best of…

granted i have not been to every restaurant in new york, here is the rundown of the best of… according to me at this point.

beignets: butter

bread: balthazar

brunch: the smith

burger: spotted pig

cappuccino: zibetto

chilean sea bass: tao

cookie: levain bakery

dessert: le cirque

french fries: pastis

fried chicken: blue ribbon

gelato: grom

guacamole: rosa mexicana

hot dog: gray’s papaya

hummus: hummus place

ice cream sundae: serendipity 3

italian: babbo

jam: sarabeth’s

lox and bagel: ess-a-bagel

lunch (cheap): momofuku ssam bar

lunch prix fixe: jean georges

macaroni and cheese: blue smoke

peking duck: peking duck house

pizza: grimaldi’s

steak: frankie and johnnie’s

sweetbreads: dovetail

wine bar: caselulla