New York Magazine

It's not on Second Avenue anymore, but everything else will be the same, promise the pastrami pros, and Toidy-Toid and Toid is an excellent address for a delicatessen.

A generic stop on the Murray Hill sushi trail.

A neighborhood Japanese restaurant with solid sushi rolls and decent fare.

Sushi, sake, and sports on Second Avenue.

If cheese is a religion, this is its bustling, Balthazar-gone-midtown house of worship.

Asia meets Cuba at this perennially hip hang in the Morgans Hotel.

Thai and Malaysian food caters to a lunchtime crowd in Murray Hill.

Seemingly sophisticated restaurant and lounge, Banc Cafe is at heart a pub, albeit with trumped up food and prices.

International pub grub and hearty American dishes with a touch of Asian and Mexican influences, served in a lofty, industrial space.

A North African-accented French restaurant in Murray Hill that plays to a bustling lunch crowd.

With a fun canine theme, these comfort-food eateries appeal to the stroller set as well as to older kids.

A classic Midtown deli for franks, sour pickles, and pastrami-on-rye, hold the schmaltz.

Snappy fast-food stand that both carnivores and quasi-vegetarians will like.

This unassuming Murray Hill restaurant has above-average grub, including fun Bombay street snacks.

As you’d expect from a typical Lebanese restaurant, there’s equal emphasis on presentation and abundance for familiar dishes.

24 oz. frozen margaritas, quick eats and central locations have drawn crowds to these Mexican-themed restaurants since 1984.

The suburban version of the Hollywood pizza docks in NYC.

The succulent cheese steak at this takeout mini-chain is the result of the owner's almost Ken-Burnsian study of the famous Philadelphia sandwich.

Moroccan eats and beats in Murray Hill.

A neighborhood bistro with warm surroundings and an unpretentious, classic menu.

The sauceless pies steal the show at Neopolitan Ciro Verde's brick-oven Italian restaurant/pizzeria.

A small health-conscious café with a big catering business.

A Korean-barbecue restaurant with impressive décor and disappointing food.

See the review of this American Traditional restaurant at 560 Third Ave. in Manhattan.

On an overlooked block near the Lincoln Tunnel entrance, El Parador has quietly been serving first-rate traditional Mexican cuisine since 1959.