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The Waverly Inn

16 Bank St. New York, NY @ Waverly Pl
917.828.1154
www.yelp.com/the-waverly-inn-new-york

Nightlife impresario and hotelier Sean MacPherson with Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter opened this legendary New York nook in 1999. With handpainted murals of 43 Greenwich Village luminaries like... Read More

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Falai

267 Lafayette St, New York, NY (Prince & Spring Sts.)
212.274.8615
www.falainyc.com

A sleek, white, heaven-like interior on Lafayette is home to an exceptional Italian restaurant that feels like a bit of Florence on the Lower East Side. Eponymously christened by the acclaimed... Read More

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Omen

113 Thompson St. New York, NY (Spring & Prince St.)
212.925.8923
www.yelp.com/biz/omen-new-york

Omen, the unusual Japanese haunt in SoHo, is the paragon of Kyoto-style country cooking.  That means you’ll be exposed to such wonders as the Uni Yamakake (raw tuna and sea urchin with grated... Read More

ABC Kitchen NYC Restaurant @ 45 East 18th St., New York, NY

ABC Kitchen

45 E 18th St., New York, NY (Park Ave. & Broadway)
212.475.5829
www.abckitchennyc.com

Jean Georges still has the Midas touch: ABC Kitchen, his farm-to-table Flatiron favorite was just named new restaurant of 2011 by the James Beard Foundation. Why? For one, everything here is... Read More

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Blue Ribbon Brasserie

97 Sullivan St., New York, NY (Spring & Prince Sts.)
212.274.0404
www.blueribbonrestaurants.com

Eric and Bruce Bromberg’s popular American bistro and raw bar is open from 4pm to 4am, but it’s the thing to go after 11pm. The unofficial after-hours hangout for chefs, waiters, bartenders and... Read More

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Pearl Oyster Bar

18 Cornelia St., New York, NY (Bleecker & West 4th Sts.)
212.691.8211
www.pearloysterbar.com

Let’s put it this way: When Tony Soprano woke up from his coma, the first thing he wanted to eat was a lobster roll from Pearl Oyster Bar. One bite of this succulent sandwich and you’ll... Read More

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Raoul’s

180 Prince St., New York, NY (Sullivan & Thompson Sts.)
212.966.3518
www.raouls.com

Opened in SoHo by two brothers newly arrived from Alsace, France, Raoul’s has become a New York bistro for the books, and only getting better with time. The locals used to come here in the 1970s... Read More

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The Odeon

145 West Broadway, New York, NY (@ Thomas St.)
212.233.0507
www.theodeonrestaurant.com

Opened over twenty years ago, this landmark restaurant is the classic TriBeCa hangout for New York’s fashionable... Read More