Readers’ choice
Best neighborhood bistro: Bar Tabac
Best vegetarian restaurant: Blossom
Best celeb chef who actually cooks: Marc Meyer (Cookshop, Provence, Five Points)
Best new restaurant: Allen & Delancey
Best return of a New York institution: 2nd Ave Deli
Best wine bar: Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar
Best new Brooklyn restaurant: Alchemy
Best new bar: Huckleberry Bar
Best new teahouse: Amai Tea & Bake House
Best beer bar: Blind Tiger Ale House
Best new Queens restaurant: Bistro 33
Best new farm-forward endeavor: Market Table
Best mobile food: DessertTruck
Best new coffeehouse: Irving Farm Coffee Company
Best pastry-chef-run restaurant: Graffiti Food & Wine Bar
Best Manhattan diner: Skylight Diner
Best candy shop: Economy Candy
Best new UWS restaurant: The Mermaid Inn
Best new Spanish restaurant: Mercat
Best place to be seen: The Waverly Inn
Best reality-TV spin-off: Perilla (Harold Dieterle, Top Chef)
Best new out-of-town import: Alain Ducasse
Best new frozen yogurt: Pinkberry
Best barbecue: Hill Country
Best new fast food: Five Guys Burgers and Fries
Contributors: Joshua M. Bernstein, Michael Freidson, Gabriella Gershenson, Daniel Gritzer, Clare Lambe, Kate Lowenstein, Jordana Rothman and Helen Yun
At first, this cramped little place seemed to invite with its charmingly rustic decor. Shame all that had to be ruined by the cattiness of the wait staff. we asked for the option of ordering our food as if we were at a table but we'd agree to eat at the bar if no tables cleared out for us by the time the food came. This idea was considered APPALLING by the hostess and the bartender.You should have seen their catty little faces all scrunched up as they crabbed to each other about our audacity!
At first, this cramped little place seemed to invite with its charmingly rustic decor. Shame all that had to be ruined by the cattiness of the wait staff. When my girl and I walked in around 1pm, we noticed that two tables were on their ways to be opening up and even a moron knows that it's a lot more intimate for a couple to be sitting together at a booth or a table than to be elbow to elbow at a bar. With that in mind, and being as hungry as we were, we asked for the option of ordering our foo
definately a place that many locals go. outside seating can be nice if you can get one. tab is always reasonable. everything else like service and food is EH. i have left with my party before ordering because the host/waiter was just plain rude and obnoxious. frankly, they need to get over themselves... but i guess as long as ppl keep coming.
apparently readers haven't eaten at alchemy in a while. this is the worst restaurant in brooklyn.
Go Peter Daversa!!!!!!!!!The best cook in NY, Hill Country is lucky to have him
Apparently the readers of this magazine have no BBQ experience whatsoever if they think hill country is the best! I know there is a shortage of good BBQ in NYC, but even Dallas BBQ is better than this overpriced garbage chain! Daisy Mae's, RUB, hell, the mcRib is better than hill country! If you like paying 10 bucks for a mexican coke that tastes like every other coke in the world, and carrying a bunch of subpar smoked meats all over a buffet restaurant then by all means, enjoy!
I am a HUGE fan of the TREATS TRUCK and LOVE the MEXICAN BROWNIES!! I was surprised to see the TREATS TRUCK didn't win as everyone I know LOVES LOVES LOVES IT! HURRAY FOR THE TREATS TRUCK!!!! IT'S THE BEST IN NEW YORK!!!
Treats Truck has the best mobile food in NYC! Give me the world's best chocolate chip cookie over bacon creme anglaise any day!