New York City's Finest Tables
7 restaurants listed1
Impress Clients
New York City — Midtown
Le Bernardin
Three decades at the summit. Eric Ripert's cathedral of seafood is where New York's power class comes to signal arrival.
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Proposal
New York City — Columbus Circle
Per Se
Thomas Keller's four-story act of devotion. Nine courses, Central Park views, and an occasion you will remember in decades.
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Solo Dining
New York City — Columbus Circle
Masa
America's most expensive seat at a counter. Masa Takayama's hinoki-scented silence is a spiritual experience in fish and rice.
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Birthday
New York City — Flatiron
Eleven Madison Park
The grand ballroom of American fine dining. A dining room so beautiful it makes the food taste better — and the food is extraordinary.
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Close a Deal
New York City — Upper East Side
Daniel
Boulud's bourgeois cathedral on the Upper East Side. Old money power at coffered ceilings and porcelain chandeliers.
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First Date
New York City — Greenwich Village
Carbone
The reservation that makes people's eyes widen. New York's most coveted table — where downtown royalty eats red sauce and feels spectacular.
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Close a Deal
New York City — Financial District
Nobu Downtown
The restaurant that rewrote the rules of Japanese cuisine in America. Still the most reliable power lunch south of Canal Street.