With its lofty ambitions (and prices), Michael White’s Marea wantonly defies the recession.

L.A. chef Govind Armstrong’s New York outpost is an awkward, noisy transplant.

Modest but sophisticated, George Mendes’s Aldea could be a prototype of dining trends to come.

A cozy Argentine grill breaks the beef-and-empanadas mold.

At Seasonal, a taste of Vienna with a modern spin.

High-end seafood and stuffy service may seem like relics of the boom, but the quality of the cooking at Harbour is eternally appealing.

At the new incarnation of the famed Village tavern, the veteran restaurateur gets the faux-speakeasy genre right.

Sorella is a particularly bright spot on the Lower East Side.

Just when you thought the big-box Japanese restaurant was dead, along comes Inakaya.

Josh DeChellis reimagines La Fonda del Sol.