Some of the country's oldest restaurants call New York City there home, and countless others have made themselves timeless in only a few score years. Here are the best of the old school!
The iconic and shuttered Café Des Artistes is reopened as The Leopard at Des Artistes, serving Italian fare with Neapolitan roots. A variety of recipes are influenced by the local aristocracy, in contrast from the popular traditions containing poor but nutritionally healthy ingre...
1 W 67th StDonohue's is one of those rare finds; a true New York bar for New Yorkers aiming for a drink during lunch and perhaps a earth-endingly big chicken pot pie to go with it. The bar itself is a mid-40s treasure, with Art Deco fixtures that get festooned with lights during the holiday...
845 Lexington AveLocated right across the street from the flagship restaurant, in 1973 Palm Too was just the third restaurant to open after the original. Initially, it opened to take the overflow from the first Palm, but Palm Too has gained its own loyal following of Palm customers and today its ...
840 2nd AveKeith McNally waved his magic wand and updated this old stalwart to new glory. The stylish bistro now seats 85 in a classic setting defined by the same cohesive, subtly transporting aesthetic that has made McNally's other ventures, like the Odeon and Balthazar, deviously attracti...
113 MacDougal St (bet. Bleecker & W. 3rd Sts.)Since the liberation from Prohibition, the bar had no name. To the sailors and longshoremen, it was like a clubhouse and was known as “The Green Door.” Its motto from long ago was “Known from Coast to Coast.” There used to be a pool table, gambling, tall tales, and no music excep...
326 Spring Street (Greenwich and Washington Sts.)Twenty-six years after the Palm opened its second New York City location right across the street from the original, the Palm has come full circle with the opening of its Times Square location. Right in the heart of the theatre district, the Westside Palm has become a hotspot for ...
250 W 50th St (Broadway & 8th Ave.)An elegant-comme-kitschy eatery with fine Italian fare: delicious handmade ravioli, clams casino, and veal.
32 Withers St (bet. Lorimer St. & Union Ave.)Vastly popular for over 100 years, dead poet Dylan Thomas drank his last here, then staggered off and died the next morning. Perhaps that explains why the White Horse Tavern remains eternally hip with the college crowds, who seek it out for enormous quantities of beer and spirits...
567 Hudson Street (West 11th Street)Born on the Lower East Side in 1888, with its famous decades-old signs such as "Send a salami to your boy in the army" and window display of thank-you letters from former U.S. presidents, Katz's has repeatedly earned the moniker of most authentic New York deli. Generati...
205 E Houston St (Ludlow St.)Midwood—and perhaps Brooklyn's—best pizza, with a diabolically crisp crust and sumptuous cheese and toppings.
1424 Avenue JFraunces Tavern is a place of superlatives: open since 1762, George Washington bid farewell to his troops here after the Revolutionary War. That's reason enough to visit the museum here, have a drink and some meat or seafood dishes. Steeped in tradition and filled with tasteful a...
54 Pearl StA favorite of the mini-mogul set, Peter Luger Steak House has been serving the finest USDA Prime steaks since 1887. But you need not be a mogul to eat here; one of the biggest surprises is the chopped steak (a/k/a hamburger), possibly the very best in New York City, and served at...
178 Broadway (Kent Ave.)In 1885 Keens Chophouse opened independently under the ownership of Albert Keen, by then a noted figure in the Herald Square Theatre District. Keens soon became the lively and accepted rendezvous of the famous. Actors in full stage make-up hurried through the rear door to “fortif...
72 West 36th St. (5th and 6th Aves.)Cozy Italian restaurant with classic European decor and a gracious staff, serving superb northern Italian fare.
1494 2nd Ave