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Love these guys, the crispy pork belly and pickled watermelon is one of my favorite dishes in the city. Can always satisfy my fatty, sweet, spicy tooth! Adam makes some intense, but delicious cocktails - try the Chupacabra!
West Village
Southeast Asian
VERITAS
Amazing selection of wine. They are also running 25% off their entire list for the rest of the year.
Flatiron
New American/ French
Park Slope
Italian / Pizza
You can find a lot of my favorite wines. Lots of naturally-made wines at very reasonable prices. I always have to order a cocktail here - they are amazing, a lot of seasonal and home made stuff.
ELEVEN MADISON PARK
11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010
T: 212.889.0905 (make a reservation)
Flatiron
New American
Like everything else here, the cocktails are thoughtful, delicious and stunning. The most comfortable fine dining place, I could stay here for 5 hours, oh wait, I did.
The food is some of my favorite and the best Spanish wine list (by far) in the city.
Gramercy
Spanish / Tapas
Upper West Side
New American
This place is truly incredible, it gives me a reason to leave downtown.
ESS-A-BAGEL
Gramercy
359 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10010
T: 212.260.2252
Upper East Side
831 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10022
T: 212.980.1010
Multiple Locations
Bagels / Smoked Fish
FAUSTINA
East Village
Italian
I especially love the vibe and energy in this place. The wine selection is up my alley and the food is reliably delicious.
Gramercy
American
I think that the wine program is incredible. But I just let Juliet Pope choose. I go here once a month and she never fails to pick something amazing.
HAN BAT
3 West 35th Street, New York NY 10001
T: 212.629.5588
For homestyle Korea and Madangsui for Korean BBQ.
Korea Town
Korean
‘INOTECA
Lower East Side
Italian / Wine Bar
Drinking Lambruso and eating panini, especially on a Sunday afternoon, though its been a while since I've been able to do that.
JEAN-GEORGES
Just stunning food.
Upper West Side
French
EGLY OURIET
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Meunier grapes.
Grower champagne.
Imported by Michael Skurnik Wines.
France / Champagne
Sparkling Wine
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MOVIA RIBOLLA GIALLA
Organic.
Ribolla Gialla grape.
From the area that adjoins the Italian and the Slovenian sides of the Collio.
Slovenia / Brda
White Wine
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BERGER GRUNER VELTLINER
There's a 1L bottle that comes with a crown cap. I love this stuff.
Austria / Kremstal
White Wine
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NARDINI AMARO
Italy
Amaro
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DESCENDIENTES DE JOSE PALACIOS BIERZO
Bio-dynamic.
Mencia grape.
From 40-90 year old vines.
Imported by Polaner Selections.
Spain / Bierzo
Red Wine
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I am New York boy, there is nothing I love like a great bagel and these are my favorites. I just ran the NY marathon and I would plan my long training runs so that I could have an Ess-a-Bagel at the midway point.
East Village
Korean / Asian Fusion
The wine program is amazing, I just had a 97 Alsatian Pinot Gris for $65 that could not have complemented the food any better.
MAIALINO
Gramercy
Italian
I have brunch with my mom every weekend and when we went to Maialino, we agreed that it was our favorite place that we could possibly remember.
OTTO ENOTECA AND PIZZERIA
Greenwich Village
Italian / Pizza
I just love drinking wine and eating cheese at that beautiful marble bar. And the olive oil gelato, wow.
LOUIS 649
A great little cocktail bar in the East Village doing classic stuff in a cozy space.
East Village
Cocktails
East Village
Wine Bar
It is easily my favorite wine bar.
Great pizza, great vibe and seasonal stuff. Drink beer at Roberta’s.
Bushwick
Italian / Pizza
BLUE HILL AT STONE BARNS
www.bluehillfarm.com/food/blue-hill-stone-barns
630 Bedford Road, Pocantico Hills, NY 10591
T: 914.366.9600 (make a reservation)
The most amazing dining experience. They once presented me with something that the chef picked from the garden during our meal and served it to us.
Pocantico Hills
New American
STREET FOOD
Jackson Heights, Queens, NY
A trip to Jackson Heights for street food.
