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Hal Rubenstein's Pick
- La Bottega
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88 Ninth Avenue, 212-243-8400
When you feel like slurping pasta after midnight in a hip-but-cozy hangout that won’t hang you out to dry.
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Adam Platt's Pick
- Balthazar
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80 Spring Street, 212-965-1414
The best boudin noir in town after midnight.
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Robin Raisfeld's Pick
- Schiller's Liquor Bar
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131 Rivington Street, 212-260-4555
You’ll have to go very late indeed for a decent shot at snagging that corner table and a great 2 a.m. Welsh rarebit.
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Rob Patronite's Pick
- Rai Rai Ken
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116 East 27th Street, 212-447-7733
Tremendous bowls of steaming ramen bailed out of great cauldrons till 2:30 a.m.
Best Late-Night Dining
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PrintFrom the 2004 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine
Competition breeds the best. If only one pizzeria existed in New York, of course, there’d be no real winning slice. Thankfully, we’ll never know what that sorry situation tastes like, since pizza—like dance parties, dog runs, and fried chicken—has to evolve upward here.
