The Resy Guide to New York City’s 2022 Michelin Winners

Blink and you might miss one of Greenpoint’s favorite drinking spots. Niftily hidden by Transmitter Park, 21 Greenpoint is one snug and welcoming haunt that’s anchored by a wood-burning oven spitting out lamb shanks and whole branzino. Come for the serious cocktail program, stay for the ever-seasonal plates.

You’ll want to put this stylish addition to the ever-growing Manhattan French restaurant scene on your personal hit list. Chef Mitsunobu Nagae is a veteran of the Joël Robuchon empire, and it shows in his elegant Japanese-accented Gallic fare — whether his multi-course tasting menu or the short à la carte selection rich with luxury ingredients like foie gras, lobster, and caviar. 

This one was worth waiting for: part two of the remake of the old Del Posto space (part one was the wood-oven pizzeria Mel’s), with that onetime Italian destination’s executive chef, Melissa Rodriguez, in charge of the kitchen. The place looks different, but is no less elegant, and the food is better than ever. 

Upper West Siders flock to this gem of a French bistro where the moules frites and onion soup are known favorites. Unfussy, warm, and always reliable, Amelie is the kind of place that turns everyone that steps one foot in into a regular.

You’ll definitely want a seat on the brick-framed patio (or in the brick-lined dining room) at this warm Williamsburg Italian restaurant, where housemade pasta from veteran chef Gary Tackett is a specialty. Don’t leave without the eponymous ammazzacaffè, or coffee-killer — a shot of amaro or something equally spirited to soften the caffeine effect.

Exceptional Korean barbecue fare, along with inventive Korean dishes fused with Italian influences, is what you’ll find here. Think Gangnam-style sausage made with Omaha Prime short ribs. 

What happens when a fine dining chef opens a more casual spot? Hopefully for them, it’s something like Atla. Enrique Olvera’s take on the all-day genre is riveting, from the breakfast bites and light-drenched space to the mezcal selection. Plus, as Cosme’s little sister, it similarly wows in the simplest of ways (see the cheese quesadilla). Pro tip: When the chilaquiles are on the menu, run, don’t walk.

Set inside a beautiful space lined with ink-stained murals (courtesy of artist Qiu Anxiong), Atlas Kitchen is an Upper West Side gem that plays with the regional cuisines of Hunan and beyond. Must-orders include the seafood egg custard and spicy pig feet, but order with your eyes — there’s a reason the hanging sliced pork belly is on every table.

A Bowery standby for all things pasta, Bar Primi is as handsome as they come: moodily lit, well dressed, and with platefuls of Italian hits teetering on the tables.

Doug Brixton’s cuisine takes center stage at this elegant Tribeca establishment. The chef isn’t short on technical prowess, transforming even ordinary bread and butter into something sublime. Precise and beautiful, his plates are best enjoyed with something from the Euro-leaning wine list, where superb Burgundies abound. Pro tip: Bring your own bottle on Monday nights for no corkage fee.

Le Bernardin has consistently topped New York’s Michelin Guide for the past 16 years with a perfect three stars. Eric Ripert has stayed wildly ingenious throughout his tenure as executive chef, and nowhere else will you find seafood prepared with such thought and care. Add to that the restaurant’s outstanding service and a wine list curated by master sommelier Aldo Sohm, and toast to Le Bernardin’s three very well-deserved stars.

A duo of Vietnamese American chefs trained at Blue Hill and San Francisco’s Benu, a tea garden and patio in the heart of Williamsburg, plus a local-market focus in the kitchen, add up to a brilliantly modern take on the cooking of Vietnam.

Your options in Koreatown are manifest, but few have as much focus and finesse as Cho Dang Gol, where tofu shines — namely in its beautiful stews. That isn’t to overlook its bulgogi, savory pancakes, and all the other staples. Pro tip: Don’t pass up the cod-roe omelet, available only on weekends.

