Midtown Absolutely Dominates NYT Best 100 Restaurant List

MIDTOWN, NY — In a new list by a top food critic, one thing is clear: Midtown dominates when it comes to top restaurants.

Out of the 100 best restaurants in New York City compiled by New York Times food critic Pete Wells, 11 were located in Midtown.

Three were in the top 10 — Le Bernardin (3), Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare (6), The Grill (10) — and almost half of them didn't make the cutoff for the top price tier of four money signs.

One of them, Cho Dang, a classic Korean tofu spot on West 35th Street, lists entrees from $26. While not a "cheap eat," it's a far cry from Le Bernardin's $198 prix fixe.

Other picks include Italian spot Lodi ("perfectly channels the delicacy of Northern Italian food"), New American Mexican restaurant Empellón ("a dream sequence in which bits and pieces of Mexico float past, recognizable but changed, obeying a weird logic of their own."), and French classic Le Rock ("heaps of perfect fries.").

Check below for the list of Midtown spots and click here to see the full list, along with Wells' wonderful words.

3. Le Bernardin (155 West 51st St.)

6. Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare (431 West 37th St.)

10. The Grill (99 East 52nd St.)

19. Empellón ( 510 Madison Ave.)

31. Le Rock (45 Rockefeller Plaza)

38. Gabriel Kreuther (41 West 42nd St)

40. Cho Dang Gol (55 West 35th St.)

45. Lodi (1 Rockefeller Plaza)

55. Iris (1740 Broadway)

67. Mark's Off Madison (41 Madison Ave.)

69. Aquavit (65 East 55th St.)