Bryan Kim

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The 21 Best Restaurants In Ridgewood

1 week ago | theinfatuation.com | Bryan Kim |Neha Talreja |Willa Moore |Will Hartman

Ridgewood has many solid slice shops and sit-down pizza joints. Eat at all of them, but start at Mano’s. The counter-service spot on the north end of Forest Ave. has only been open since 2021, but it’s already established itself as one of NYC’s best. Fermented for days, the crust on their pies is thin and crackly, with big pockets of air. Try the Fulgheri with provolone and sweet caramelized onions, or the Manopella with vodka sauce and swirls of pesto.
Where To See & Be Seen In NYC

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Bryan Kim |Molly Fitzpatrick |Willa Moore |Will Hartman

With a devoted following of influencers, models and—at least once—Martha Stewart, Jean’s is New York’s current it-girl. And it has an entire Instagram account devoted to notable people writing on tables after midnight to prove it. The food is pretty good. Watching people eat it is even better.
L.A. Burdick - Review - Soho - New York - The Infatuation

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Bryan Kim

Chocolatier L.A. Burdick was founded in New York City in 1987, and there are currently seven locations around the country, including this one on Prince Street. Painted with stripes of green and gold, the little shop is lined with a handcrafted chocolates in bar and bonbon form. It’s a great place to pick up a gift—like a set of the signature chocolate mice—but you can also pop in for a coffee, pastry, or cup of extra thick and sweet hot chocolate.
Yanni’s Coffee - Review - Chelsea - New York - The Infatuation

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Bryan Kim

Yanni’s is known for two things: cookies and coffee. The coffee’s made with beans from Brooklyn-based microroastery Sey, and the cookies are hand-shaped into appealing brown lumps. Try the white chocolate oatmeal one, or go for the chocolate chip version that’s littered with walnuts. There isn’t much room inside, but if you need somewhere to camp out for a minute, you can always grab a stool near the windows up front.
Crumbl Cookies - Review - Chelsea - New York - The Infatuation

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Bryan Kim

Founded in Utah in 2017, cookie chain Crumbl has metastasized to the tune of 1,000+ locations from Anchorage to Puerto Rico. Their recipes are proprietary, but the formula for their success is easy to pin down: butter and sugar. Available in flavors like confetti and vanilla crumb cake, Crumbl’s oversized cookies are really just delivery mechanisms for those two ingredients. It’s hard not to like them. It’s also hard to have more than a few bites.
The Best Dishes Infatuation NYC Writers Ate In April

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Arden Shore |Bryan Kim |Molly Fitzpatrick |Willa Moore

There are a lot of high-flying techniques coming out of the kitchen at Confidant in Industry City. Everything here is good, but their highest flying result is the shrimp pot pie. It has the same comforting richness as the frozen chicken version you might have eaten growing up, but with gorgeously flaky pastry and a subtle seafood flavor. Sweet, savory, and totally satisfying, Dar Lbahja’s chicken bastilla combines so many lovable qualities in one immaculately crispy phyllo-dough package.
The 10 Best All-You-Can-Eat-Deals in NYC

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Will Hartman |Willa Moore |Bryan Kim |Carlo Mantuano

Just AddedThis sleek Lower East Side restaurant specializes in the seafood-centric cuisine of Ningbo, near Shanghai, but on weekends YongChuan does a $36 all-you-can-eat dim sum brunch. And it's worth seeking out, especially for some dumplings and dishes you wouldn't normally find at dim sum spots around the city. We're talking pickled pepper shrimp har gow and sticky rice sui mai. A few might fall apart, but it's a great deal with some fun, different bites.
The Best Cinnamon Rolls In NYC

3 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Willa Moore |Molly Fitzpatrick |Bryan Kim |Will Hartman

Cinnabon’s greatest impersonator lives in Bed-Stuy. The bun at Welcome Home is smothered with glaze and has a dark brown bottom, with globs of sticky cinnamon sugar clinging to it. When the people behind the counter ask if you want a piece from the center or the edge of the tray, go with a center piece for the gooiest experience—and also a lot of extra napkins.
You Don’t Really Like That Restaurant. You Just Like Burgers

3 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Bryan Kim |Molly Fitzpatrick |Alison Kessler |Veda Kilaru

The chef at this hot Brooklyn spot previously worked for the group behind 4 Charles Prime Rib, and the two restaurant’s burgers have a lot in common: a pair of nicely seared patties smothered in creamy cheese, with absurdly thin mandolined pickles. The Snail’s version is great. But it's not great enough to justify the two-hour wait for a table, especially given how inconsistent the rest of the paint-by-numbers trendy menu (steak frites, shrimp cocktail, house martini) tends to be.
Dante West Village

1 month ago | theinfatuation.com | Bryan Kim

It’s a Tuesday night, you’re in a candleit room where the odd Prada briefcase rests against a velvet banquette, and everyone around you is about to dive into a second martini. You’re not at a club. Technically, it's not even a bar. The place you’ve found yourself is Dante West Village. Like the original on MacDougal, Dante West Village is a restaurant/cocktail bar hybrid with an otherworldly knack for making people want gin.