Balthazar
Perhaps the most iconic of all the city's modern restaurants, Balthazar represents a blend of grandiosity, nonchalance and timeworn detail that feels as New York as the Empire State Building. And…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Charlie Bird
A small, liberally windowed space on the border of SoHo, from the street Charlie Bird looks to be a perfectly tame, all nice-looking people quietly enjoying Chef Ryan Hardy's polished Italian fare. But…
- story: Talia Baiocchi
Pegu Club
One of the original cocktail bars to spur the New York renaissance, Audrey Saunders' Pegu Club is still a bastion of beautiful drinks. While it might not be as progressive today as…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Ear Inn
This two-story, Revolutionary-era building has been host to a wide variety of drinking establishments over the centuries, including a speakeasy and an unnamed bar known only as The Green Door.…
- story: Leslie Pariseau