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Midtown West: Xie Xie

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The Hell’s Kitchen standby Sandwich Planet has dozens of sandwiches on the menu, seemingly every combination of ingredients imaginable. But along comes Xie Xie with a roster of sandwich combos you won’t find at Planet, or anywhere else for that matter. Take the [...]

Midtown West: Anthos

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What took Greek cuisine so long to get the showcase it deserves in Manhattan? Don’t know—but for years it was just Snack, Milos, Molyvos (inconsistently), and that’s about it. Then Michael Psilakis [...]

Midtown West: Szechuan Gourmet

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Not too many luscious lunch options around Bryant Park and the central branch of the library–which is why Szechuan Gourmet was so madly welcome when [...]

Midtown West: Baden Baden

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Your directionally-inept friends will need very clear instructions for finding Baden Baden, a pub-like Koreatown restaurant. It’s hidden behind [...]

Midtown East: Inside Park at St. Bart's

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One of Manhattan’s best outdoor eating spaces sits, oddly, right in the middle of Park Avenue’s corporate-suit corridor—if anyone there still has a job, that is. But the terrace at the confusingly named Euro-American restaurant Inside Park at St. Bart’s is undeniably appealing, not just because it’s outdoors but [...]

Midtown East: Convivio

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Tudor City is a leafy, hard-to-find little Midtown nook that sparks feelings of “where the F am I?” But it’s worth the detour to Convivio, on this far-eastern stretch along the East River, for chef Michael White’s ingenious cooking: This is top-of-its-game, white-tablecloth Italian with a country soul. Try the insanely delicious, [...]