Gramercy Restaurants by Restaurant Girl

Dish Spotting: Manzanilla’s Croquettes

Cuisine: Spanish | Featured in Dish Spotting

New Yorkers embrace food from all over the world. We can’t get enough Korean, Thai, Japanese, Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese… you get the picture. But (and that’s a big but) we don’t typically take kindly to foreigners, at least not in the food department. Think about how many foreign restaurants have planted flags on our soil only to be sent back to their country defeated. Let’s be honest, many of them had it coming. But from the sea of full tables in the dining room on a recent Saturday night, that’s not the case for Manzanilla, a brand new Spanish spot in Gramercy.

Jazz Standard

Cuisine: Barbecue | Featured in Best Of, Holiday Eats

Swing the night away at this world-class jazz club, which will herald in 2013 with a performance by the Grammy Award–winning Mingus Big...

SushiSamba

Cuisine: Asian Fusion | Featured in Best Of, Holiday Eats

Celebrate the imminent arrival of 2013 in true Brazilian style at Reveillon, SushiSamba’s annual white party. Both NYC locations will...

What I’m Loving – Ootoya

Cuisine: Japanese | Featured in Reviews

I had nearly given up on eating at the new Japanese izakaya Ootoya in Gramercy. Every time I tried to stop in for dinner I’d...

Maialino

Cuisine: Italian | Featured in Best Of, Holiday Eats

Got a fussy group this Thanksgiving? We recommend a reservation at Maialino. They’ve got two complete menus to choose from, one...

Rosa Mexicano

Cuisine: Mexican | Featured in Best Of

Say what you will about chain restaurants, but Rosa Mexicano defies the stereotypes. For starters, the guacamole, mashed up tableside, is inarguably good. Then there’s the addicting “Frozen Pomegranate Margarita.” But the thing that truly elevates this chain is the ceviche, especially their Hamachi Tacos and Rock Shrimp variation.

Gramercy Tavern – The Classic Date

Cuisine: American | Featured in Best Of

When in doubt, stick to the classics. They’re reliable and comfortable, which will help keep calm your pre-date nerves. One of our...

Hill Country

Cuisine: Barbecue | Featured in Best Of

No one’s more serious about Texas barbecue in NYC than the people at Hill Country. From the meal ticket you carry to the various counters...

Gramercy Tavern

Cuisine: American | Featured in RG's Favorites

As if you needed another reason to visit this Gramercy institution, chef Michael Anthony just won the James Beard award for best chef New York. Truth to be told, we’d come for the impeccable service and cozy, farmhouse-style setting and the first-class cocktails, like the mortoni (Danny Meyer’s take on a negroni) and the concord grape crush. The menu depends primarily on the season, but if you spot ramp custard or any custard at all, order it.