New York / New Jersey

NYT three-star wood-fired pizza and house-made bread

Modern Mexican with notably fresh ingredients

Brick-walled cocktail bar with a heated backyard

Massive beer garden, perfect for groups

Legendary dive — cheap beer and a free hot dog since the '30s

Family-run Druze hole-in-the-wall, homemade pita

Mesquite-grilled tacos worth the line

A genuine soccer bar with massive screens near Penn

The Sturgeon King since 1908, legendary smoked fish

Michael Imperioli's red-velvet Art Deco cocktail room

Literary-themed neighborhood pub, cheap drafts

No-frills local staple, cheap pints and pub grub

Cash-only burger institution, old-school UES

1937 French bistro reborn by the Frenchette team

Iconic Carlyle hotel bar with live piano

Beautiful, vibey, affordable neighborhood cocktail bar

Where locals go for chicken and waffles and short ribs

Harlem-owned wine bar, Spanish-Italian small plates

Neapolitan pies and a great negroni sbagliato

Historic jazz club where bebop was born

Missy Robbins' incredible pasta, tough reservation

Natural wine and oysters with Manhattan skyline views

Oysters and absinthe in a gorgeous garden space

Late-night tacos inside a working tortilla factory

Farm-to-table brunch and great cocktails

Mr Lyan's stripped-back, inventive natural cocktails

Italian wine bar, prosecco and panini till late

Speakeasy cocktails beneath Chelsea Market

Rita Sodi & Jody Williams' beloved trattoria, no reservations

Cash-only burgers and old-school tavern vibes

Charming all-day French café, brasserie classics

Sasha Petraske's subterranean classic-cocktail den

24-hour Ukrainian diner, legendary pierogies

Cult-favorite veggie burger, tiny and brilliant

Nerdy natural-wine bar, 250+ bottles from small producers

Intimate natural-wine haunt with elevated small plates

House-milled-flour slices — ask any local, this is the answer

Iberian seafood and tinned fish, snag the 5:30 table

No-reservations Greek where hours quietly disappear

Low-lit room, seasonal handmade pasta

Leah Cohen's punchy Thai and Filipino plates

Appetizing since 1914 — lox, smoked fish, babka done right

No menu, no sign — bartenders mix to your mood

One of the world's best bars, Asian-leaning cocktails + bites

Minimalist Japanese cocktails and sake highballs

Dimes Square natural-wine tabac with Parisian energy

Single-origin Nicaraguan coffee in a tiny corner nook

Upscale American, one of NYC's best

All-natural steak and NYC's coldest martini

Time-travel themed cocktail lounge

NYC's oldest continuously operating bar (1864)

The definitive downtown brasserie since 1980

James Beard best-new-restaurant, Tribeca bistro

Multiple-times world's best bar, Irish-pub soul

Asian-inspired cocktails and late-night DJ nights in FiDi

Iconic Jersey diner, massive portions

Family-run Portuguese a short walk from Red Bull Arena

Authentic tapas and sangria, daily happy hour

Neapolitan pizza and a full bar minutes from the arena

Legendary rodizio, all-you-can-eat Brazilian BBQ

Portuguese seafood since 1957, massive portions

Basque cooking since 1976, charcoal-grilled everything

Family-run Portuguese seafood since 1989

Beloved Ironbound bakery, Portuguese pastries and bread