Very rarely does a restaurant start hitting on all cylinders from the moment it opens. But to paraphrase that old ad: With a chef like Andrew Carmellini, it’s got to be good. Alas, this place is hardly flying under the radar; it’s become dicey to get a table anywhere near prime time, but hang in and it’ll be worth the effort. At Locanda Verde, Carmellini offers a genius lineup of pastas [...]

Ever since he turned up in NYC, first at the long-defunct Atlas on Central Park South, UK-born chef Paul Liebrandt has been sprouting all kinds of nut-job ideas—and bless him for that. Say what you will about molecular gastronomy and its equally overwrought brethren; it’s healthy to have a cheerfully bonkers streak running through a few of the city’s restaurants. Chicago embraced this long before NYC did. At Corton, Liebrandt may [...]

Terroir Tribeca is a more food-centric spinoff of the impish, ingenious East Village wine bar Terroir. Here at the Tribeca branch, there’s more space, more private nooks, and less reason to leave after a few drinks. Stay and make a meal of it [...]

Suspend your disbelief—at the weirdly non-New York vibe in the dining room, and at the fact that a seriously fantastic restaurant can exist in the Financial District tangle—and you’ll be in for one of the best food experiences to hit the city this year. At SHO [...]