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• • • Dumpling Galaxy

      New York Times Critics' Pick ★ 0 4
    • Chinese
    • Sturdy, knobby, domestic creatures in the Northern Chinese tradition, Helen You's dumplings are stuffed to order, and she fine-tunes them with the sensitivity of a natural cook who really listens to her ingredients. At Dumpling Galaxy, she offers 100 varieties, along with an additional menu of dishes from Hunan, Dongbei and Fujian.
    • 42-35 Main Street
      Flushing
      212-518-3265
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• • • Hard Times Sundaes

      New York Times Critics' Pick
    • American
    • At this food truck parked behind a Walgreen’s in Mill Basin, a neighborhood in southernmost Brooklyn, the meat is fresh ground chuck, not some proprietary blend of dry-aged Black Angus cuts. For non-locals, the journey here — by subway, then bus — is long, and worth it.
    • 5700 Avenue U
      Mill Basin
      
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• • • Tuome

      New York Times Critics' Pick ★★ 0 4
    • American, Contemporary
    • You have probably eaten in dozens of rooms like Tuome in the past few years, and eaten dishes that look like the ones that the chef, Thomas Chen, is sending from the kitchen. Once the meal begins, though, it becomes clear that Mr. Chen has originality to spare and a clear, fresh point of view, particularly when he interprets Chinese cuisine.
    • 536 East Fifth Street
      East Village
      646-833-7811
  • $$$

• • • Blue Hill

      New York Times Critics' Pick ★★★ 0 4
    • American
    • The chef Dan Barber is a dirt poet and kitchen philosopher whose time with the pigs and the beans has had a deep, lasting effect on the way he cooks; New York City does not afford the time or space for the leisurely unfurling of Mr. Barber’s complete vision, but Blue Hill is still an exceptional restaurant.
    • 75 Washington Place
      Greenwich Village
      (212) 539-1776
  • $$$ Menu

• • • The Bao

    • Chinese
    • At this Manhattan outpost of Kung Fu Xiao Long Bao, in Flushing, Queens, the menu is greatest-hits Chinese, corralling Sichuan flamethrowers with old-school Cantonese.
    • 13 St. Marks Place
      East Village
      212-388-9238
  • $$

• • • Blenheim

      ★ 0 4
    • Contemporary
    • A tremendous amount of thought and effort has gone into Blenheim’s food, drinks and design, but the pieces don’t always fit together. When tables are set up outside next to the cobblestoned streets, Blenheim looks as if its only desire is to be your drop-in-and-hang-out corner tavern. But the food, as imagined by the chef Ryan Tate, has as much business in a rusticated farm-to-table tavern as white tie and spats.
    • 283 West 12th Street
      West Village
      212-243-7073
  • $$$

• • • Paet Rio

      New York Times Critics' Pick
    • Thai
    • Phimploy Likitsansook has brought over a few of her secrets from her Hell’s Kitchen restaurant Wondee Siam, but the execution is more focused, the contours of flavor more distinct, and a few dishes approach greatness.
    • 81-10 Broadway
      Elmhurst
      917-832-6672
  • $$

• • • Arepa Lady

      New York Times Critics' Pick
    • Latin American
    • For more than two decades, Maria Piedad Cano, a.k.a. the Arepa Lady, has parked her cart among the late-night roisterers of Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens. Now her arepas are available at normal waking hours, at a small restaurant.
    • 77-02AA Roosevelt Avenue
      Corona
      347-730-6124
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• • • Elan

      New York Times Critics' Pick ★★ 0 4
    • American
    • All of the padding of David Waltuck's former restaurant Chanterelle has been stripped away at his new restaurant, Élan. This may rattle the Chanterelle sentimentalists, but it seems to have liberated Mr. Waltuck to play around.
    • 43 East 20th Street
      Flatiron
      646-682-7105
  • $$$$

• • • Com Tam Ninh Kieu

      New York Times Critics' Pick
    • Vietnamese
    • The specialty at Com Tam Ninh Kieu in the Bronx, a Vietnamese restaurant, is broken rice, grains splintered in the milling process, clingier and earthier than their grander, polished cousins. The rest of the menu consists almost entirely of noodle soups.
    • 2641 Jerome Avenue
      Kingsbridge Heights
      718-365-2680
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