Pete Wells may no longer be calling the shots as food critic but The New York Times 100 Best Restaurants list he created is still going strong. Interim critics Priya Krishna and Melissa Clark have taken over for this third iteration of the coveted list, and they’ve kept many of Wells’s inclusions while adding plenty of their own picks into the mix.
South Indian hotspot Semma topped the list, rising from the seventh spot last year. Momofuku’s Caribbean tasting-menu newcomer Kabawa from chef Paul Carmichael debuted in fourth place. That’s a huge vote of confidence for a restaurant that’s only a few months old. Only the top 10 places on the list this year are ranked, while the rest of the restaurants are listed alphabetically.
Other new entries to the list include Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson’s revival of historic French spot Le Veau d’Or, the two-MICHELIN-Starred Sushi Noz, and the sceney Raf’s from The Musket Room team. Favorites like the always packed Jeju Noodle Bar, Una Pizza Napoletana, and Frenchette all kept a place on the list.
We’ve rounded up the places you can book on OpenTable among The New York Times 100 Best Restaurants. Head to the NYT for the full list.
Kabawa (East Village)
Aska (Williamsburg)
Casa Mono and Bar Jamón (Union Square)
Chambers (Tribeca)
Çka Ka Qëllu (Belmont and Kips Bay)
Frenchette (Tribeca)
Gage & Tollner (Downtown Brooklyn)
Jean-Georges (Upper West Side)
Jeju Noodle Bar (West Village)
Koloman (NoMad)
Le Veau d’Or (Upper East Side)
Raf’s (NoHo)
Sushi Noz (Upper East Side)
Sushi Ouji (Soho)
Una Pizza Napoletana (Lower East Side)
Zaab Zaab (Elmhurst and Williamsburg)
Tanay Warerkar is a content marketing manager at OpenTable, where he oversees features content and stays on top of the hottest trends and developments in the restaurant industry. He brings years of experience as a food editor and reporter having worked at the San Francisco Chronicle, Eater, and the New York Daily News, to name a few.
