A New England restaurant that’s less seaside cottage, more sexy submarine. Go if you like Penny, Claud, and freaky fish. You won’t find plain raw oysters on this menu.

A tiny but mighty fish sauce-fueled scene that makes you feel cool by association. Go if you like fish sauce—and especially if you like talking about how much you like fish sauce.

Bridges serves elegant food that’s a little kinky, too. Go if you like soft foods with deep flavors and Estela. They also do unspeakably delicious things with seasonal fruit.

Like if your friends who throw the best house parties opened a new-school mom-and-pop. Go if you like to party, with lobster and places like Mắm or Cocina Consuelo.

NYC has enough pizza to go around, but none of it is quite like this. Go if you like pizza and/or nostalgia, by way of a tiny TV by the cash register screening old movies like Thief.

This crackle-crusted bánh mì sets a new bar for NYC—but don’t stop there. Go if you like watching trays of pork belly and fresh bread go by while you slurp a solo bowl of pho at the counter.

A scrappy Dimes Square wine bar giving banchan the respect it deserves. Go if you like a place with heart, hogging all the kimchi at Cho Dang Gol, and Korean food that teeters between comforting and avant-garde.

NYC’s best cheesesteak comes blanketed in Cooper Sharp, and a smidge of celebrity too. Go if you like feeling joy by way of beef and onions and the Philadelphia Eagles.

A truly adult restaurant, with warm service and personal space in a city that has none. Go if you like when, for once, everything you order actually fits on the table. Also Diner, Roman’s, or She Wolf bread.

You’ll never forget the Butter Chicken Experience at this Queens-to-Manhattan reboot. Go if you like audience participation—from the tray-carrying chaat vendor to the kulfi popsicles dipped in your choice of three different Magic Shell-like toppings.

This Four Horsemen sequel is a stylish, bean-obsessed vision of seasonal Italian. Go if you like wine with a backstory, trending squash varietals, vintage Italian lamps, and The Four Horsemen.

These tagines are so comforting they make the fluorescent lighting feel cozy. Go if you like showing off your mint tea-pouring skills.

Where the wine dictates the food, not the other way around. Go if you like asking questions about terroir and the red-tinted shadow of a wine glass against a thick white tablecloth.

A taco shop with Cosme ties achieves something incredible with steak, salt, and a trompo. Go if you like calling New York a taco town.