The exclusive NYC guideThe New York City
The New York City
shortlist.
By people who live here, for people who live here — and for visitors who'd rather skip the trap. 56 places with real soul, nowhere anyone paid to be, and the list keeps growing.
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The M List
The short list
We cut far more than we keep. The M is the list we'd give a friend who just moved here — the one you can't get from a search result, because nobody paid to be on it and nobody can ask.
Where to eat
7 neighborhoods · 7 cuisines
9.9Pomme FritesFresh Belgian frites, a wall of sauces, and the most generous beer pour in New York.9.9Spicy VillageBig tray chicken on Forsyth Street — spicy, numbing, and built for a table, though we know someone who finishes one alone.9.8Joe's PizzaThe benchmark. If you only eat one New York slice, this is the one every other slice gets measured against.
Browse by neighborhood
All neighborhoods →MidtownMagdy's · Casa de Montecristo Cigar LoungeDUMBOThe Manhattan Bridge LookoutBrooklyn HeightsBrooklyn Heights PromenadeChinatownSpicy VillageGreenwich VillagePomme Frites · Washington Square ParkWest VillageCellar Dog · The Four-Faced LiarUpper East SideSalon 94Washington Heights190th Street–Overlook TerraceTribecaRockefeller ParkLower East SideSurreal Creamery · Orchard StreetChelseaMartinez Handmade Cigars · The High LineWilliamsburgWilliamsburg BridgeFort GreeneJoe & Sal's Pizzeria · Fort Greene ParkAstoriaPye Boat Noodle · The Noguchi MuseumNolitaFreemans AlleyEast VillageHorus CafeNoMadHaandiUpper West SideRiverside Drive at 96thCobble HillCobble Hill ParkBoerum HillBarely DisfiguredPark SlopeProspect ParkBushwickSyndicated Bar Theater KitchenConey IslandConey IslandLong Island CityGantry Plaza State ParkRidgewoodH0L0Rockaway BeachRockaway BeachSnug HarborChinese Scholar's Garden
The city, lately
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