East Village

Noreetuh

Why Come Here? Unique Hawaiian-inspired cooking, adventurous eats Noreetuh describes itself as a Hawaiian restaurant. Previously I had never been to an eatery focused on the cuisine of the Aloha State, but I think most of us would imagine such a place to be filled with tiki masks, bright flowers and volcanoes. Perhaps the servers would […]

Babu Ji

Why Come Here? My favorite Indian restaurant in NYC, creative dishes, fun/relaxed vibe Let’s face it, Indian food in NYC people get particularly excited about. With a few exceptions, you could generally waltz into any mid-sized town in England and find better Indian food than you will here. For whatever reason most of our restaurants […]

Fuku

Why Come Here? Awesome fried chicken sandwich David Chang can best be described as a wizard who spins Korean food into gold. His other restaurants – the Momofukus Noodle Bar, Ssam and Ko – are slammed every night. Milk Bar floods instagram with photos of corn flake covered cones and […]

Superiority Burger

Why Come Here? To get a damn good veggie burger Late last week, Superiority Burger opened to much hoopla and hype. What’s with all the excitement? The reason is owner Brooks Headley, formerly of Del Posto, whose veggie burgers have appeared at numerous pop-ups over the past couple years and […]

Somtum Der

Why Come Here? Manhattan’s most authentic Isan Thai, get your spice on Somtum Der is a mini-chain with one other location: Bangkok. That’s the type of cred I like to see in my Thai restaurants. But this place won’t be everybody’s bowl of noodles. If Cafe Spice is your pinnacle […]