Oaxaca by way of Brooklyn is one way of describing this stellar kitchen. Claro is a Gowanus sensation that combines the complex flavors of Oaxacan cuisine with the mind of a New York chef: heirloom Mexican corn is nixtamalized in-house for tortillas, a wood oven burns year round for extra smokiness, and memelas and moles are riveting, and best paired with slow sips from the excellent mezcal list. 

You can’t keep a good restaurant down. This intimate Brooklyn Heights jewel, where the nightly tasting menu is contemporary American with French and Asian accents, opened a few months before COVID hit, then shut down for two years. Now it’s back and better than ever — with an added à la carte menu of elevated comfort food served from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Opened in 2000, Convivium is an old world Italian osteria with a rustic farmhouse feel, brimming with antiques. Save this one for date nights, and Pro tip: Do not skip any of the housemade pastas.

Everyone’s favorite contemporary Korean barbecue is known for their $64 Butcher’s Feast, but if you really want to go all out, you’ll want to order the steak omakase, aka the Grand Tour, which takes your carnivorous dining experience to another level with a focus on dry-aged cuts.

The beloved Cafe Frida is now Covacha, and here, owner Christina Castañeda showcases the food and culture of Western Mexico, especially from the state of Jalisco. Whatever you do, don’t miss out on ordering the signature guacamole and the aguachile. 

Daniel Boulud has completely revamped his flagship, in partnership with a host of luxury brands, to take diners on a trip to the south of France. Now open for both indoor and outdoor service, you’ll get the same high-touch service, world-class cellar, and a new prix fixe of Mediterranean-tinged classics like bouillabaisse and salt-baked fish.

Because if you can expect anything from the team behind Adda and Semma, it’s deliciously unapologetic Indian food. And Dhamaka follows suit, hopping from region to region to offer a taste of the everyday street food locals love. Simply put, New York hasn’t seen this particular facet of Indian cuisine just yet. Here’s how to get in. 

Leave it to Amanda Cohen to still be blowing to smithereens every preconceived notion about vegetarian dining. The chef-owner of Dirt Candy is a James Beard nominee, a pioneer of the vegetable-forward culinary movement, and a leader intent on building a better industry: Thanks to a no-tipping system, the entire team shares equally in the restaurant’s profits. Her layered plates elate, but they’re also a lot of fun.

This modern twist on sushi is your call if you’re down in the Village or Soho — and temaki in particular are the thing here (hint: spicy yellowtail), although if you have the time, don’t pass up their omakase, since hot dishes like scallop pasta are a strength, too.

Don Angie remains on permanent Notify status for many, and for good reason. Since opening in 2017, the West Village hit has won over diners with a fun vibe and one-of-a-kind fare — stuffed garlic flatbread, pepperoni fried rice, lasagna for two, and so much more. And as of 2021, it has a Michelin star, too.

A Greenpoint favorite with checkerboard-tiled floors and live jazz soundtrack, Le Fanfare slings rustic and simple Italian plates that’ll have your heart sing. So, order a glass of wine (or two), and pore over the menu — the homemade pastas are always a surefire bet, as is the cannoli with fresh ricotta.

Like its extremely popular Bed-Stuy location, this no-frills Williamsburg Mexican café is all about the masa, with varieties of heirloom corn ground and nixtamalized in-house and turned into tacos, quesadillas, tlayuditas, and a range of other antojitos that are as good as you’ve ever had.

Pasta purists adore this Lower East Side spot for its commitment to the art of pasta making in the Roman tradition. Standouts on the menu include the agnolotti with braised short ribs in a rich duck jus and perfectly fried cacio e pepe suppli, along with a rotating lineup of seasonal dishes. Do note: On Tuesdays, Forsythia offers an à la carte menu.

The Four Horsemen is the cherished neighborhood restaurant that everyone wished they had, but only Williamsburg does. And though LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy is behind this mainstay — explaining the über-cool patronage and excellent soundtrack — it’s what’s on the menu that has diners returning again and again. Funky glasses of natural wine dot every table (the all-natural list is dizzying), and the locavore plates are worth fighting over. 

