American

If any restaurant could survive on atmosphere alone, it would be this one. But the food is pretty great too.

Part restaurant, part bar, Dante is one of the best spots for a cocktail and light bite in NYC.

Like the original on MacDougal, Dante West Village is a fun, drinks-first restaurant with an unfathomably deep cocktail list.

Layla is a cocktail bar that feels like a wine bar, and is perfect for dates of all shapes and sizes.

If you're at Yankee Stadium, go to General Concessions and order the chicken bucket.

Planet Hollywood is one of the least-bad chain restaurants in Times Square.

Everything about this ingredients-driven American restaurant in Flatiron is pretty, but not necessarily delicious.

The Snail is the hottest restaurant in Greenpoint, but it leaves us feeling a little cold.

Confidant is a warehouse-like Industry City restaurant with a visit-worthy prawn pot pie.

Like the original in Williamsburg, the East Village location of Win Son Bakery has breakfast sandwiches worth seeking out.

Gage & Tollner is a storied Downtown Brooklyn steakhouse—sort of.

For fast food made by hand, check out Highlife.

The revival of a West Village institution, Cafe Commerce serves elegant comfort food.

At this funky Red Hook restaurant, you can eat fried saltines and drink mai tai sodas.

Leland Eating & Drinking House serves excellent small plates, fresh focaccia, and hot cocktails from its corner spot in Prospect Heights.

Duffy’s Tavern makes a burger with three slices of cheese.

This retro Greenpoint tavern with American comfort food makes a great burger and even better chicken parm.

This Midtown steakhouse is an NYC institution, rich in history as it is in red meat.

Part bistro and part diner, this iconic Tribeca restaurant is still packed every night.

Town House in New Rochelle is an American spot where Westchester day-ones meet the next generation of locals.

When you're entertaining out-of-towners—or need a reminder of why New York is the best—take a whirl at The View, the city's only revolving restaurant in Times Square.

This top LA restaurant doesn’t quite stick the landing in Noho.

Find seven-layer caviar dip and lobster beignets at this Lower East Side sibling of Sixty Three Clinton.

Nightly’s is the spiritual successor of TGI Fridays. Swing by for a martini and a side of fries.

Everyone does small plates and natural wine. This modern classic does them better.