Top 10 Favorite Restaurants

[bedstuy]

I'm going to limit myself to NYC.

Saraghina (Pizza and Italian food) Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

Do or dine (Mexican Japanese fusion) Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

Per se (Fancy tasting menu) Columbus Circle

Momofuku in its various incarnations especially noodle bar (Asian fusion) NYC

Keens Steakhouse (Old timey NY steakhouse) Midtown Manhattan

Peter Luger (Old timey NY steakhouse) Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Balthazar (French) Soho, Manhattan

Ippudo (Japanese) East Village, Manhattan

Roberta's (Pizza) Bushwick, Brooklyn

Hot kitchen (sichuan) East Village, Manhattan

[bedstuy]

Is Uncle Jack's better than Peter Lugars? I've never been to Uncle Jack's but I love Peter Lugars and try to go every time I'm in New York.

Have you been to Keens?  That's definitely my favorite in NYC.

[bedstuy]

Is Uncle Jack's better than Peter Lugars? I've never been to Uncle Jack's but I love Peter Lugars and try to go every time I'm in New York.

Have you been to Keens?  That's definitely my favorite in NYC.

Never been to Keens. Looks like there's a new place I need to try when I go back next month.

I assume Keens and Uncle Jacks are more diverse than Peter Lugers. I always order the same thing at Peter Lugers when I go, but it's always worth the trip to Brooklyn.

Keens has a really nice mutton chop which they're known for, but I usually get the porterhouse.

If you're visiting NYC though, I would check out Momofuku Noodle Bar.  You can get a halfway decent steak most places in America, but Momofuku is special.  Their pork bun is one of the best single bites of food in NYC.

[bedstuy]

Is Uncle Jack's better than Peter Lugars? I've never been to Uncle Jack's but I love Peter Lugars and try to go every time I'm in New York.

Have you been to Keens?  That's definitely my favorite in NYC.

Never been to Keens. Looks like there's a new place I need to try when I go back next month.

I assume Keens and Uncle Jacks are more diverse than Peter Lugers. I always order the same thing at Peter Lugers when I go, but it's always worth the trip to Brooklyn.

Keens has a really nice mutton chop which they're known for, but I usually get the porterhouse.

If you're visiting NYC though, I would check out Momofuku Noodle Bar.  You can get a halfway decent steak most places in America, but Momofuku is special.  Their pork bun is one of the best single bites of food in NYC.

Thanks for the suggestion! I have heard of Momofuku, I think Chef Chang was up for a James Beard at one point. Normally when I go for asian, it's either in china town, TAO, or indian chinese in queens (my best friend who lives in Washington Heights is of Pakistani descent), but I'll add that to my list for the next time I'm there.

Keens looks delicious too, very different concept over Peter Lugers, but I like different. Their mutton chop looks wonderful.

Yeah, Momofuku is a pretty famous restaurant and the main guy is a celebrity chef.  Their fancier restaurant, Momofuku Ko, is a two Michelin Star place I think.  Ko might actually be my favorite of the various versions of Momofuku, although $125 per person is kind of steep. 

If you're on a budget, Noodle bar is pretty reasonable though and definitely get the pork bun and chilled spicy noodles if you like spicy food.  Their chilled spicy noodles basically melt your face off with flavor.

[bedstuy]

I have a hard time accepting that people spend $100+/person on food. That's incredibly wasteful.

It's a special occasion.  People spend $100 per person on concert or sports tickets all the time.  If your thing is food instead, why not go to an expensive restaurant every now and then.  Plus, I would rather waste money on a great restaurant than go to some gross chain restaurant that costs $25 per person.