A brasserie for the modern age, Francie is the glitzy labor of love of two industry vets. Housed in an old bank, Francie reimagines the usual suspects. You’re going to want to try the duck rillettes, or the soufflé cakes with yuzu and seaweed butter.

Gabriel Kreuther’s namesake restaurant in Midtown feels like a wonderful escape from the outside world, and the food — reflecting Kreuther’s French training and Alsatian heritage — is always on point. (That sturgeon and sauerkraut tart is an excellent start.)

This is one for date night — a low-key neighborhood favorite in a 19th-century building that once housed the Greenpoint Glass Works, with seductive cocktails, a bounty of natural wines, and a seasonal menu of Mediterranean specialties that will gladden your heart.

Considered the city’s quintessential American restaurant, Gramercy Tavern has been satisfying gourmets of all stripes for 25 years. And that’s because this institution pairs Danny Meyer’s unparallelled sense of hospitality with Michael Anthony’s outstanding seasonal cuisine, for a result that is simply phenomenal.

Book the Tavern at Gramercy Tavern here.

Jenny Kwak has been making New Yorkers fall in love with Korean food for a quarter-century, starting with her groundbreaking Dok Suni. Haenyeo’s menu leans toward the restaurant’s seafood-inspired origins — as with her Korean-inspired bouillabaisse. But her takes on kalbi, soondubu jigae (soft tofu soup), and of course the now famous rice-cake fundido, make Haenyeo unforgettable.

Come with a group to this elegant Long Island City Sichuan restaurant and fill the table with a treasure trove of dishes, from dandan noodles and mouthwatering chicken to stewed fish filet in hot chile soup and dry-fried green beans. Whatever you order, you can’t go wrong, but do not sleep on the mapo tofu, which is considered one of the best in the entire city.

Exquisite, vegetable-centric cuisine shines at this aptly named fine dining destination from culinary director Alain Verzeroli, a longtime protégé of Michelin-starred master Joël Robuchon.

Jean-Georges is the eponymous crown jewel of the Vongerichten empire, a New York icon 20-plus years in the making. A sumptuous dining room boasting outsized windows and overflowing floral arrangements sets the tone for an unforgettable meal, where Vongerichten flawlessly marries French technique with Asian flavor profiles. 

There are simple pleasures in life, and one of them is slurping through a steaming bowl of Jeju Noodle Bar’s ramyun. The Korean slurp shop with a Michelin star is helmed by chef-owner Douglas Kim (Bouley, Per Se), who makes use of his fine-dining chops to elevate South Korean comfort food to its purest and tastiest form. Expect flavor-rich broths and bouncy noodles, with a bevy of elegant pre-noodle bites.

Editor’s note: As of March 23, 2024, Joomak Banjum has rebranded into a new concept, Beut.

Right off the heels of a wildly successful pop-up, the dream team behind Joomak Banjum (a motley crew of fine dining alums from The Modern and Electric Lemon) has put down roots in K-Town. On the menu? A Korean-Chinese tasting menu you’re not going to want to miss, where the likes of Peking duck and a new take on jajangmyeon (with sourdough noodles, clams, and Parmesan) collide, deliciously. 

If Her Name Is Han, Atoboy and Atomix can tell you anything, it’s that JUA has the makings of a hit. Dreamt up by Jungsik vet Ho Young Kim, the latest Hand Hospitality venture tames a spectacular wood-fired grill in service of a tasting menu that spotlights classic Korean dishes with a New York edge.

Kochi is the first solo project from Per Se vet Sungchul Shim. The name is Korean for “skewer” and Shim presents a stunning tasting menu centered around skewered dishes and interpretations of traditional Korean cuisine.

Find different and enlightening takes on Middle Eastern cooking at this women-owned restaurant in the Village, including its dumpling-like namesake dish.

Named after the twisting alleyways that make up Shanghai, Little Alley is where expats cure homesickness one plate of Shanghainese comfort food at a time, with baskets of xiaolongbao, honey kaofu, lion’s head meatballs, and more.

