Food & Drinks

Five Top Tables: Where to Eat in New York City This Summer

Highlighted restaurants include a fabulous new French spot downtown and a taco place that can “change your whole day around.”

Locanda Verde Hudson Yards is an unexpectedly easy place to score a last-minute table. 

Source: Locanda

Welcome to Five Top Tables, a new column from Bloomberg Pursuits to guide your dining decisions in New York, London, Paris and other notable cities around the world.

Finding a good place to eat in New York at the time and place of your choosing is not for the faint of heart. Popular restaurants are invariably packed—and the top ones are literally impossible to get into. The food at non-jammed places isn’t always worth the easy table. Here, then, is a monthly guide offering five superb dining options, in and around New York City, that speak to the questions we get asked all the time: What’s a great new restaurant? Where should I go to celebrate (a deal or an anniversary)? Where can I get in tonight? And, especially, where can I get a great meal that won’t cost a fortune?