Restaurants

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Hale & Hearty – restaurants located all over town.  Great soups, salads & sandwiches.  Very allergy friendly, menu board posts which allergens are in food.  

Upper West Side
New Leaf:  Located in Ft Tryon Park. Open for lunch, dinner & weekend brunch. Closed Mondays.  Live music many Friday nights.  Locally sourced foods.  (212) 568-5323 
Tavern on the Green:  Reopened!!  Central Park West & 67th St.  (212) 877-8684  Farm to Table menu.  Lunch $15 - 30  Dinner  $25 - 50 plus sides.  

Upper East Side

Serendipity: 60^th St between 2 & 3^rd.  11:30 am to midnight, later on weekends.  Across from Bloomingdales.  Reservations for lunch & dinner required  (212) 838-3531.  Salads, potpies, burgers, sandwiches, pastas.  Famous for desserts, especially ice cream sundaes.

The Plaza Hotel:  5th Ave & 59th St.  The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English is a hidden gem.  8 stations including pizza, cheese counter, wine bar, dumpling bar, grill, sushi bar, bakery, ocean grill and oyster bar and a demo kitchen.  Eat in or take to go.  Also a market available. 

Lavo – 39 E 58^th St (Madison & Park).  Italian Restaurant (212) 750.5588 & Nightclub (212) 584.2700 .  Open for lunch & dinner.

MidTown

Patsy’s Italian Restaurant – 236 W 56^th St, 3 generation Italian, 247-3491
McGee's Pub - 55th btwn Broadway & 8th.  The inspiration for McLaren's Pub on the tv show "How I Met Your Mother".  Sports bar.

Monkey Bar – 60 E 54^th St (btwn Madison & Park) in Hotel Elysee’.  Restaurant & bar.

Reservations: reservations@monkeybarnewyork.com 

Fresco by Scotto – 34 E 52^nd St. (Btwn Madison & Park Ave) Fabulous Italian restaurant.  212-935-3434
Ellen's Stardust Diner - Broadway btwn 50 & 51.  Open 7 days.  1950's themed diner.  Singing wait staff/future Broadway stars.  Breakfast, lunch & dinner.  Stop in for ice cream or dessert.  Touristy, but fun.

Hell's Kitchen
Ristorante Amarone  686 9th (btwn 47 & 48).  (212) 245-6060  Excellent Italian.  Owner Tony lived in my apartment building.  Prices run $15-$30.  noon to 11 pm everyday.

Times Square/Theater District
Restaurant Row:  W 46th Street between 8th & 9th.  The street is filled with several restaurants  May have prix-fix menus for lunch and dinner.  

Restaurant Row/46th between 8th & 9th:

Orso Restaurant:  322 West 46th Street  (212) 489-7212  Open Mon-Tue,Thu 12 pm-11:30 pm; Wed, Sun 11:30 am-11:30 pm; Fri 12 pm -12 am; Sat 11:30 am-12 am  S: 

LaRivista Ristorante: W 46^th St.  (212) 245-1707 Reservations.  Italian, elegant yet affordable. 

Becco:  Italian.  355 W 46th (212) 397-7597. 

Sangria  Spanish  3  W 46th St 

Joe Allen  W 46 

House of Brews  W 46th  Sports bar.  Great brat sandwich  

5 Napkin Burger – W 45^th St & 9^th Avenue – great burgers but also salads, sushi, & entrees.  Lunch, dinner and brunch on Sat/Sun.

Juniors Restaurant -  W 45^th St btwn Broadway & 8^th.  Deli style sandwiches & soups.  Famous for cheesecakes, black & white cookies, bagels.  Also located in Grand Central Dining Concourse.

Carmine’s Restaurant- W 44^th btwn Broadway & 8^th.  My favorite Italian.  Abundant  family style portions.  Do not order full meals for everyone. The calamari is awesome.  RSVP opens at 9 am 212-362-2200.  RSVP accepted for any size group before 7 pm.  RSVP accepted only for groups of 6 or more after 7 pm

John’s Pizzeria – 260 W 44^th St, 212-391-7560.  Nicer than a pizzeria, very good pizza but lots of other good food.  Very reasonable. This one is in a beautiful old church.

Don Giovanni’s – W 44^th St near 10^th.  Good Italian food.  Sidewalk tables.