Chef Erik Ramirez’ deliciously complex and forward-thinking Peruvian cuisine would be enough, yet what’s more is that Llama Inn is a very fun restaurant, very worthy of a night on the town — a round of cocktails and an order of lomo saltado are required for each and every table.

The team behind Olmsted brings the notions of an izakaya together with French inspiration and a dose of Brooklyn bar. The result of Maison Yaki, which has understandably drawn crowds to Vanderbilt Ave. since day one.

Amelie Kang‘s dry pots brought an entirely new Chinese eating habit to the city, and the DIY selections make for endless combinations: Sichuanese in spirit, but infused with a New York vitality. (Pro tip: The Bryant Park location is one of Midtown’s best lunch options.)

Book the Midtown East location and discover why author Andrea Long Chu is a regular.

Descend into this rollicking two-story underground dining room in Bushwick and you’ll think you’re on a street in Bangkok, complete with thatched roofs, corrugated steel walls, hanging lights and pennants, Thai movie posters, even an outdoor-style movie screen. To eat? Thai bar food, traditional soups and salads, and roast pork dishes are just the beginning.

Chef Sungchul Shim, who won a Michelin star for his tasting menu of skewered meats and seafood at Kochi, has gone in a different direction at Mari, with a tasting menu featuring hand rolls made with everything from snow crab to pork belly. We see another star in Shim’s future. 

Israel-inspired but clearly with Brooklyn on the brain, chef Tomer Blechman finds a way to channel both perfectly, through dishes like crispy cauliflower with parsley and silan; halloumi skewers; and both vegetarian and vegan shakshuka. Always start with the killer dips (get the muhammara) and add in a bottle of natural wine for effect.

It’s hard not to linger and smile at Danny Meyer’s two-Michelin-star restaurant, where chef Chef Thomas Allan’s refined contemporary cuisine plays out in multiple courses. The Modern overlooks the MoMA’s sculpture garden, but it’s what arrives on the plate that might just steal the show.

Book the Kitchen Table and the Bar Room at The Modern.

Still one of the most unique fine dining experiences in the city, Ko has maintained 2 Michelin stars since 2009 and has recently been open for both indoor and outdoor dining, offering a five-course tasting menu of some of its beloved classics.

Even as the David Chang empire continues to expand, the original that launched a thousand bao — and officially brought ramen into the roster of American eating — keeps going strong.

Michelin-starred The Musket Room, a Soho mainstay since 2013, is still one of the city’s best restaurants for incredible, thoughtful cooking. And now, under executive chef Mary Attea and pastry chef Camari Mick, it’s become an exemplary testament to what a fine dining restaurant can, and should be. Attea’s seven-course tasting menus, one for omnivores and another that’s vegan, take you on a culinary journey, while Mick’s desserts are truly sublime.

The hands crafting these temaki hand rolls have spent over a decade training at the city’s most prestigious sushi counter. Taka Sakaeda is one of three Masa vets here, and the result is not only outstanding, but approachable and endlessly fun.

Book the Williamsburg location here.

Chef-owner Brian Kim of Oiji brings his contemporary take on Korean cuisine to a stunning and larger Flatiron space, and you won’t want to miss the exquisitely fashioned, excitingly flavorful five-course menu on offer. 

Chef Austin Johnson, a veteran of Eleven Madison Park and Paris’ Frenchie, gives a whole new meaning to “farm to table.” Here, the tables are filled with produce from this vegetable-forward restaurant’s own farm in upstate New York, and Johnson decides what gets planted. Good to know: Downstairs offers an à la carte menu, while upstairs features a seasonal tasting menu. 

The spirit of modern Mexico City in Hamilton Heights — with superb tacos from cauliflower to birria, a nuanced pozole verde, and posh cocktails that feel like they’re straight out of the Zona Rosa.

This welcoming neighborhood bistro started off as one of the best kept secrets in town, where chef-owner Nico Russell delivers an impeccable seasonal carte blanche menu. Now with a Michelin star in tow, the secret is out, but rest assured that the creative menu will still delight and dazzle.

