With ivy growing up the dimly lit columns, funky lighting and throw pillows strewn along several of the seating areas, Barbounia is anything but stuffy.
Kubeh, a Greenwich Village restaurant dedicated to lesser known cuisines of the Middle East, is the product of chef Melanie Shurka and husband David Ort.
The menu at Dagon, named for the Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture and the earth, showcases modern Israeli cuisine with Levantine influences.
Under the new culinary director, Brittney "Stikxz" Williams, Miss Lily’s 7A, in the East Village, offers innovative and delicious island cooking, friendly staff, a sunny vibe and Caribbean flavor.