Virginia Otazo

1 day ago | theinfatuation.com | Mariana Trabanino |Ryan Pfeffer |Virginia Otazo

Kids love choices as much as the Lilo & Stitch soundtrack. That’s why The Citadel is such an easy and reliable spot to take little opinionated Omar out to eat. They’ll likely gravitate towards United States Burger Service, because you can grab your burger from inside little mailboxes. They also have excellent bowls of carbonara at Borti and ice cream that can be used as a form of bribery to eat the edamame you got from Poke-San.

1 week ago | theinfatuation.com | Mariana Trabanino |Ryan Pfeffer |Virginia Otazo |Carlos C Olaechea

Every single ceviche on the menu of this 12-seat counter is citrus gold. Especially the mixto, a gloriously perfect blend of peppers, lime juice, and a variety of rotating sea creatures. Ask for the medium spice level, which we’ve found to be the ideal balance of heat and citrus. When stone crab is in season or there’s Hokkaido uni available, the chef will go off-script and assemble a ceviche so remarkable, you’ll start to wonder about the 80% of the ocean that remains uncharted.

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Ryan Pfeffer |Mariana Trabanino |Virginia Otazo |Carlos C Olaechea

Miami is a shimmering ocean of tiramisu options, but this is our easy favorite. It’s got all the quintessential flavors of a tiramisu, but it also has something those others don’t: texture. That’s thanks to the layers of Pavesini biscuits instead of soaked ladyfingers. You can ask for a glass of the same amaro they use to soak those biscuits. We did that once, and it’s our happiest dessert memory. Reservations go live on Resy at noon 30 days in advance.

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Will Hartman |Alana Dao |Virginia Otazo |Patrick Wong

Crevette opened in February, but the NYC restaurant is really a summer child, with its aperitifs, seafood plates, and pastel dining room. On this prime people-watching corner, the pastis gimlets are poured over crushed ice and a coriander mignonette takes oysters to new heights. When the sun dips low and you want something cozier than a crudo, go for the half-chicken with fries. Leopard-spotted pizzas. Tropical cocktails. Swaying under a disco ball in a packed room.

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Ryan Pfeffer |Mariana Trabanino |Virginia Otazo

Maty’s is on summer vacation, and Itamae has taken over the menu for a pop-up residency. We have no clue how long it will last. So consider this your standing Saturday night reservation for the duration of summer. We can’t think of a better thing to do on a muggy night than drink pisco and slurp chilled ceviches and citrusy tiraditos that we thought we’d never get to reunite with. Sunny’s is the restaurant of the summer, winter, spring, lunar eclipse—its appeal can’t be contained by seasons.