There’s magic brewing in Greenpoint, and you can find a lot of it at Oxomoco. The Mexican stunner is a taco-slinging joint that’s as lively as it is delicious, where barbacoa steals the spotlight. Slow-cooked over a wooden grill, the lamb is tenderly wrapped in a bona fide corn tortilla, and melts in the mouth. Try any of the other tacos (pork cheek carnitas), aperitivos (charred carrot tamal), platos (grilled branzino in yellow mole), and you’ll understand why this establishment is Michelin-approved. 

The latest and greatest from chef Daniel Boulud extols the fruits of both land and sea in a stunning floral-edged oasis that will instantly make you forget you’re in Midtown. (10,000 pounds of lush black olive trees imported from Florida will certainly do the trick.) Named in homage to Henri Soulé’s iconic restaurant, which defined the culture of haute French dining in Gotham as far back as 1941, Le Pavillon celebrates the tradition of the grand restaurant, making it ideal for posh dining both day and night. 

A kitchen team that are veterans of Din Tai Fung means some of the most delicate xiao long bao in town — and a Peking duck service that’s outstanding (don’t forget to order in advance). Match that to the remarkable talents of wine director Miguel de Leon, winner of Michelin’s inaugural sommelier award in New York, and you have one of the most thoroughly enjoyable Chinese dining experiences around.

Take a space so uniquely designed that Scorsese shot “The Irishman” there, coffee so good it seduced a whole neighborhood, and an ex-Mission Chinese chef in charge of the menu, and what do you get? You get Porcelain, Ridgewood’s once Vienna-inspired coffeeshop that promises to be so much more. Chef Kate Telfeyan’s cooking showcases influences from Korea, Taiwan, and Sichuan, and you can expect dishes like a glorious nori fried pork chop, black pepper prawns with Korean rice cakes, and hot and sour potatoes with a mouthwatering sauce. 

You can add Red Paper Clip to New York’s list of buzzy Taiwanese American destinations. Helmed by a Blue Hill alum of Taiwanese descent, Red Paper Clip is a clever mashup of cultures and cuisines, serving up playful fine dining hits like xiaolongbao agnolotti, everything brioche, and lobster three ways.

Pasta reigns supreme at this Flatiron hotspot from chef Stefano Secchi and David Switzer. The menu is based on the cuisine of Emilia Romagna and centers around the freshly made pasta, but don’t sleep on the vegetable dishes either. Here’s how to get in.

The pies remain as great as ever (as always, don’t miss the Bee Sting, its chile and honey combo now widely imitated) and wine director Kirk Sutherland has tapped the best from the cellar at sister restaurant Blanca to make Roberta’s as much a pleasure as it ever was. Simply put: This Bushwick OG remains undefeated.

Book the Domino Park location here.

A corner fixture with flair, Rolo’s delivers the sort of unfussy wood-fired cooking that Brooklyn always needs more of. A restaurant, bar and grill, and bakery piled into one, this Ridgewood spot fires pizza-like focaccia, homemade pasta, and cinnamon buns, courtesy of chefs who worked and met at Gramercy Tavern, then became good friends 

Simply put: Rubirosa is the premier Manhattan destination for Staten Island-style (read: thin crust with vodka sauce) pies. Period.

Small plates from Tabla vets that channel the vegetable-beautiful spirit of Floyd Cardoz’s cooking, matched to a wonderfully eclectic set of naturalish wines predominantly from central and eastern Europe. Ruffian has mastered this improbable mix, and we can’t get enough.

If you open a second place after scoring with a restaurant and bakery called Winner, what’s a better name than Runner Up? This small, mostly-outdoor Park Slope wine bar is the work of chef Daniel Eddy — whose Michelin-starred Rebelle in Manhattan closed in 2017 — so you know the food is going to be something special. 

