We asked NYers “if you could only eat at one NYC restaurant for the rest of your life, which one would it be?” Of course, many couldn’t simply settle on just one, but others were incredibly passionate about their top pick.
From Harlem to Staten Island, here are 40 NYC restaurants NYers say they would eat at for the rest of their lives if they could only choose one:
1. Grimaldi’s, Various Locations (find more of NYC best pizza here)
2. Parkside, Corona
3. Max’s Esca, Staten Island
4. Bleeker Street Pizza, Greenwich Village
5. Carmine’s, Various Locations
6. Carbone, West Village
7. Gray’s Papaya, UWS
8. Dominic’s, Bronx
9. Jackson Diner, Jackson Heights
10. The Mermaid Inn, Chelsea
11. Balthazar, SoHo
12. Brooklyn Chop House, FiDi
13. Keen’s Steakhouse, Midtown (more delicious NYC steakhouses here)
14. Jacob’s Pickles, UWS
15. Ortebello’s, Mapleton
16. Vincent’s, Little Italy
17. SoHo Cafe & Grill, Kensington
18. Urban Vegan Kitchen, Greenwich Village
19. Lafayette, NoHo
20. Tea & Sympathy, West Village
21. BondST, NoHo
22. Miss Lily’s, Various Locations
23. Tanoreen, Bay Ridge
24. Raoul’s, SoHo
25. Lupa, Greenwich Village
26. Arch Diner, Flatlands
27. Katz’s, LES
28. Taco Mix, UES
29. Le Grenouille, Midtown East
30. Picnic Garden BBQ, Flushing
31. Lolo’s Crab Shack, Harlem
32. Peter Luger’s, West Village
33. Nobu, Various Locations
34. Gramercy Tavern, Gramercy
35. Rao’s, Harlem
36. Lucali’s, Carroll Gardens
37. Claud, East Village
38. Golden Diner, Two Bridges
39. Saranrom Thai, Elmhurst – located in Little Thailand
40. PJ Clarke’s, Various Locations