Bruni’s Final Restaurant Recommendations

via adamiss

From Frank Bruni’s final column, this is his “recommendation list”.  Ideal for NYC visitors and for you locals, a good list to try and knock off. I’ve bolded the ones I’ve been to. I’ve got a lot of good eating to do.  Frank Bruni will be missed.

Good Tips At The End of His Meals

  • BLT Prime, 111 East 22nd Street (Park Avenue), (212) 995-8500
  • Cafe Cluny, 284 West 12th Street (West Fourth Street), (212) 255-6900
  • Cafe Luxembourg, 200 West 70th Street (Amsterdam Avenue), (212) 873-7411
  • ‘Cesca, 164 West 75th Street (Amsterdam Avenue), (212) 787-6300
  • Degustation, 239 East Fifth Street (Second Avenue), (212) 979-1012
  • Eleven Madison Park, 11 Madison Avenue (24th Street), (212) 889-0905 
  • 15 East, 15 East 15th Street (Union Square West), (212) 647-0015
  • Harry’s Cafe & Steak, One Hanover Square (Stone Street), (212) 785-9200
  • Keens Steakhouse, 72 West 36th Street (Avenue of the Americas), (212) 947-3636
  • Locanda Verde, 377 Greenwich Street (North Moore Street), (212) 925-3797
  • Marea Restaurant, 240 Central Park South (Broadway), (212) 582-5100
  • Masa, 10 Columbus Circle, Time Warner Center, 4th floor (Broadway and 59th Street), (212) 823-9800
  • Minetta Tavern Restaurant, 113 MacDougal Street (Bleecker Street), (212) 475-3850 
  • The Modern, 9 West 53rd Street (Fifth Avenue), (212) 333-1220 
  • Momofuku Ssam Bar, 207 Second Avenue (13th Street), (212) 254-3500
  • The Odeon, 145 West Broadway (Thomas Street), (212) 233-0507
  • Peasant, 194 Elizabeth Street. (Spring Street), 212-965-9511
  • Perbacco, 234 East Fourth Street, (Avenue B), (212) 253-2038
  • Peter Luger Steakhouse, 178 Broadway (Driggs Avenue), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718) 387-7400
  • Porter House New York, 10 Columbus Circle, Time Warner Center (59th Street and Broadway), (212) 823-9500
  • Soto, 357 Avenue of the Americas (Washington Place), (212) 414-3088 
  • Sushi Yasuda, 204 East 43rd Street (Third Avenue), (212) 972-1001
  • Vinegar Hill House, 72 Hudson Avenue (Water Street), Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn, (718) 522-1018