From slinging schmaltz herring out of a barrel to launching a celebrated brick-and-mortar store on Houston, Joel Russ made history not only by cementing Jewish food into the canon of New York dining, but by making his three daughters, Hattie, Ida, and Anne, full partners in the 1930’s of this still-family-owned operation. And it’s been one of the most fulfilling places for a proper New York brunch ever since.

New York restaurant powerhouse James Kent, of Michelin-starred Crown Shy fame, soars toward the stratosphere with his latest effort on the 63rd floor of an historic Financial District skyscraper. Dinners are multi-course tasting menus with a focus on seafood, and the stunning views are as opulent as a billionaire’s penthouse. 

This charming bistro from tapas masters Alex Raij and Eder Montero draws inspiration from ports of calls from around the world with a menu featuring dishes like perfectly cooked octopus and a cod pot pie with sweet and hot pepper sofrito. Pro tip: They’ve also got a great selection of natural wines, too.

Because Sami & Susu is a very fun restaurant helmed by two friends in complete reign of their small but mighty domain. Owners Amir Nathan and chef Jordan Anderson remix the Jewish and Middle Eastern food of their youth for the electrifying menu here — at nighttime, come for the wines and the excellent shared plates; at lunch, you’re here for the beef tongue sandwich, a rollover from their much-followed pop-up. 

Though we’re sad to see Rahi go, we couldn’t be more excited for Semma, from the same team behind Adda and Dhamaka. Here, chef Vijay Kumar, formerly of Michelin-starred Rasa in Burlingame, Calif. showcases a menu entirely devoted to the regions of Southern India — a rarity among Indian restaurants in America — and it shows. Pro tip: Pre-order the Kanyakumari Nandu Masala, a unique feast of Dungeness crab, parotta flatbread, and coconut rice for two. 

One of the city’s premier sushi institutions has turned a new leaf: 69 Leonard Street has a new sushi chef in tow, and not just any — Shion Uino of Tokyo’s esteemed three Michelin-starred Sushi Saito, who brings an intimate Edomae-style experience to Leonard’s stone counter, going so far as to source rare fish from the islands that make up his hometown of Amakusa.

After working together at Brooklyn Fare and Bar Uchū, friends and former high school classmates chef Samuel Clonts and restaurateur Raymond Trinh decided to venture out on their own. The result is Sixty Three Clinton, where a whimsical tasting menu is ruled by the seasons and pulls from their personal histories. Think a breakfast taco with an ajitama ramen egg, salsa verde, and smoked trout roe — a wink to their Southwest upbringing and years of Japanese cooking. 

Diana and Zach Wangeman are on a mission: to bring forth the true flavors of Mexico, via corn. But not just any corn, heirloom varieties from small Mexican farmers, whose unique aroma is deeply embedded in the masa they nixtamalize in house for not just their restaurant, but others in the city, too. Pro tip: Do not skip any of the sweets here — the couple are both trained pastry chefs, after all.   

Picture a moody wine bar where natural wines are sipped alongside platefuls of handmade pasta. Now picture it again, but make it vegan. Not convinced? Then you haven’t been to a Ravi DeRossi venture. The restaurateur, known for his chorus of vegan restaurants in the East Village, turns everything he touches into meat-free gold, and Soda Club — headed by Amira Gharib of the old Honeybee’s — is not one to miss. 

This Bangkok transplant makes its mark with a menu of authentic Isan Thai dishes, full of herbs and spices, often fiery, always irresistible. One must-have specialty is the green papaya salad (“somtum” in Thai) with salted eggs — and don’t miss the lemongrass martini with house-infused vodka.

Book the Red Hook location here.

The pies invoke St. Louis — crispy thin, round in shape, cut in squares — and the toppings are always a bit off-kilter in the best way, as with the St. Louie itself — which factors in soppressata, sweet sausage, and pickled chiles.

With time comes grace, and this old sushi-ya still stands as one of the city’s preeminent sushi destinations. Sushi Yasuda entered the dining scene in 1999, and its reputation has only soared since. Amid a serene space clad in honeyed bamboo, the chefs at Sushi Yasuda prepare a classic omakase for the books, favoring tradition instead of trends, and shaping a crescendo in texture, flavor, and taste that’ll leave your taste buds singing.

