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Tasty Venetian cooking (which merits the restaurant being named after the chef) in a minimalist-artsy setting.

Sublime Turkish meze, perhaps the city's best.

The Left Bank meets the Upper East Side at this romantic, yet unpretentious, brasserie.

Skeptical that Yorkville can be glam? Look no further than Brio 89, which has a wine list topping 300 bottles and a sophisticated crowd.

More than food and drink are served up at this clubby, clandestine refuge for the Upper East Side society set.

A good French neighborhood restaurant in every respect in an area terminally starved for good food.

The new Neue Galerie's museum cafe evokes old-time Vienna and seves your coffee in a silver cup.

This cozy and unpretentious Upper East Side cafe has been serving accessible Italian fare since 1993.

Chef-partner Todd Mitgang runs this casual counter-service taqueria with a Mexican-wrestling theme.

Signaling the kitschy comeback of Italian-American cooking.

The kitchen sends out thrillingly pure crab cakes, and a lush salmon-and-oyster tartare with a dribble of caviar.

This Italian newcomer dazzles with its ritzy décor and party atmosphere, rather than its understated cooking.

Pricey and spicy Mexican food that's worth the credit card debt.

More bourgeois than bohemian, Demarchelier’s cheerfully noisy, cozy quarters set the stage for familiar hits from French bistro fare, like standout onion soup and briny moules mariniere au vin blanc.

An overlooked Japanese eatery with simple but thoughtfully prepared Japanese creations.

In every other glossy celebrity profile, it seems that the subject always ends up at Elaine's.

Italian joint that's been making well-dressed Upper East Siders feel like family for years.

Roman-influenced homemade pastas and mesquite-grilled meats in an intimate uptown haven.

Basic pastas and veal, plus stimulating desserts and complimentary grappa.

This tiny Japanese kitchen has an adventurous side to its menu of sushi and cooked fish.

Exceptional, robust Northern Italian dishes served in a dark, verging on dreary, restaurant.

Well-executed regional Southern Italian fare at an Uptown trattoria.

From the Zen Palate family, but with a liquor license!

Hoist your stein and cheers to this Yorkville outpost of Southern German cooking and beer.

Great Italian small plates—and graffiti—at an UES eatery.