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Minetta Tavern
The apotheosis of speakeasy chic, with terrific steaks thrown in.
Aldea
A gourmet restaurant for the non-gourmet future, with cutting-edge Continental cooking, decent prices, and a clean, modern look.
The Breslin Bar & Dining Room
April Bloomfield’s ruinously delicious pub fare, on a slightly more ambitious uptown canvas.
Maialino
A classic Roman trattoria, reconstituted brick for brick in the ultraprofessional Danny Meyer style.
Sorella
Emma Hearst’s small-plates Northern Italian concept may be the most inventive new Italian joint in town.
Vinegar Hill House
Solid haute-barnyard fare as it’s meant to be served, in a loud, cozy room out in the provinces, with the wood oven roaring.
Sho Shaun Hergatt
Chef Hergatt revisits the glory years when Asian flavor met impeccable classic technique.
A Voce Columbus
Missy Robbins came from Chicago with an outsize reputation. This is her local coming-out party.
Seäsonal Restaurant & Weinbar
Exceptional “new” Austrian greenmarket cuisine in a modest midtown setting at good prices.
Marea
Michael White’s upscale fish house is the most ambitious new restaurant in town, and, on some evenings, the most accomplished.
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Abstract Expressionist Sonny Rollins
Fashionables: End-of-Summer Shirtdresses
True Milanese Panini at Salumè
Manhattan's Most Sellable Apartments
Scouted: The New Meadowlands Stadium 
Is This Lamp Made of Holocaust Victims’ Skin?
New Film Explores Why Our Schools Are Failing
Out on the Town With Susan Sarandon
Why the Yankees Might Not Win It All
