Atlantic Grill at Lincoln Center

Set in Times Square—a neighborhood better known for trinkets and fast food chains—Blue Fin is an outlier and a standout.

Overlooking Central Park and featuring seasonally inspired modern American cuisine, Southgate Bar & Restaurant is located at JW Marriott Essex House New York.

This sophisticated and urbane new restaurant and lounge, lauded by Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Travel + Leisure and The Wall Street Journal, offers cutting-edge contemporary Latin-Indian cuisine in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.

Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria is a restaurant, market, salumeria and bakery that feels like a "village inside a restaurant." The seasonal menu features salumi and cheese boards, small sharing plates, fresh pastas and roasted meats and fish.

Superstar chef Mario Batali devotes his Southern Italian–inspired establishment to pescatory delights and other fresh-from-the-sea fare.

If you’ve ever wanted to break bread at an avant-garde cavernous wine cellar with your eccentric, well-off French friends, then Bar Boulud is what you’ve been waiting for.

With decor that evokes a luxury yacht, Lure puts a contemporary spin on its classic fish-house menu.

Open design, light woods and weathered stones conjure the sun-drenched atmosphere of the Greek islands at Ammos, which features upscale authentic Greek cuisine from various regions of Greece, emphasizing seafood and incorporating Mediterranean and North African influences.

Located in the heart of Brooklyn's Park Slope, Benchmark features a New American menu focused on pasture-raised animals and locally grown produce.

The walls of this gorgeous location are covered in prints of New York City by some of the world's most notable photographers, everyone from Helmut Newton to William Gottlieb.

David Burke Kitchen, located in the James Hotel, focuses on wholesome and hearty modern American food, locally sourced and presented in the creative and whimsical style of chef David Burke.

Tommy Bahama Restaurant–Bar–Store, on Midtown's renowned Fifth Avenue, is the flagship location for the island-inspired luxury lifestyle brand.