Queens
Street Food
STREET FOOD
Main Street, Flushing, NY
Main Street Flushing for Chinese food in Queens.
Queens
Chinese
MADANGSUI
For Korean BBQ.
Korea Town
Korean BBQ
VERITAS
Flatiron
New American/ French
Amazing selection of wine. They are also running 25% off their entire list for the rest of the year.
Recommendations
Who
Sommelier and co-owner of dell’anima, L’Artusi, and Anfora in the West Village and L’Apicio in the East Village.
Why
Joe is a Certified Sommelier by the Court of Master Sommeliers. He has a master's degree in Food Studies from NYU, previously worked at Babbo, makes his own limoncello and grappas, and is known for highlighting small and interesting wine producers on his lists.
Sommelier Joe Campanale
October 24, 2012
dell’anima, L’Apicio, L’Artusi and Anfora - New york, NY
Photo Credit: Michael Morales | Photograph courtesy of Joe Campanale | Photo Credit: Michael Morales
Recommended By
- Wine Writer Talia Baiocchi of Eater.com
New York City Area
Find | Wine Shops - New York, NY
TINTO FINO
They specialize in Spanish wines and they truly are experts in those wines. I really like their palates and they present the wines in a way that’s well-educated and informed, but also has customer service at the forefront. They come from the restaurant industry, so they really just get hospitality. I just love their selections. I think that they’re really doing a justice representing the real wines of Spain.
East Village
Wine / Spanish
NEW YORK VINTNERS
Tribeca
Wine Shop
They’re a solid neighborhood wine shop and carry so many different wines. They have all the wines that we have on our list at the restaurant, plus regions that we don’t cover. As a disclosure, the owner of New York Vintners is the cousin of our pastry chef.
Eat | Restaurants - New York, NY
NETA
Greenwich Village
Japanese
It’s ridiculous. Oh my God, it’s the best. It’s a sushi place that was opened by the chefs de cuisine from Masa and Bar Masa. Obviously the sushi is pretty amazing, but on top of that they have this incredible bartender. The restaurant is built around the sushi bar and the cocktail bar. He creates cocktails that are specifically designed to go with the cuisine. It’s a small place with one bartender and he’s working his butt off. Everyone’s drinking cocktails. There is a cocktail there with Chinese long peppers and sake. It’s a little bit savory, a little tingly and just pairs so well with the food. The restaurant is not club-y, it’s just small and awesome.
Eat | Restaurants - Brooklyn, NY
BUTTERMILK CHANNEL
I love Buttermilk Channel, it’s so warm and cozy there. Deliciousness and hospitality are their two primary goals. I also love their wine list, it’s awesome. It’s an All-American wine list without any easy selections - there’s not like a cheap chardonnay or cheap cabernet from a place that you’d expect. Going to Buttermilk Channel is one of my influences and inspirations for putting many American wines on my own list. My favorite meal there is brunch. I really like the fried chicken and waffles, especially if I’ve gone for a long run that day! They’re not pushing the envelope, but it’s food I want to eat.
Carroll Gardens
American
Eat | Restaurants - NEw York City Area, NY
Eat | Restaurants - Queens, NY
AMOR Y AMARGO
443 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10006
I like bitter and I love amaro. In general, I just like digestifs. I really like how they translate that into traditional drinking and use those in unique ways to make a cocktail that’s more interesting. Using bitters in cocktails is very common now, but these are the non-potable bitters, the ones you take just a few little drops of. They’re using the potable bitters, like amari and you just see some of that in the cocktails, which I think is super interesting.
East Village
Cocktails / Bitters / Store / Classes
DECIBEL
240 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10003
T: 212.979.2733
Decibel feels like they’ve created a Tokyo sake den in downtown New York. I absolutely love sake and I always want to learn more about it.They have this incredible sake list and I always try something new and I usually end up loving it.
East Village
Japanese / Sake Bar
Drink | Bars - New York, NY
Drink | Wines
Drink | Digestifs
NONINO AMARO
Italy
Amaro
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