Everybody knows about lunch at The Four Seasons, but nobody ever talks about dinner. Given its new spring menu and revitalized chef, more should.

Terence Conran's latest venture, Guastavino's, fills the spectacular space under the 59th Street bridge with a boisterous crowd -- and food that doesn't yet perk up.

The gastronomic revival of Grand Central continues apace with Pershing Square and Métrazur as the latest and worthiest additions.

Live high on chef Douglas Rodriguez's celebrated roast hog, or settle for a bowlful of swoony seviche at Chicama, in the Flatiron district.

The staircase isn't so scary -- and that goes for the food, too -- at the slicked-up Brasserie. Chocolate beignets are New Yorky French cooking that flies.

A bistro in an unlikely location, Rue 57 astonishes Bergdorf shoppers and business execs with duck crumble, braised-to-the-bone short ribs, and a sushi bar.

Quince suffers because it's haunted by the specter of the old Quilted Giraffe; Icon is simply bedeviled by spirits from the bar next door.

At Isla, proprietor Diane Ghioto delivers a fantasy love letter to fifties Havana; at Canteen, the mood is as casual as a sixties suburban rec room's.

Las Vegas, Nev.; November 6–7