You’re heading to Bay Ridge (and preferably, with a group) for the ways that mother and daughter Rawia and Jumana Bishara interpret Palestinian cooking. That starts with appetizers like silken labaneh, moves through skewers and starters like musakhan, the sumac-dusted chicken flatbread that might well be the fundamental Palestinian dish, and always save room for specials like the fish stew known as sayadiyya.

The diner is dead, long live the diner! An all-day restaurant dreamed up by the married chef-owners behind Uncle Boons, Thai Diner takes your greasy spoon classics and reimagines them with Thailand in mind. The result? Ingenious and delicious bicultural plates (Thai tea babka French toast, anyone?) and a couple of Uncle Boons favorites for those still in mourning. We see you, crab fried rice.

Tomiño sings of the coastal Spanish town it’s named after, and the three brothers behind this Galician restaurant intend to do their hometown proud. You’ll want to order heavily from the tapas section of the menu: The croquetas and runny tortilla de Betanzos are executed to the nines, earning this spot a Michelin nod.

You can add Tonchin to the city’s best ramen roll call. A Tokyo-based chain, Tonchin knows its tonkotsu very well, studding its complex and layered broth with housemade noodles. It is not often that a noodle chain gets a Michelin nod, but this one deservedly does.

Book the Williamsburg location here.

Get ready to rethink chicken. A Japanese legend has descended upon the New York dining scene, and he’s bringing yakitori in 13 courses. Yoshiteru Ikegawa — of Tokyo’s iconic Torishiki — uses a binchotan charcoal grill straight out of Japan to carefully cook everything from the neck skin to the heart. Simply put, Torien’s counter-only omakase experience is mesmerizing. 

Nestled deep in the East Village is a restaurant that lays on the umami. Tuome was dreamt up by Thomas Chen, who, fresh out of Eleven Madison Park, invoked his fine-dining training with the flavors of his Asian upbringing. Chinese elements tinge the plates, and the result is quietly thrilling: quail arrives splattered in soy sauce, luscious noodles come slicked with snow crab and dashi butter, and the “pig out for two” is a sight to behold.

It is and has always been all about the dough at Anthony Mangieri’s riveting pizza spot. Puffy and blistered, the pies stun in their delicious simplicity. They might fool you into thinking you’re in Naples — except that Mangieri’s talents are unique, and you know you could be nowhere else but in his restaurant.

This female-led enterprise ventures into Vietnamese specialties less explored, with enough panache to earn kudos all around. There’s the royal cuisine of Huê and the street food of Hanôi, and if you’re to become a regular, you should definitely know this: Van Đa translates to “warrior woman.”

Tucked off a quiet street in East Williamsburg, Win Son is a bombastic ode to the flavor-packed foods of Taiwan, revisiting everything from night market treats to treasured classics, all within a buzzy neighborly space.

The twists on classic Mexican dishes are always on display at this South 4th St. spot — as with a fundido that incorporates Münster and green-chile lamb chorizo, or carnitas inspired by Peking duck.

Come for the revelatory bean-and-cheese tacos, made with housemade flour tortillas, stay for the buttermilk brioche donuts dipped in chocolate or hominy-sugar (weekends only), frozen margaritas, and vegan queso and chips — or well, nearly everything on the menu at this buzzy Tex-Mex spot in the East Village. 

After the original Zaab Zaab in Elmhurst, Queens wowed critics and diners alike with its undiluted and offal-y vision of Thailand’s northeastern Isan cuisine, the owners opened a second location in Williamsburg with another chef. Enter chef Kannika “Moi” Kittipinyovath, a longtime employee and kitchen vet who’s finally got a platform of her own to showcase the seafood dishes of her ancestral region, plus a couple of Elmhurst favorites (yes, the larb ped udon with duck is on the menu here, too).