your spot. On a good day, Reservoir boasts some of the city’s best Buffalo wings and perfect waffle fries.
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Momofuku Milk Bar
207 2nd Ave., East Village, NYNormally, we wouldn’t offer a full review to a dessert bar. With all due respect to sweet spots like Levain Bakery, Jacques Torres, ChikaLicious, Magnolia and Led Zeppole, there’s one thing they lack that Milk Bar doesn’t – pork buns. David Chang deprived Midtown’s new Momofuku establishment, Má Pêche, of his famous pork fat sandwiches, [...]
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Dos Toros Taqueria
137 4th Ave., East Village, NYManhattan’s food scene is far superior to San Francisco’s, with one glaring exception – Mexican. Seeing this gaping hole as an opportunity, two Bay Area transplants decided to bring NYC a taste of how the 415 gets down.
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Eataly: La Pizza & Pasta
200 5th Ave., Flatiron, NYWe’re finally getting around to an Infatuation assessment of Eataly, and we’re going to approach this by posting about each individual restaurant, rather than rating Eataly on the whole. Why? Because if we rated it as a single entity, we would be telling you to stay away from this place at all f*cking costs. But [...]
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Barbounia
250 Park Avenue South, Flatiron, NYIs there a new name for this area around Park Avenue South yet? SoPa? ParASo? South Park? Between the new Gansevoort Hotel, TGI Friday’s, The Hurricane Club and this place, we’re going to need something catchy for all the d-bags to put on their Facebook invites. “Jamie, Sara, Erin, Heather, Jessica, Katie, and Kelli’s Birthday [...]
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Corkbuzz Wine Bar
13 E. 13th St., Union Square, NYYou know what, it’s our fault. We should have known that we were going to hate this, and skipped the place all together. Warning signs that should have been heeded: 1) cutesy wine bar name. 2) confounding mission statement. 3) the fact that there is a mission statement. 4) $35 glasses of wine on the [...]
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