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This aptly named restaurant, with gorgeous patio seating, produces wonderful home-style cooking and is a favourite with locals. The cuisine takes comfort food to an entirely new level, while steak, pork chops, quail and seafood preparations excel. Signature dishes include a rich, creamy blue cheese fondue and the wine list gathers a number of bottles from Long Island vineyards. Open for brunch on Saturday and Sunday, lunch Monday to Friday, and dinner nightly.

Food Type :American

Address :20 Cornelia Street, between Bleecker and West 4th Street

Website :www.homerestaurantnyc.com

Located in Tribeca's Washington Market area, Tribeca Grill radiates excitement and energy. Co-owned by Robert DeNiro, 'The Grill' is a classic New York social venue. It's a massive restaurant with high ceilings and exposed brick walls, and it's great for celebrity spotting. The menu includes enticing grilled and sautéed selections, with cross-cultural creative influences of many different cuisines. Favourites on the menu include short ribs braised in red wine, the grilled duck, and the pan-roasted cod. Open for dinner every night, lunch during the week, and brunch on Sundays.

Food Type :American

Address :375 Greenwich Street

Website :www.myriadrestaurantgroup.com/tribeca_grill.php

New York's internationally acclaimed seafood restaurant, Le Bernardin opened in New York in 1986 and in no time became a four-star restaurant that is renowned for setting standards in the cooking of seafood in America. The sliced conch in a Peruvian marinade is delicious, and the crispy black bass with Masala spice is also very good. Open for lunch, Monday to Friday, and dinner, Monday to Saturday. Closed Sundays. Reservations are essential.

Food Type :Seafood

Address :155 West 51st Street (Midtown West)

Website :www.le-bernardin.com

This attractive Wall Street landmark, Delmonico's first opened its doors in the 1830s as the first fine dining restaurant in the country. It has an impressive history, even providing the setting for Mark Twain's birthday party. Serving up delicious steaks in a leather and mahogany setting, it attracts a loyal crowd of businesspeople who feel at home setting at the low-key bar. Signature dishes include the 'Delmonico Steak' and 'Lobster Newberg'. Reservations recommended, open Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner.

Food Type :American

Address :56 Beaver Street, near Wall Street

Website :www.delmonicosny.com

Since its 1997 opening, this SoHo bistro has retained its buzz and irresistible allure. It exudes the look and atmosphere an aged Parisian brasserie with pastel colours, oversized mirrors, and powdery homemade bread. Nightly specials focus around classic French dishes, such as duck confit with wild mushrooms. Open for breakfast and dinner all week, lunch Monday to Friday, and brunch on weekends. Reservations recommended.

Food Type :French

Address :80 Spring St, SoHo

Website :www.balthazarny.com

This iconic Union Square eatery's spacious, rustic-looking interior includes a casual street-facing tavern, a lively bar and a series of formal dining areas. The dining room menu offers inventive American cuisine such as lobster salad, and venison with onion marmalade, while the tavern is good for seafood chowder or pork sandwiches. The tavern is open for lunch and dinner daily, and the dining room is open for lunch Monday to Friday and dinner all week. Reservations recommended.

Food Type :American

Address :42 East 20th Street (between Broadway and Park Avenue)

Website :www.gramercytavern.com

Nobu opened in 1995, bringing innovative and fresh styles of Japanese cooking to New York City. The restaurant is a visual and culinary treat, with tall birch tree columns rising towards a ceiling painted copper with stylish patches of open brickwork showing through. Nobu's new style Japanese cuisine weds South American sensibility with Japanese traditions. Try the mussels with the signature Nobu salsa, or the yellowtail with jalapeño. Open Monday to Friday for lunch and all week for dinner, reservations essential.

Food Type :Japanese

Address :105 Hudson Street (Tribeca)

Website :www.noburestaurants.com

One of best venues for classical French cuisine in New York, Daniel reflects its original 1920s Renaissance splendour. Using the freshest ingredients, seasonal masterpieces include squab with Swiss chard barbajuan, and a radish and artichoke barigoule. Customers should always leave room for the huckleberry sorbet. Jacket and tie is required for gentlemen. Open for dinner Monday to Saturday, closed on Sundays. Reservations recommended.

Food Type :French

Address :60 East 65th Street (between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue)

Website :www.danielnyc.com/daniel.html

For a thick cut of New York steak, one of the best places to go is Keen's Steakhouse. The buzzing dining room has an old-fashioned charm with classic elegance, and though it can be loud, there's always a great atmosphere. Don't expect a variety of vegetarian options on this menu, as it focuses on meat and seafood. Reservations recommended.

Food Type :American

Address :72 West 36th Street

Website :www.keens.com

With its exposed brick interior and the world's largest collection of hot sauce, catfish, and hickory chips delivered fresh from Mississippi, Acme Bar & Grill is as far south as you have to go to enjoy the cuisine of the Deep South. Creole delights are in abundance, such as Louisiana seafood gumbo, Creole jambalaya, and Catfish po' boys, a traditional submarine sandwich originating from Louisiana. An extra thing to note: the mashed potato is pretty famous. Open daily for lunch and dinner, and brunch on weekends.

Food Type :Southern

Address :9 Great Jones Street

Website :www.acmenyc.com/

Regardless of whether you're looking to eat on the run or ease into a delicious lunch, there's nothing like a big fresh bagel to sink your teeth into. Ess-a-Bagel is one of the most popular bagel spots in town, serving freshly baked bagels with any filling one can think of. These include orders such as honey-glazed turkey, chipotle chicken, lake sturgeon, or the traditional salmon and cream cheese, called 'lox and schmear' by native New Yorkers. They even have a selection of tofu bagels for vegetarians. Great for breakfast, lunch, or a cheap dinner in New York.

Food Type :Delicatessen

Address :359 1st Avenue

Website :www.ess-a-bagel.com

Sometimes in life and in New York, it's essential to eat a truly great burger and satisfy this urge in the most complete and delicious way possible. Described as being vintage New York, Paul's Da Burger Joint is an East Village classic famous for its huge variety of perfectly prepared burgers. The diner décor is wonderfully kitsch and the joint is staffed by a team of eccentric and wacky waiters. Open daily from 11am till late.

Food Type :American

Address :131 2nd Ave

Website :www.paulsburgers.com/

Everybody knows about New York pizza, world-famous for being thin, crispy, and gigantic. John's Pizzeria is rated consistently as one of the best in New York City, with their coal-fired brick-oven pizzas sure to fill the stomach. The restaurant is unassuming, but the food is divine. They don't take reservations nor serve slices, so people must expect to wait at peak times. A genuine slice of New York.

Food Type :Pizzeria

Address :278 Bleecker Street,

Website :www.johnsbrickovenpizza.com