NY city restaurants

Italian...

Lil Franike's: 19 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10003

Steak...

Keens: 72 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018
Peter Luger:. 178 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11211


For Italian... Beware of Little Italy. Most of the places there are terrible Italian food. Tourist trap restaurants. Sub par food with high prices. It is a fun place to walk around though and a "used to be hidden" speakeasy with relaxing outdoor seating in the back is right in the middle of Little Italy. It's called the Mulberry Project at 149 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10013. Bespoke cocktails made fresh. Nice place to sit outside in the back if weather permits. No sign. Enter through an unmarked basement door and impress the wife with your knowledge of secret NY. :)

Here’s one in the Financial Distict that’s a very short walk from the 9/11 museum, very convenient if you use the train into Manhattan from Liberty Harbor - also close to Wall Street and the weekday ferry that operates to and from the Marina/RV Park.

Trinity Place, 115 Broadway. It’s in an old bank vault, good food, seating in the bar or further inside. We walked in with my service dog for lunch after seeing the 9/11 museum on a weekday, had no reservations, and were seated very quickly.

Thanks guys/gals! That’s what I was looking for. I tried searching, but only a few of those came up. The others didn’t and that’s what I wanted.

Sorry, yes looking for Italian (my favorite) a great steak is my wife’s.

I’ve read nothing but good things on Katz’s. Will definitely do that for lunch! Thanks for the tips. Keep them coming.

Keens Steakhouse, Del Frisco's, Catch, Utsav, Butter, Beauty and Essex, Lavo, Magnolia Bakery, Little Italy Pizza, Get Dumplings in Chinatown, Los Feliz Mexican (gourmet amazing Mexican)

The list is nearly endless.

This will not be cheap. Lol

Please specify some exact cuisines if you want more info. Every type of food on Earth is available in NYC. Saying "steak" barely even scratches the surface as there are a dozen cultures that eat steak and just as many flavors of it available in amazing restaurants.

I second Carmine’s! Tough to beat it.

Italian -- Carmines in Times Square. The servings are enormous - one entree is plenty for 2 people to share.

Dessert or breakfast -- Junior's makes a really great cheesecake. Breakfast is good, but I usually just grabed a coffee and an egg sandwich at a bodega.

Deli sandwich -- Katz's. Life changing pastrami on rye. My sister and I shared one sandwich for lunch and staggered out in a food coma. I would go back to NYC just for another of those sandwiches.

My sis and I spent 5 days in NYC before flying on to Iceland, and those are the 3 places that stick in my memory. Seriously, just follow your nose down the street and you'll find great meals.

I'm going to give a special shout out to Bouchon Bakery in Rockefeller Center because they were so very kind to me. I had a monster nosebleed near their stall, and they got me a chair, a huge pile of napkins, and helped my sister find an urgent care center nearby. (My nose was gushing) They even called the cab. They never said a word about the mess.
(That nostril was cauterized and has never caused problems again. The clothes I was wearing were not salvageable.)

Valbella never disappoints.$$$$. So many...
Can't go wrong at Maestros or DelFriscos either.

Did that! I didn't see anything that looked or sounded good.

Do a google search for “ The 10 best restaurants in New York City.“ Or the ten best steak houses and the like.