Restaurants Near Madison Square Garden
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Salinas
136 9th Ave., Chelsea, NYChelsea is a challenging neighborhood when it comes to eating. We’re usually only here before an event at Madison Square Garden or because a large group of females we know felt like eating tapas – and this is where large groups of females go to eat tapas. Why on earth are there so many Spanish [...]
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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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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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Ai Fiori
400 5th Avenue, Midtown, NYAvid Infatuation readers know by now that we love ourselves some Michael White. For us, it doesn’t get much better than a meal that involves a heavy dose of the big man’s pasta. Marea is one of our absolute favorite restaurants in Manhattan, and we also gave high marks to his downtown meatopia, Osteria Morini. [...]
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Kunjip
9 W. 32nd St., Midtown, NYYou don’t come to Kunjip for the wonderful service, you come to get down and dirty and some real Korean eats, and fast. This place is A Koreatown favorite, and is Perfect For a quick meal before you head to Madison Square Garden.
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Co.
290 9th Ave., Chelsea, NYCo. (aka Company) is the hip, quasi-new addition to the Sullivan St. Bakery monopoly, and features a more complete menu than other next level pizza-throbs like Motorino and Keste.
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The Red Cat
227 10th Ave., Chelsea, NYThere’s a certain breed of New Yorker who regularly frequents The Red Cat. They’re generally older, (in their 40′s and 50′s) and aren’t concerned with being uber-hip and mixing it up with the 20 and 30 somethings at the Momofukus and Freemans of the world. They’re not sleazy old timers trying to make up for [...]
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Rub BBQ
208 W. 23rd St., Chelsea, NYA long time ago, we met a man named Calhoun the Superhero. He ran deliveries for Rub BBQ, and he was awesome. Feel free to read all about him in our Highline Challenge feature from 2009. We assume that he’s moved on by now to a new job or been elected to public office, but [...]
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The Breslin
16 W. 29th St., Flatiron, NYWe fully expected to be head over heels for The Breslin, but truth be told, it’s all just a bit too much. The food is brutally unhealthy, rich and hearty. Some of it is good and some of it not so good, but no matter what, it’s going to hit you over the head.
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Nuela
43 W. 24th St., Chelsea, NYIt was obvious, even before dining at Nuela, that this wasn’t going to be an Infatuation go-to. These massive, ultra-stylized restaurants aren’t typically our thing, which is precisely why we don’t have a Perfect For “People Who Like Buddakan” tab on the site. Regardless, we read some recent reviews and decided to see for ourselves [...]
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