Union Square Cafe
Union Square Cafe, Danny Meyer's restaurant that opened in 1985, has been New York's most popular restaurant for 8 years, according to the Zagat guide. The food is described on the website as "seasonal American food with an Italian soul," and the restaurant serves lunch and dinner, along with dessert and wine lists. Lunch dishes include Greenmarket squash tortellini with cranberry-sage brown butter, a yellowfin tuna burger with ginger-mustard glaze and grilled red onions, and Berkshire pork lasagna with ricotta and Pioppini mushroom-pesto sauce. For dinner, you can enjoy oven-roasted Giannone chicken with Anson Mills polenta, root vegetables and Swiss chard pesto; ricotta gnocchi with tomato-basil passatina and Pecorino Romano; and grilled striped bass with olive oil-braised potatoes, wild mushrooms, baby spinach and salsa verde. You can even bring the food home with you long after your meal is over, with two cookbooks by Danny Meyer and Chef Michael Romano.
Union Square Cafe
21 East 16th St
NY, NY 10003
(212) 243-4020
unionsquarecafe.com
Republic Restaurant
This pan-Asian restaurant serves food that combines ingredients and cooking styles from Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Japan and Thailand. Their menu include small dishes, vegetarian options, noodles, rice dishes and Vietnamese sandwiches, along with desserts and a full cocktail menu. Examples of the cuisine served at this unique eatery include salmon sashimi salad with shallots, mint, and mustard-lime sauce; curried duck noodles with shallots, garlic and cilantro; and a grilled beef satay Vietnamese sandwich. With communal seating and a view of the open kitchen, this is one dining experience you are sure to remember!
Republic Restaurant
37 Union Square West
NY, NY 10003
(212) 627-7172
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'wichcraft
Bravo's Top Chef Tom Colicchio is the chef and owner of this restaurant, which serves freshly made breakfasts, sandwiches, soups, salads and pastries. The 'wichcraft in the Flatiron district serves dinner, as well. All of their food is made from scratch every day, with an emphasis on using Greenmarket vegetables and sustainably raised meat. Warm sandwiches served here include grilled mozzarella and fontina with tomato-olive preserves on country bread; grilled gruyere and carmelized onions on rye bread; and roasted turkey with avocado, bacon, onion relish and aioli on a ciabatta roll . Cold sandwiches include goat cheese with avocado, celery, walnut pesto and watercress on multigrain bread and chopped chickpeas with roasted red peppers, black olives, lemon and parsley on country bread. Finish off your meal with a selection from their variety of coffee and tea drinks and freshly squeezed juices.
'wichcraft
11 East 20th St
NY, NY 10003
(212) 780-0577
wichcraftnyc.com
