2023: Manhattan Voted LENA Best European Restaurant!
LENA
137 Eldridge St
(212) 343-7425 – lena-nyc.com
A European bistro just minutes from Grand Central Terminal and across the street from Bryant Park is a bonus in terms of location and excellent food if you’re staying in the classy, boutique Liberty Hotel. But anyone spending time in this neighborhood must acquaint themselves with a wide array of breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner offerings at Madison & Vine. Tourists into the city will welcome the convenience and anyone from abroad especially might feel it’s much like home. Lucky for New Yorkers who work in the area this restaurant is an excellent choice for a go-in, relax, and enjoy a meal. Even if you’re not on a New York holiday you will feel like you are thanks to affable servers who know the premises has a warm ambiance and punctuate that feeling with a smile and efficient service. Along with a famous and unbeatable hamburger, the eatery offers specialties like Frutti Di Mare Tagliatelli with shrimp, calamari, mussels, white wine sauce, and arugula. Another sensation called Truffled Macaroni Au Gratin sounds enticing.
2022: Manhattan Voted Veselka Best European Restaurant!
Veselka
144 2nd Ave
(212) 228-9682 – veselka.com
Veselka has been serving up delicious Ukrainian food from the same location in Manhattan’s East Village since 1954. To help celebrate its many years in business, a good place to start would be to try the 67th Anniversary Bowl that comes with two meat, two potato and two sauerkraut mushroom pierogies topped with caramelized onion, grilled kielbasa and a slab of bacon. That combination offers a perfect way to sample multiple specialties. Other great options include beef stroganoff, blintzes, potato pancakes, stuffed cabbage and Ola’s Famous Veal Goulash. So order breakfast, lunch or dinner online today or head on down to the restaurant or its recently-opened outpost at the Market Line below Essex Market at 88 Essex St.
2021: Manhattan Voted Veselka Best European Restaurant!
Veselka
144 2nd Ave
(212) 228-9682 – www.veselka.com
Veselka has been serving up delicious Ukrainian food from the same location in Manhattan’s East Village since 1954. To help celebrate its many years in business, a good place to start would be to try the 67th Anniversary Bowl that comes with two meat, two potato and two sauerkraut mushroom pierogies topped with caramelized onion, grilled kielbasa and a slab of bacon. That combination offers a perfect way to sample multiple specialties. Other great options include beef stroganoff, blintzes, potato pancakes, stuffed cabbage and Ola’s Famous Veal Goulash. So order breakfast, lunch or dinner online today or head on down to the restaurant or its recently-opened outpost at the Market Line below Essex Market at 88 Essex St.
2020: Manhattan Voted 27 Morton Best European Restaurant!
27 Morton
27 1/2 Morton St
Permanently closed
27 Morton’s menu of Eastern and Central European comfort food dishes will have you feeling as though you’ve been dropped into another continent. The full menu at 27 Morton has tons of delicious options – including perogies, schnitzel, pork knuckle and more – in fact, you’ll be so allured by their offerings that you’ll have to come back to try the rest of their menu! Finish off your menu with a slice of their delicious apple strudel topped with a scoop of ice cream and whipped cream, or take a bite out of their many other delectable dessert options, including palatschinken, a delicious Romanian-style thin pancake served with lingonberries and sour cream.