Uptown:

• Daniel
• Serendipity (I say this with a few caveats: 1. I’ve already been here, but pre-blog 2. It’s on this list because what girl wouldn’t want to dine with her very own John Cusack over a giant glass of some rich and delicious frrrrrozen hot chocolate?)

Midtown:

• Blue Fin Sushi
• Buddakan
• Eataly
• Eleven Madison Park
• Esca
• Five Napkin
• Madangsui
• Nobu

Downtown:

• An Choi
• Artichoke Pizza
• Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca
• BBar and Grill
• Caffe Palermo (specifically for cannoli)
• Casa Mono
• Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
• Corner Bistro
• Doughnut Plant
• Ed’s Lobster Bar
• Franks
• Fedora
• Hearth
• Japonica
• Joe’s Shanghai (for soup dumplings)
• Katz’s Deli (pastrami on rye!)
• Landmarc
• Lil’ Frankie’s Pizza
• Lombardi’s Pizza
• Lupa
• The Meatball Shop
• Mercer Kitchen
• Murray’s Bagels
• Niagra (for a drink)
• Pastis
• PDT
• Republic
• Schillers
• The Spotted Pig
• Tamarind
• Vanessa’s Dumplings
• Veselka

Brooklyn:

• Egg
• Diner
• Five Leaves
• Grimaldi’s Pizzeria (I went in AZ; does that count?)
• Marlow & Sons
• Supercore
• Zaytoons

Misc:

• Dunkin Donuts
• Shake Shack

Street Food:

• Big Gay Ice Cream Truck
• Biryani Cart
• Schnitzel & Things
• Street meat.  Preferably from the shadiest truck I can find.
• Wafels & Dinges