Tony’s DiNapoli -  147 W 43^rd St Btwn 6^th & 7^th in Casablanca Hotel.  Family style Italian. Indiv portions at lunch.

Grand Central Terminal – Vanderbilt & 42^nd St.  Great food court. 

Oyster Bar Restaurant in Grand Central also has a saloon, counter service and a takeout window (great tuna sandwich & soup). 

Frankie & Johnnie’s Steakhouse – 37^th btwn 5 & 6 (212) 947-8940  also at 45th St & 7th (212) 997-9494.  37^th St location is John Barrymore’s former Townhouse.  Steaks, pasta, seafood. Prix-fixe Theater menu.

Flatiron District/Gramercy Park  –

Eataly – 5^th Avenue & 23^rd Street.  Open everyday.  Mario Batali & Lidia Bastianich bring Italian markets, restaurants, etc.

Shake Shack – SE Corner of Madison Square Park (Madison & 23^rd).  Burgers, hotdogs, fries, shakes, frozen custard.  

ABC Carpet & Home – Broadway & 19^th Street.  Also great restaurant inside. 

Nolita

The Bowery Hotel – 335 Bowery.  Restaurant Gemma

Chelsea/Meatpacking District –

The Ainsworth - 26^th St W btwn 6 & 7.  Lunch, dinner & brunch Sat/Sun.  Tuna Tacos, lamb burgers, interesting salads. 212-741-0646

Chelsea Market – Full city block between West 15^th/16th Street and 9 & 10^th Ave.  Food shops, restaurants, tastings and food tours.  7 am – 9 pm M- Sat, 8 am – 7 pm Sun.  Subway A,C,E  L

Greenwich Village – Between Houston (How-ston) & 14^th St S S= 1/2/Red.  Exit Christopher or Houston.  A walk down Bleeker St is a culinary delight!

Joe’s Dairy – homemade mozzarella (store) 156 Sullivan

Raffetto’s – Houston & MacDougal.  Fresh pasta.

Peanut Butter & Co ­ 240 Sullivan (between Bleeker & W 3^rd St). More than PB & J.

L'Ecole 462 Broadway (at Grand St)  Restaurant for the French Culinary Institute students.  Prix fixe lunch and dinner menus, in addition to à la carte offerings and daily specials. Restaurant hours are: Lunch:  Monday - Friday, 12:15 - 2:30 pm Dinner: Monday — Wednesday, 6:00 - 9:30 pm Thursday — Saturday, 5:30 - 9:30 pm.  Reservations are recommended (212-219-3300).

Joe’s Pizza – 7 Carmine St (Bleeker & 6^th)  Slices.  Very good.

John’s Pizzeria 278 Bleecker St.  212-243-1680. The original location.  Very good pizza plus much more.  Reasonable.

Bleeker Street:  Food stores including Murray’s Cheese Shop (Cheese cave!) 254 Bleeker;  Rocco’s Pastry Shop & Café – (243 Bleeker), Centro Vinoteca  74 7^th Ave (Bleeker), Molly's Cupcakes (vegan options too), gelato shops.  Pick up sandwiches a Murray's and walk one block to a sweet little park for lunch.  Real feel of Italy.

Monte’s Trattoria  97 MacDougal St (btwn W 3^rd and Bleeker) Northern Italian. Famous for Bolognese (212) 228-9194

Raffetto’s: Homemade pasta/sauce store. 144 Houston

Little Italy – South of Spring Street between Broadway and Bowery.  (North of Chinatown) S = same as Chinatown but go north (uptown)

Ferrara’s Bakery & Café - 195 Grand Street between Mulberry & Mott Sts. (212) 226-6150  Eat in café and bakery, coffees.  Best cannollis.  Outstanding!

Via Della Pace – 48 East 7^th Street (2^nd Avenue) (212)253-5803

Often in the spring there are street festivals on Friday evenings.   Music, food, games.

DiPalo’s Fine Foods – gourmet market.  200 Grand St (Mulberry & Mott Strs)

Chinatown

Hsin Wong Restaurant -  72 Bayard St 212-925-6526.  Family style Chinese.  Not fancy, but a lot of food for the money.  Try the roast pork, sesame chicken and the rice crepes.