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  1. Watch Your Back, WoodsideSuddenly, you don’t need to catch a Queens-bound 7 train to reach transcendent Thai food.
  2. Please, No MorePickle Juice: The Great Pickling Craze of 2011 has its benefits, but please keep the stuff away from my $30 entrée.
  3. The DirectoryFollow us on Foursquare and check in to five restaurants from the list below to earn the […]
  4. Best New RestaurantsChef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare César Ramirez marries Brooklyn intimacy with Manhattan haute cuisine.
  5. Best New ChefsCésar Ramirez Brooklyn Fare This well-traveled Manhattan cook finds his voice among the shabby office buildings of downtown Brooklyn.
  6. Best CocktailsRadler Vandaag This exceptionally soothing libation is made with frothy Belgian wheat beer, limes, and a bracing shot of pineapple-infused aq […]
  7. Best DessertsFrittelle Di Mele Lincoln Ristorante Pastry chef Richard Capizzi crowns this impeccably turned ode to the apple fritter with a scoop of caram […]
  8. Where to EatAdam Platt’s annual survey of everything you need to know about New York City’s restaurant scene right now.
  9. User’s Guide
    The 35 Best Pork Dishes in New YorkA slideshow of Adam Platt’s picks for the the best pig in the city.
  10. High ThaiHarold Dieterle brings haute technique and Western touches to the traditional Asian cuisine.
  11. The Lincoln Dining RoomJonathan Benno’s modernist Lincoln Center Italian hits too many off notes.
  12. Brooklyn Room, Manhattan BoardA spare Boerum Hill restaurant with lofty culinary ambitions.
  13. Freemans It Isn’tTaavo Somer’s Peels lacks the Zeitgeist-defining magic of his flagship venture.
  14. Dutch TreatVandaag offers Northern European cuisine with a locavore spin.
  15. Big ItalyEataly brings the European-food-hall concept to the States.
  16. Lima and Then SomeNuela brings a taste of Peru, and other global influences, to New York.
  17. Tricky in TribecaA pair of downtown eateries try hard (perhaps too hard) to not play it straight.
  18. Eloise at the Food CourtTodd English opens a restaurant—a slew of them, actually—at the Plaza.
  19. Comfort, Two WaysA pair of veteran chefs succeed with wildly different versions of down-home cooking.
  20. Bad KittyThe Lion, the city’s newest faux speakeasy, is a pale imitation of its predecessors.
  21. Chang Heads NorthThe great downtown chef’s first midtown venture loses something in translation.
  22. Sub SmackdownIn the land of the footlong assembly-line sandwich, Subway and Quiznos are king. New York’s chief food critic, Adam Platt, and his 10-year-old d […]
  23. An Asian PhoenixAnnisa, Anita Lo’s flagship restaurant, rises from the ashes.
  24. Supper or Club?Paul Sevigny and Joey Campanaro blend a fine-dining restaurant with a scenester hangout.
  25. Pizza à la McNallyThe trendsetting restaurateur’s much-anticipated new venture doesn’t deliver.
  26. Locavorism Grows UpAt ABC Kitchen, Jean-Georges takes local-and-seasonal dining to a higher plane.
  27. Jean-Georges Hits ReplayThe storied chef’s new restaurant delivers familiar upscale fare for the Swifty’s set.
  28. Bring On the OreosOur chief food critic Adam Platt taste-tests a quartet of milks—three pasteurized, one raw.
  29. Ask Platt
    Adam Platt Bumps Into Himself at AnnisaOur esteemed critic reacts to an all-points bulletin discovered at the new Annisa.
  30. Deliciousness Block by BlockFrom ntakos in Astoria to tacos in Rockaway Beach, our critics’ favorite comestibles in selected neighborhoods.
  31. The Gastropub Goes ScottishThe Highlands gives the gourmet treatment to another oft-maligned cuisine.
  32. Let Them Eat CassouletTwo bistros meet the enduring demand for nourishing stews in neighborly settings.
  33. Faustian ItalianScott Conant gets burned in the hotel-restaurant bargain.
  34. Off the FarmTom Colicchio helped pioneer the local-and-seasonal craze, but his latest venture feels behind the curve.
  35. Off WrightThe Guggenheim gets a restaurant stronger on aesthetics than food.
  36. Somewhere South of GreatTipsy Parson, the latest entry in the southern-fried restaurant craze, lacks sizzle.
  37. Diet Someplace ElseIn spite of a few too many heart-stopping dishes, the Breslin Bar & Dining Room is worth the indulgence.
  38. Danny Does RomeAt Maialino, Danny Meyer brings a taste of Trastevere to Gramercy Park.
  39. Best CocktailsEl Diablo Clover Club The Brooklyn mixologists make their classic, subtly devastating tequila version of the Moscow Mule with housemade ginger […]
  40. Where to EatThe essential survey of really good food in New York right now.
  41. Best DessertsEton Mess The Breslin Bar & Dining Room A grandiose compilation of classic English-pudding goodness, served with appropriate ceremony in a tro […]
  42. Trends We’re Tired ofMason Pickling Jars As OrnamentationI know we’re all locavores now, but here’s the problem: Pickle jars are ugly.
  43. Best New Restaurants Minetta Tavern The apotheosis of speakeasy chic, with terrific steaks thrown in.
  44. Best New ChefsMissy Robbins A Voce Columbus She may be a renowned pasta wizard, but it’s her entrées that give tired “rustic” Italian cooking an elegant new twist.
  45. The Directory Aldea 31 W. 17th St. 212-675-7223
  46. The Great Canned-Soup Taste TestIn which our chief restaurant critic renders judgment on a selection of store-bought varieties.
  47. In With the OldLe Caprice, in the newly redone Pierre hotel, offers a modern take on traditional European charm.
  48. The Apotheosis of FreshHow New York finally stopped importing cuisines and invented its own.
  49. So Hip It HurtsTony May’s SD26 trips over gimmicks, while Abe & Arthur’s produces decent food amid meatpacking glitz.
  50. Sea ChangeOceana morphs from a cozy townhouse restaurant into a cavernous expense-account joint.
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