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Restaurants NYC

Shelly Stars

Over-rated, you can do better
Good, not worth repeat calories
Great noms, don’t miss out
Absolutely amazing, eat ASAP!
My favorites

So you wanna eat good food eh? Well you’ve come to the right place! Here’s my list of restaurants that I think is worth checking out.

Most of them are 3 and 4 stars, those are the ones I think they’re worth your time, money and stomach space. I’ve sprinkled a few reviews here and there where I think it’s popular in NYC, but less worthwhile, so you’ve been warned!

I’ve already done the hard part of doing all the research of only eating at the best of the best places for you. I hope these posts saves you from Food FOMO. The last thing you should be thinking when you dine out is “Crap, I should have gotten that instead!! *RAGE*”

I’ve separated these into two different lists: Everyday Eats and Special Occasions.

Click on the restaurant’s name to see my review. Right now these are sorted by star rating, but you can also click the headers such as Neighborhood to sort the table. Please let me know in the comments below if you have any fave restaurants I should check out ASAP!


Caveat: the sortable table below might not work in older browsers. Sorry!





Everyday Eats

Restaurant Neighborhood Cuisine Shelly Stars
Angelica Kitchen Lower East Side Vegan/Raw
Beyond Sushi  Gramercy Vegan/Japanese
Clinton Street Baking Co. Lower East Side Brunch
Desnuda Williamsburg Williamsburg (Brooklyn) Seafood/Peruvian
Doughnut Plant Lower East Side Dessert & Pastry
Ducks Eatery East Village Gastropub
Hakata TonTon West Village Japanese
Han Dynasty East Village Chinese
Ippudo East Village Japanese
Ippudo Westside Hell’s Kitchen Japanese
Maharlika East Village Filipino
Minetta Tavern West Village American
Mission Chinese Food Lower East Side Chinese
Momofuku Mรก Pรชche Midtown West Asian Fusion
Momofuku Noodle Bar East Village Asian Fusion
Momofuku Ssรคm Bar East Village Korean
Morimoto Meatpacking Japanese
One if by Land, Two if by Sea West Village American (New)
Park Avenue Summer Upper East Side American (New)
Penelope Flatiron / Murray Hill American
Pub 199 New Jersey Seafood
Quintessence Lower East Side Vegan/Raw
Red Rooster Harlem Soul Food
Sake Bar Hagi Times Square Japanese
Sushi Abazu TriBeCa Japanese
Sushi Dojo East Village Japanese
Sushi Yasaka Upper West Side Japanese
Totto Ramen Midtown West Japanese
Yakitori Totto Midtown West Japanese

Special Occasions

Restaurant Neighborhood Cuisine Shelly Stars
Ai Fiori Midtown West Italian
Atera TriBeCa American (New)
Blue Hill at Stone Barns Upstate NY American (New)
Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare Williamsburg (Brooklyn) American (New)
Eleven Madison Park Flatiron American (New)
Gramercy Tavern Flatiron American (New)
Marea, Nov ’13 Update   Midtown West Seafood
The Mermaid Inn East Village Seafood
The NoMad, Oct ’13 Update Flatiron American (New)
Per Se Midtown West French
Peter Luger Williamsburg (Brooklyn) Steakhouse
Sushi Nakazawa West Village Japanese
Telepan Upper West Side American (New)
The Capital Grille Midtown West Steakhouse

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I found a deadline my ADHD brain wonโ€™t ignore: my I found a deadline my ADHD brain wonโ€™t ignore: my 40th birthday. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป

Iโ€™ve spent 15 years writing OKRs for work. Quarterly goals, success metrics, check-ins to make sure the things actually happen. But I rarely take the same energy and apply it to my own life.

So I made my list. 40 things by 40, across 8 areas of my life to become โœจ ๐™๐™š๐™ง โœจ.

Some are big (get fit AF ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป, board certified health coach ๐ŸŽ“). Some Iโ€™ve procrastinated on embarrassingly long (we had a baby before our wedding photo book and our family trust, woops). Some Iโ€™m doing for the joy of it.

Itโ€™s a stretch goal to finish it all. But itโ€™s out here now. I look forward to our monthly check-ins. ๐Ÿค

Swipe through to see all 40, then tell me something youโ€™d put on your list in the comments. ๐Ÿ‘‡

#becoming40 #40by40 #adhdwomen
Welcome to my โœจ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌโœจ era. Here to make it Welcome to my โœจ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌโœจ era. 

Here to make it my best decade yet. 
Hereโ€™s the plan: 40 things before I turn 40 in November. 

Iโ€™m documenting all of it here - starting with getting fit AF at 40. 

Follow along if youโ€™re in your own becoming era too. ๐Ÿซถ 

#becoming40 #40before40 #adhdwomen
Whew. Six months postpartum and I genuinely cannot Whew. Six months postpartum and I genuinely cannot believe itโ€™s already March. ๐Ÿ˜…

You all told me the first year goes by fast, and youโ€™re right! It feels like every time I blink my tiny baby grows up a little bit and does something unexpected. Baby T finally has a more predictable schedule and has become the most giggly, interactive little human. To all the parents out there, major props. โค๏ธ

Anyway, Iโ€™m excited to finally get back here. Sharing my 40 by 40 list this week, a few of you are working through one too, so stay tuned.

Come say hi if youโ€™re still around ๐Ÿ‘‹ Would love to hear from you!

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Hereโ€™s whatโ€™s happened in the last year:โฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ‘ถ ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐š๐›๐ฒโฃโฃ
Still canโ€™t believe Baby T is here. Weโ€™re obsessedโ€ฆ and exhausted.โฃโฃ (You wonโ€™t see his face often, but Iโ€™m definitely in my โœจmom eraโœจ.)โฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ’ผ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐คโฃโฃ
Creator Partnerships Hub is now live in Google Ads ๐ŸŽฅโฃโฃ
And I got to help shape what influencer marketing looks like on YouTube at scale โ€” wild.โฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ› ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅโฃโฃ
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๐Ÿง ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐€๐ƒ๐‡๐ƒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐ž๐ญโฃโฃ
Turning off distractions, revived all my wellness habits, and tried my best not to burn out (having a toolbox definitely helps - will share more on this later).โฃโฃ
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 โœจ a resetโฃโฃ
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 โœจ a little chaoticโฃโฃ
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Iโ€™m excited to share more of what Iโ€™m learning, rebuilding, and discovering in this chapter of my almost-40 era.โฃโฃ
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Alsoโ€ฆ Iโ€™m starting my ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ list ๐Ÿ‘€โฃโฃ
If youโ€™ve ever made one, tell me what you put on it!โฃโฃ
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Hereโ€™s to the last year of my 30s. It feels good to be back - letโ€™s make it count โค๏ธ
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๐Ÿ— Letโ€™s roast chicken in an air fryer! #easyrecipe ๐Ÿ— Letโ€™s roast chicken in an air fryer! #easyrecipe #airfryer
Lots of fun moments in this 2023 highlight reels, Lots of fun moments in this 2023 highlight reels, but let me keep it real with you - it has been an emotional rollercoaster of a year.

Some say that โ€œSurviving is Thrivingโ€ was the vibe of this year and I definitely felt that. 

Hope that you are able to look back on this year and reminisce on some moments of joy and peace! โค๏ธ

Happy New Years and wishing you all the best for 2024!
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