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NYC Eating and Drinking

Since moving to NYC, I've been eating like a piggy and drinking like a fishy. Email me your favorites!

Here are some of my favorite dishes, listed by Restaurant - Neighborhood - Dish:
Blue Ribbon Sushi - Soho - Nigiri
Bar Carrera - Greenwich Village- Cheese plate with quince paste
Buddakan - Meatpacking - Tuna Tartare Spring Roll crispy shallot, ponzu
Graffiti-East Village-Pork buns w apricot chutney
Cuba - Greenwich Village - Tamal cubano
Five Napkin - Hell's Kitchen - Burger
Babbo Ristorante - Greenwich Village - Duck
Craftbar - Chelsa - Pecorino risotto balls.
Salt - Soho - Cantaloupe gazpacho w basil and prociutto (Restaurant closed)
Momofuku Noodle Bar - East Village - Pork ramen.
Georgia's Eastside BBQ - LES - pork sandwich
Villa Della Pace - East Village - Lobster ravioli
Arturo's -Greenwich Village-Macaroni cheese balls
Katz Deli - LES - Pastrami sandwich and a Dr Brown's
Peasant - Little Italy - Gnocchi
Lombardi’s - Little Italy - Basil and mozzerella pizza
Blue Hill - West Village - This morning's farm egg (changes daily)
Mooncake Foods - LES / Midtown - Lobster & Mango Summer Rolls

The restaurant contenders visited ...
A Voce
A.O.C. L'aile ou la Cuisse
Amber
Arturo's Coal Fired Pizza
Babbo Ristorante
Balthazar
Bamboo 52
Baoguette Cafe
Bar Americain
Bar Carrera
Bar Pitti
Barrio Chino
Bleecker St Pizza
Blue Ribbon Sushi
Bond St Sushi
Boom
Boqueria
Bread
Brother Jimmy's
Buddakan
Butter
Cafe Asean
Cafe Cluny
Cafe Habana
Calle Ocho
Camaje
Casa
Catch the Fish
Cha Cha's
Chinatown Brasserie
Choga
City Crab
City Winery
Coffee Shop
Cognac
Colors
Cornelia Street Cafe
Cozy's
Craftbar
Cuba
Cucina de Pesce
Doma
Dos Caminos
Ed's Lobster Bar
En Japanese Brassarie
Epistrophy
Ess a Bagel
Fette Sau
Five guys
Five Napkin
Five Ninth
Florencia 13
Focceria
Frank Restaurant
Georgia's Eastside BBQ
Gigino's
Ginger's
Graffiti
Gray's Papaya
Halal Cart 53rd and 6th
Haru
Hearth
I Coppi
Ippudo
Jane
Joe's Shanghai
Joseph Leonard
Katz Deli
Keste
Kif
Kittichai
Klong Thai Food
Kodama Sushi
Koi (Bryant Park Hotel)
Koo Sushi
Kuidouraku
La Bottega
La Lanterna di Vittorio
Las Ramblas
Lasagna Ristorante
Laut
Le Bateau Ivre
Le Pescadeux
Lombardi’s
Loreley
Luca Bar
Luke's Lobster
Lupa Osteria Romana
Maison
Matsuri
Mekong
Mercato
Mermaid Oyster Bar
Minetta Tavern
Miuyabi Sushi
Momofuku Ma Peche
Momofuku Noodle Bar
Momofuku Ssäm Bar
Mono+Mono
Mooncake Foods
Moran's
Mughlai
Nathan's Hot Dogs
Nice Matin
Nobu
NoHo Star
Nolita House
Ocean Grill
Oh Taisho
Oscar Cafe
Pacific Grill
Peasant
Pepe Rosso
Perilla
Pesce Pasta
Pinche Taqueria
PS 450
Radigan's
Rebar
Rocco's Thompson
Ruby's
Rue57
Sala Bowery
Salt
Salud!
Scuderia
Sea
Shake Shack
Shanghai Village
Shima
Shinbashi
S'mac
Spotted Pig
St Marks Sliders
Stand
Sushi Samba
Sushi Yasuda
Table 12
Tavern on Jane
Ten 10 Downing
Teralucci y Vino
Thailand Cafe
The Breslin
The Smith
Tomoe Sushi
Trattoria Spaghetto
Trecolori
Tutuma
Vermillion
Villa Della Pace
Vyne
Walker's
Wichcraft
Woo Lae Oak
Xi'an's Famous Noodles
Zen Restaurant
Zengo

....had some desserts and stuff...
Ayza
Baked by Melissa
Chikalicious
Corrado
Crepes a go go
Dylan's Candy Bar
East Village Cheese Shop
Emack & Bolio's
Grom
Lily Obrien's
Liquiteria
Macaron Café
Magnolia Bakery
Mister Softie
Momofuku Milk Bar
Peanut Butter & Co.
Pop Bar
Serendipity3
Ten Ren
Teuscher Chocolates

...aaand I admit I did a little drinking...
Angel's Share
Apple
Back Fence
Bar 89
Bar Baresco
Bar Carrera
Bar Centrale
Bar Henry
Bar Volace
Birdland
Bleecker Heights Tavern
Bleecker St Bar
Blue Haven
Blue Note
Blue Owl
Botanica
Bowery Ballroom
Brooklyn Bowl
Cafe Iguana
Campbell Apartment
Carnegie Club
Cellar Bar
Central Bar
Chorus
Cibar
Circa Tabac
Columbus72
Common Ground
Creole Restaurant
DBA
De Santos
Ditch Plains
Falucka
Fat Cat
Gaslight
Gold Bar
Half Pint
Happy Ending
Heartland Brewery
Heidelberg
Highlands
Horsebox
Il Bastardo
Japas38
Jules
Kenny's Castaways
Kettle of Fish
Kingswood
La Esquina
Les Enfants Terribles
Little Branch
Macando
MacDougal St Ale House
Maru
McGee's Pub
McSorley's
Me Bar
Midtown Parlour
Milady's
Norwood
Off the Wagon
Peculiar Pub
Pegu Club
Peninsula Hotel
Pony Bar
Pravda
Puck Fair
Red Lion
Red58
Reservoir
Shade
Sixth Ward
Slattery's Midtown Pub
Smalls
Smith & Mills
Swift Hibernian Lounge
Tao
Ted's
Temple Bar
The Ginger Man
The Globe
The Room
The World Room
Thompson LES
Thunder Jackson's
Ulysses Folk House
Uptown Lounge
Village Vanguard
Vyne
White Star
WineBar
Zinc Bar
1849
119 Bar
310 Lounge
675 Club
8th St Wine Bar