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Paris Café

Add this South Street Seaport spot to the post-Sandy reopening good news . The restaurant was establlished in 1873 and is just steps from the Brooklyn Bridge. See the menu.

Norman's Cay

No time for a trip to the Caribbean? The folks behind Grey Lady have opened this island-influenced spot on the Lower East Side. Stop in for conch fritters and rum drinks. See the menu.

The Crossing

Zam Zam Classic Bars Upper Haight | Tasting Table San Francisco

Legend has it that Bruno Mooshei, who owned the Upper Haight's Zam Zam until 1999, would throw you out for ordering a vodka martini.

Saul

Baked Alaska with a side of art: Saul Bolton opens this restaurant in the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights today. Old favorites--including the dry-aged squab with bulgar, roasted carrots and spiced yogurt (and that famed baked Alaska)--remain.

Maruya

State Bird Provisions

Little Bee Baking

Sorrel Rice Bowl

Sqirl makes almost everything in-house, churning out some of L.A.'s most thoughtful and nuanced food in an unfussy setting. Dishes like a rice bowl topped with a poached egg, sorrel pesto and sheep's milk feta show Sqirl's careful attention to these two meals that can often be seen as less "serious"--the very thing that makes the café special.

Best Neighborhood Restaurants

Through the end of the year, Tasting Table will unveil its five favorite Neighborhood Gems in each of its five cities. What's yours? Read more!

Yonder

Le Bilboquet

The Jeffrey

Tucked next to the Queensboro Bridge in Midtown East is this craft beer, cocktail and espresso bar. A custom-built draft system dispenses 30 rotating brews for drinking at the bar or hauling away in a growler. See the menu.

El Quinto Pino El Comedor

Yesterday, Alex Raij and Eder Montero of La Vara and Txikito opened this dining room adjacent to their tiny Chelsea tapas bar. New dishes include revuelto de orteguilla (sea anemone in soft scrambled eggs). Lunch and brunch will be added soon.

Pearl & Ash In NYC

Pearl & Ash is part wine bar, part smallish-plates restaurant, part rollicking seven-nights-a-week industry after hours party, and it's also the rockingest thing to happen to New York's Bowery since CBGB closed its doors.

Classic Tables: Keens Steakhouse | Tasting Table NYC

Keens Steakhouse, where sustenance and sustained ritual have stood the test of time.

Wine Dinners At Telegraph Restaurant | Logan Square, Chicago

Fun, low-key and unpretentious monthly wine dinners at Telegraph in Logan Square. 

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Bread For The Eater

A bakery-cafe hybrid grows in Greenpoint: Breakfast is a housemade croissant with fried egg and maple bacon; come back for open-faced sandwiches of roast chicken and Dijon mustard at lunch.

Rao's | Hollywood Gets A Taste Of East Harlem Italian At Rao's | Tasting Table Los Angeles

Walking into the new Rao's in Hollywood--the latest branch of Harlem's legendary old-school Italian haunt--feels like stumbling onto a movie set. Once you've settled into your plush leather booth, it's best to start with a plate of baseball-sized meatballs swimming in marinara ($16), which yield to the lightest pull of a fork.

Ottolenghi At Williams-Sonoma

Fog City Diner Restaurant Embarcadero | Tasting Table San Francisco

When we heard that the iconic Fog City Diner was reopening as "Fog City," we thought the change was merely superficial. Whoa. Read more!

Boo's Philly Cheesesteaks And Hoagies

Pecking Order

Buttons Candy Bar

This new sweet shop opened in Noe Valley last week, with shelves and shelves of candy and an ice cream freezer filled with hard-to-find treats.

Bryce Shuman's Tools Of The Trade Betony | Tasting Table NYC

Betony's Bryce Shuman recently chatted with us about his five essential kitchen "tools," and how he uses them in the restaurant, so you can pick up a few tips for your own kitchen.

Salt's Cure