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Where To Have Your Birthday Dinner In NYC
When you want to have a big, fun dinner that involves good food and people saying nice things about you, try one of these spots.
The Best Restaurants In Koreatown
Where to get kimbap, rice cakes, and Korean barbecue before you sing karaoke.
Where To Have A Private Dinner In NYC Right Now
The wine cellars, sushi counters, and cute backyards where you should host your next private dinner.
The Best Bars In Chelsea
Drink a martini under a big chandelier, or dance at a spot hidden in a subway station.
The Best Bars For Big Groups
The best places where you can easily roll up and drink with a big group.
The Best Korean BBQ In Koreatown
Our favorite spots around 32nd Street to have someone grill meat at your table.
The Best NYC Bars For Your Birthday
Where to celebrate with cocktails, shuffleboard, dancing, and more.
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Shanghai 21
Shanghai 21 is a great place to eat soup dumplings in Chinatown—but you might have to wait in line for them.
Royal Seafood Restaurant
Come to this Chinatown spot for dim sum brunch on carts every day of the week.
Mavericks
Mavericks is where you go for a big group feast in Montauk complete with steak, raw bar towers, and caviar service.
T Bar
T Bar is a New York City-style steakhouse in Southampton. Come with a crowd for a fancy evening.
Alimentari Beach
Alimentari Beach is an Italian restaurant and specialty grocer in Montauk where you should drink a negroni.
Brasserie Fouquet's
An upscale French chain where tourists and wealthy locals eat steak tartare and foie gras.
Kum Sung BBQ
Grill your own duck with whole cloves of garlic at this Korean BBQ spot in Murray Hill, Queens.
Strong Rope Brewery
Come to this brewery on the water in Red Hook with a big group and watch the sunset.
Sappe
At Sappe, focus on the skewers and other Thai drinking snacks, in the movie-premier atmosphere.
Where To Have Your Birthday Dinner In NYC
When you want to have a big, fun dinner that involves good food and people saying nice things about you, try one of these spots.
Tony's Di Napoli
Tony’s Time Square location is good, tacky fun. But don’t let the questionably large portion sizes or chandeliers fool you. The pasta and parm are delicious.
Red Lobster
Red Lobster in Times Square serves surprisingly decent seafood in a room with fake portholes instead of windows.
Olive Garden
If you end up at Olive Garden’s Time Square location, prioritize the breadsticks and skip the pasta.
Hard Rock Cafe
The Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square is fine for looking at music memorabilia, and buying merch from the gift shop.
The Best Restaurants At Essex Market
Eat and drink your way through these eight spots in Essex Market.
Virgil's Real Barbecue
Virgil’s is far from the best BBQ in NYC, but in terms of Times Square chains, it’s an all star.