Soba Totto

This Lower East Side retro pizzeria serves slices and subs using modern ingredients.

A Brooklyn red sauce restaurant famed for its old-school style and pizza too.

Even in a neighborhood as awash in authentic, upscale Russian restaurants as Brighton Beach, Tatiana stands out.

Executive chef and partner Michael Anthony’s menu consists of elegant dishes with a rustic influence that showcases the restaurant’s relationships with local farms and purveyors.

In business for nearly 100 years, this shop near the Theatre District specializes in all things printed for the film or theater lover—from librettos, plays and screenplays, to works on theater craft, dramatic techniques and biographies of film and theater’s greats.

The Commodore's section of Williamsburg has become quite the hub of activity lately.

This welcoming taproom serves elevated pub-food favorites alongside meticulously researched cocktails.

Summit ups the ante with art installations, glass ledges and glass-floor elevators.

Sunny's is the grande dame as well as the best-kept secret of Red Hook nightlife.