New York's nouvelle-Indian explosion continues apace with Surya, where home cooking gets a distinctly downtown lift.

Despite its generic name, the Place is anything but bland and nondescript.

Columbus Avenue's Avenue Bistro does credit to the genre, but with an inventive menu that is far from slavishly Gallic.

Shanghai is a fast town that cooks its food slowly. Josephine Feng's Shanghai Cuisine brings the region's high braise to Bayard Street.

You can find good Korean food in Manhattan. But for a 24-hour extravaganza (complete with waterfalls), head to Flushing.

The theater district's Chimichurri Grill offers an Argentine menu that doesn’t just phone it in.