From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…
Read MoreFrom time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…
Read MoreThe Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…
Read MoreIf you’re craving some serious sausage at 3 am, head to Crif Dogs (along with all the other drunk folks in the East Village) for sloppy, deep-fried wieners that’ll hit the spot after a night of drinking.
113 St. Marks Place
New York, NY 10009
212-614-2728
Sun-Thu 12pm-2am
Fri-Sat 12pm-4am
You’ll feel good about eating here—most of the food is locally grown or produced, and the space is sleek yet homey, with an open kitchen boasting a large stone oven and rotisserie
156 10th Avenue
New York, NY 10011
212-924-4440
Sun 11am-3pm
Mon-Fri 11:30am-3pm
and 5:30pm-11:30pm
Sat 11am-3pm
and 5:30pm-11:30pm
You can find several “authentic” barbecue joints in the city, but for one of the best, go to Williamsburg. At Fette Sau, there’s no table service—but that doesn’t stop hungry groups seated at communal picnic tables from chowing down on ribs…
354 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-963-3404
Sun-Thu 5pm-2am
Fri-Sat 5pm-4am
Savoy’s Peter Hoffman successfully downscales with this rustic, comforting spot that’s perfect for a casual night out. There’s a well-edited beer, wine and cocktail list with some local choices, like Six Point Brownstone and their own house red and white wines, specially bottled in the North Fork of Long Island.
190 Avenue B
New York, NY 10009
212-388-1990
Sun 12pm-3:30pm and 6pm-10pm
Mon-Thu 6pm-11pm
Fri-Sat 6pm-12am
Don’t expect the same old bacon and eggs here—the much-praised brunch at Prune is always an adventure, from the mystery of wondering how long you’ll have to wait for a table to navigating your way through the cramped space.
54 E. 1st Street
New York, NY 10003
212-677-6221
Mon-Thu 11:30am-3pm & 6pm-11pm
Fri 11:30am-3pm & 6pm-12am
Sat 10am-3:30pm & 6pm-12am
Sun 10am-3:30pm & 5pm-10pm
Another contender for the title of “New York’s Best Burger,” Burger Joint is a small, crowded, diner tucked away in a discreet corner of, strangely enough, the upscale Parker Meridien hotel in midtown.
119 W. 56th Street
New York, NY 10019
212-708-7414
Sun-Thurs 11:30am-11:30pm
Fri-Sat 11:30am-12am