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Amazing Stews to See You Through Winter NYC

2505569The weather may be regularly ping ponging from spring-like to frigid, but while it’s still officially winter, best to get your stew fix while you still can.  And we’ve aided your search by rounding up the most potent potages around, from the classic French Coq au Vin at Vaucluse, to the seafood-studded Cioppino at Upland, and the hearty Pozole at El Atoradero in Brooklyn.

Vaucluse

Vaucluse
100 E 63rd St
Upper East Side,New York 10065
(646) 869-2300

Despite its delicious, fancy pants proclivities, the Altamarea Group’s first French spot honors the brasserie tradition of Specialties du Jour, including the ever-rustic Cassoulet Maison on Tuesdays, Boeuf Bourguignon on Wednesdays, Bouillabaisse on Fridays and best of all, Coq au Vin on Sundays; a Burgundy staple originally made with old rooster (although most modern spots employ chicken thighs), slow-braised for hours with mushrooms, lardons and wine.

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Lucky Bee

Lucky Bee
252 Broome St
Lower East Side,New York 10002
(917) 262-0329

This brand new farm-to-table Southeast Asian restaurant on the Lower East Side serves vibrantly flavored, family-style dishes, like a selection of curries — try the verdant Green version, with market vegetables and pickled mustard leaves, the heady Red Curry, thick with prawns, eggplant, bell pepper and basil, or the subtly sweet Massaman; chunks of lamb shoulder and kipfler potato, cut with pineapple vinegar.

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Upland

Upland
345 Park Avenue S.
New York 10010
(212) 686-1006

Justin Smillie’s Upland specializes in that awesomely briny San Francisco treat, Cioppino; a fisherman’s stew brimming with clams, red shrimp, mussels, striped bass and Jonah crab, in a tomato and wine broth, unexpectedly spiked with gochujang.

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Mission Chinese Food

Mission Chinese Food
171 East Broadway
Lower East Side,New York 10002
(212) 529-8800

One of the best loved dishes at Mission Chinese Food is the Westlake Porridge, an extra-creamy take on congee fortified with rare beef, a funky concoction dubbed “crunchy scallop floss,” floral cilantro and an oozing soft poached egg.

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Llama Inn

Llama Inn
50 Withers St
Williamsburg,New York 11211
(718) 387-3434

Eleven Madison Park vet, Erik Ramirez, serves refined Peruvian fare in this eye-catching spot, such as a structural take on the classic one pot Spanish dish, Arroz con Pato.  Instead of humble chicken flavored with sofrito, at Llama Inn, it features crumbles of beer-marinated duck sausage, reclined over moist rice dotted with crunchy cracklings and clods of duck liver mousse.

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El Atoradero

El Atoradero
708 Washington Ave
Crown Heights,New York 11238
(718) 399-8226

A Brooklyn reboot of the relocated Bronx favorite, Puebla native, Denisse Lina Chavez makes her own tortillas and tends moles for days at Prospect Heights’ El Atoradero, in addition to dishing out traditional stews like Pozole Rojo; a chile-laden broth fortified with hominy, swimming with chicken, and brightened with diced onion, fresh cilantro and lime.

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Tagine

Tagine
221 W 38th St
Midtown West,New York 10018
(646) 373-6265

Look no further than the aptly named Tagine, if you’re craving the earthy Moroccan stews, cooked and served in their signature, cone-lidded clay pots.  Needless to say, they come in multiple permutations, from Chicken paired with Sweet Potato, Currants or Preserved Lemon, to Spring Lamb with Prunes, Potatoes or Saffron Sauce.

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Maite

Maite
159 Central Ave
Bushwick,New York 11221
(718) 366-3090

Chef-owner Ella Schmidt (formerly of Il Buco, Al Di La and Craft) references her Colombian and Basque heritage at this rustic Bushwick charmer, which deserves your attention (and a trip to Brooklyn!).  Here, it’s scrumptiously represented in a tomato-based Basque Fish Stew, thick with sea bass, shrimp, clams and scallop, and served with Crimson Crisp apple aioli and chunks of charred bread.

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