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Torrisi Italian Specialities @ 250 Mulberry St., New York, NY

Torrisi Italian Specialties

250 Mulberry St, New York, NY (@ Prince St.)
212.965.0955
www.piginahat.com

By day, Torrisi Italian Specialties is a sandwich shop on the northern edge of Little Italy.  This is noteworthy, because Torrisi is nothing quite like the tourist traps and lackluster Italian food... Read More

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Lucky Strike

59 Grand St., New York, NY (West Broadway & Wooster St.)
212-941-0772
www.luckystrikeny.com

Step into this 1989-established Keith McNally dining room, and you might feel like you’ve entered a friend’s house – provided that your friend loves French film and well-worn antiques. A décor... Read More

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CafÉ Gitane

242 Mott. St., New York, NY (Houston & Prince)
212.334.9552
www.cafegitanenyc.com

With all the ambience of a charming sidewalk bistro in Paris, it should come as no surprise that NoLita’s Café Gitane is named after a French cigarette. During the day, the hip French-Morrocan... Read More

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The Waverly Inn

16 Bank St. New York, NY @ Waverly Pl
917.828.1154
www.yelp.com/the-waverly-inn-new-york

Nightlife impresario and hotelier Sean MacPherson with Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter opened this legendary New York nook in 1999. With handpainted murals of 43 Greenwich Village luminaries like... Read More

Peasant NYC Restaurant @ 194 Elizabeth St. New York, NY

Peasant

194 Elizabeth St, New York, NY (Prince & Spring St.)
212.965.9511
www.peasantnyc.com

Simplicity at its most savory describes Peasant. Enter this dungeoness enoteca and you may feel as though you fell into a rabbit hole: In the middle of Manhattan, a turn of the century inn? Candlelit... Read More

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Falai

267 Lafayette St, New York, NY (Prince & Spring Sts.)
212.274.8615
www.falainyc.com

A sleek, white, heaven-like interior on Lafayette is home to an exceptional Italian restaurant that feels like a bit of Florence on the Lower East Side. Eponymously christened by the acclaimed... Read More

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Niko

170 Mercer St., New York, NY (West Houston & Prince St.)
212.991.5650
www.helloniko.com

Hiro Sawatari, 30-year sushi chef formerly of Sushi Yasuda, runs the eight-seat, onyx-clad sushi bar at Niko, a Mercer street marvel of both Japanese cuisine and SoHo architecture. The acclaimed... Read More

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Omen

113 Thompson St. New York, NY (Spring & Prince St.)
212.925.8923
www.yelp.com/biz/omen-new-york

Omen, the unusual Japanese haunt in SoHo, is the paragon of Kyoto-style country cooking.  That means you’ll be exposed to such wonders as the Uni Yamakake (raw tuna and sea urchin with grated... Read More