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Hot Tables
In a town overflowing with great restaurants and brilliant chefs, short lists are tough to make — but essential. These are the places we're lining up for now.
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20 West 29th St.
Has that magical mix — design, food, shops — that put a hotel at the spiritual center of cool.
180 Ludlow St.
The latest in downtown industrial cool. Lofty views, soaking tubs, a lobby that screams "hangout."
153 West 57th St.
The new face of Midtown luxury in an elegantly modern temple of sober, grown-up cool.
35 East 76th St.
A New York classic — the epitome of old-school Upper East Side luxury.
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220 Church St.
The location — tucked into the lobby of a historic building — is great; the pastries are better.
314 W. 11th St.
April Bloomfield's deliciously inventive, perennially popular take on the gastropub.
377 Greenwich St.
Cozy, soulful Italian from Andrew Carmellini, set in the sceney Greenwich Hotel.
60 E. 65th St.
French haute-cuisine that's anything but complacent — from Daniel Boulud, the master of the form.
shop
35 Howard St.
Avant-garde, never-boring SoHo boutique featuring a different country's designers each year.
154 West 10th St.
Browse for hours in this overstuffed Platonic ideal of the cozy neighborhood book shop.
160 Lexington Ave.
Comme des Garçons founder Rei Kawakubo's big giddy marriage of architecture and garment design.
660 Madison Ave.
High-end and hip, this ultra-chic Madison Avenue staple redefines department store.
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Enter at Gansevoort St. and Washington St.
A lush and wondrous walking park set atop a former elevated railway on the far west side.
1 East 70th St.
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Gainsborough and other greats in an exquisitely appointed Beaux Arts mansion.
1048 5th Ave.
Sumptuous Fifth Ave mansion full of Klimt, Schiele, Klee, and other German and Austrian masters.
99 Margaret Corbin Dr.
Medieval tapestries, manuscripts, scuptures in a monastic setting inside Fort Tryon Park.
