Fifth Floor Up NYC Favorites: Restaurants

I've had a lot of people recently contact me about friends or family visiting NYC. They all have the same requests, can you send me your favorite restaurants, bars and things to do and see in NYC?
The easiest way for me to respond to these requests, is to send them direct links to my blog posts. However, going back and searching through three years of blog posts is about as much fun as making up a new list every time. Which is why, I decided to make one blog post containing all of my favorite restaurants within the last three years. Smart huh?


Since I have a slight case of OCD going on, I've decided to list the restaurants by cuisine or meal. Anything to make it easier for you, my friends.

The restaurants I have been to, I will link to my blog posts. You will notice these restaurants in blue. There are a couple other restaurants which I haven't had a chance to write up. I'm looking forward to sharing them someday soon. These restaurants are in black. I have also listed some restaurants, in orange, that I haven't been to, but are on my "To Dine" list. 


Here we go, what better than to start with A?

American

Abe & Arthur's
Cafeteria
Commerce
Cookshop

Delicatessen

Ditch Plains
DuMont
The Dutch

Fat Raddish
Fedora
Goat Town

Gramercy Tavern
The Harrison
Hearth
Home
Joseph Leonard

Landmarc
Marlowe & Son's
The Odeon
Public
Red Rooster
The Redhead
Travertine

The Standard Grill

Waverly Inn

Australian
Ruby's
The Sunburnt Cow

Austrian

Klee
Wallse


Bagel
Murray's
Russ & Daughters


Bakery
Babycakes

Bouchon Bakery
Balthazar Bakery
Baked by Melissa
Billy's Bakery
Butter Lane Cupcakes
Levain Bakery
Little Cupcake Bakeshop
One Girl Cookies
Petrossian

BBQ
Blue Smoke BBQ
Dinosaur BBQ
Fatty 'Cue
Fette Sau
Hill Country BBQ


Brazilian
Bar Bossa
The Coffee Shop
Oficina Latina
Sazon


British
The Breslin
Clerkenwell
Spotted Pig

Brunch
Balthazar
Blue Ribbon Bakery
Bluebird Sky
The Brindle Room
Buttermilk Channel
Char No. 4
Clinton Street Baking Company
Clover Club
Essex
Five Points
Freemans
Friend of a Farmer
The Grey Dog Cafe
Hundred Acres
Jack The Horse Tavern
Jane
Little Owl
Prune
Pulino's
Shopsins
Superfine
Tartine
Vandaag
Vinegar Hill House


Burger
68
Bare Burger
The Breslin
The Burger Joint
Corner Bistro
Dumont Burger
Goat Town
Island Burger and Shake
J.G. Melon
Shake Shack
Shopsins


Cheese
Artisanal

Chinese
Buddakan
Joe's Shanghai
Shunlee Palace
Vanessa's Dumplings

Cuban
Cafe Habana


Delicatessen
Second Avenue Deli
Katz Delicatessen 
Mile End Delicatessen

French

Balthazar
Bar Boulud
Cafe Henri
Mas Farmhouse
Tartinery NoLita


Food Cart
Calexico
Red Hook
Taim Mobile


Gastropub
Brinkley's
DBGB


Hot Dogs
Crif Dogs

Korean

Do Hwa

Indian
Tamarind

Italian

Apizz

Ballato

Bianca
Babbo
Del Posto
Epistrophy
Il Buco
Little Frankie's

Lupa

Meatball Shop

Rubirosa

Scarpetta

Spina

Japanese
Nobu
Omen Sushi
Tomo Sushi
Zenkichi


Mac & Cheese
Artisanal

Dumont Burger

Five Points

Jack the Horse Tavern

Mac Bar

Schillers

S'mac

Mediterranean
Cafe Gitane

Mexican
Centrico
Dos Caminos
Hecho en Dumbo
La Esquina
Mercadito
Mexican Radio
Rosa Mexicana
Tacombi

Middle Eastern
Balaboosta
Mustache


Moroccan/African
Cafe Gitane (Jane Hotel)
Cafe Noir
Cafe Mogador
Maco Trading Company


Pizza
Celeste
Co.
Denino's
Good Fella's
L'asso
Rubirosa
San Marzano


Sandwich
Ali Doro
Torissi 

Seafood
Atlantic Grill
Aqua Grill
Blue Water Grill
Esca

Spanish
Boqueria
Degustation
Despana
Oliva
Txikito


Steak
Abe & Arthurs
Benchmark
Peasant
Wolfgang


Thai
Kittichai
Republic
Saha Thai
Zabb Elee


Who's hungry now?