So many places to eat, so little time! Here is an ever-growing library of restaurants, eateries, bakeries, food trucks, and other culinary adventures that I want to experience sooner than later.
I've been to all the places with a -----> * next to it.
The ones with a clickable link have a review on Shared Appetite.
This list changes and grows almost every day. I'll update it as often as possible.
NYC | Brooklyn | Queens | Long Island | USA | Paris | San Francisco
NYC Restaurants
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*A.B. Biagi Gelato // A.B. Biagi Gelato
*ACME
*Ai Fiori - Chef Michael White
Alder - Chef Wylie Dufresne
*Alices Tea Cup
*Ample Hills Creamery
*Andy’s Italian Ice Food Truck
ABC Cocina
*ABC Kitchen - Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten
*Acme
Apizz
Atera
*Babbo - Chef Mario Batali
Babu Ji
Back Forty
Bahn Mi Saigon
Balthazar Restaurant
*Bantam Bagels
*Baohaus
*Bar Americain - Chef Bobby Flay
Bar Boulud
Bar Jamon - Chef Mario Batali
*Barbuto - Chef Jonathan Waxman
*Beauty And Essex - Chef Chris Santos
*Beard Papa
*Becco
Benoit Bistro - Chef Alain Ducasse
*Biang!
*Big Apple Barbecue Block Party 2013 /// Big Apple BBQ Block Party 2012
*Big D’s Grub
*Big Gay Ice Cream // Big Gay Ice Cream (again) // Big Gay Ice Cream (again again)
*Black Seed Bagels
*Blue Hill NYC - Chef Dan Barber
*Blue Hill at Stone Barns - Chef Dan Barber
*Blue Smoke
Boquiera
Boulud Sud
Breads Bakery
Burger and Barrell
*The Burger Joint
*Butter - Chef Alex Guarnaschelli
Buvette
*Calexico Cart
The Cannibal Beer and Butcher
*Cara Cas Arepa Bar
Carbone
Casa Mano - Chef Mario Batali
Caselulla
Catch - Chef Hung Huynh
Charlie Bird
*The Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
*Clinton Street Baking Company
*Contra
Cosme
Costata - Chef Michael White
Craft - Chef Tom Colicchio
*Craftbar - Chef Tom Colicchio
*Daisy Mays BBQ
Danji
David Burke TownHouse
Degustation
*Delaney Chicken @ Urbanspace Vanderbilt
*Del Posto 2012 - Chef Mario Batali /// Del Posto 2013 - Chef Mario Batali
*Dessert Truck Works (now called Cathcart & Reddy) (Update: CLOSED)
*Dinosaur BBQ
Dirt Candy
Dirty Bird
*Dizengoff
Donatella
*Dovetail
*Dos Toros Taqueria // Dos Toros Taqueria (again)
*Dough
*Doughnut Plant // Doughnut Plant (again)
*Doughnut Project
*Egg Shop
El Quinto Pino
Empellon Cocina
*Empellon Taqueria
Esca
Estela
*Fatty Crab
*The Filling Station
First Prize Pies
Foodparc
Frankies Spuntino
*Fuku
*Gato - Chef Bobby Flay
Graffiti - Chef Jehangir Mehta
*Grammercy Tavern - Chef Michael Anthony
Grom
*Georgia’s Eastside BBQ
*Gorilla Cheese Food Truck
Grand Sichuan
Hanjan
Hill Country BBQ
Ice and Vice
i sodi
*il laboratorio del gelato // il laboratorio del gelato
Imperial No. 9 - Chef Sam Talbot
*Ippudo Ramen
*Ivan Ramen (Lower East Side)
*Jacques Torres Chocolatier
*Je and Joe Ice Cream (now closed)
Jean-Georges
Jezebel
*JG Melon
Joe’s Dairy
Joe’s Shanghai
The John Dory Oyster Bar - Chef April Bloomfield
*Khe-Yo - Chef Marc Forgione
*Kimchi Taco Food Truck // Kimchi Taco Truck (again)
*Kin Shop - Chef Harold Dieterle (CLOSED)
*Korilla
*Kuro-Obi by Ippudo @ Urbanspace Vanderbilt
*La Maison du Chocolat
*La Sirena
Little Pie Company
*Laduree Macarons
*The Lambs Club - Chef Geoffrey Zakarian
Landmarc - Chef Marc Murphy
Led Zeppole
Le Bernardin - Chef Eric Ripert
Le Coucou - Chef Daniel Rose
Le Relais de Venise
Legend Bar & Restaurant
*Les Halles
Little Branch
Little Owl
*Locanda Verde
*Los Tacos No. 1
*Luke’s Lobster
Lupa
*Marea - Chef Michael White
*Marc Forgione
The Marrow - Chef Harold Dieterle
Marta
Mausam Curry N Bites Food Truck
*Max Brenner
Melbas
*Mesa Grill - Chef Bobby Flay (now closed)
Metaphor - Chef Jehangir Mehta
*Mexicue
*Mission Cantina - Chef Danny Bowien
*Mission Chinese Food - Chef Danny Bowien
Momofuku Ko - Chef David Chang
*Momofuku: Milk Bar - Pastry Chef Christine Tosi
Momofuku: Nishi
*Momofuku Noodle Bar - Chef David Chang
*Momofuku Ssam bar - Chef David Chang
*Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream
*Morimoto - Chef Masaharu Morimoto
*The National - Chef Geoffrey Zakarian
*Nicky’s Vietnamese Sandwiches (now called Vicky’s)
Niko
The NoMad
Nougatine - Chef Jean-George
Nyonya
*Oddfellows Ice Cream
*Osteria Morini - Chef Michael White
*Otto - Chef Mario Batali // Otto
*P & H Soda Co.
*Parea
Park Ave. NYC
*Parm
Payard
PDT
Pegu Club
Per Se - Chef Thomas Keller
Perla
*Phil’s Steak
Philippe Chow
*Pickle Guys
*Pies n' Thighs (LES) (now closed)
Pig and Khao
Pig Bleecker
*Pok Pok Phat Thai (now closed)
*Pok Pok Wings (now closed)
*Prosperity Dumpling (CLOSED)
Prune - Chef Gabrielle Hamilton
*Red Farm
*Red Hook Lobster @ Urbanspace Vanderbilt
Red Rooster - Chef Marcus Samuellson
*Rickshaw Dumpling
*Roberta's Pizza @ Urbanspace Vanderbilt
Rosemarys
Salvation Burger
*Salvation Taco - Chef April Bloomfield
*Scarpetta - Chef Scott Conant
*Schnippers
*Schnitzel and Things Food Truck
Shang Restaurant - Chef Susur Lee
Shopsins
*Spotted Pig - Chef April Bloomfield
*Spot Dessert Bar
*Souvlaki GR
*Stand 4 (closed)
*Stanton Social - Chef Chris Santos
*Suenos - Chef Sue Torres
*Sullivan St. Bakery
*Superiority Burger
Supper Resturant
*Sushi Nakazawa
Sushi of Gari
Sweetery NYC
*Taco Truck
Takashi
*Tao
Tehuitzingo
*Teqa
Tertulia - Chef Seamus Mullen
*Thelewala
This little piggy had roast beef
*Toro
*Torrisi Italian Specialties
The Treats Truck
*Uncle Boon's
Ushiwakamaru
*Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream
*Vandal
Vermilion - Chef Chauhan
*Victory Garden (Goat Milk Ice Cream) // Victory Garden (CLOSED)
*Virgils BBQ
Waldy’s Wood Fired Pizza and Penne
*wd-50 - Chef Wylie Dufresne (now closed)
Wildair
*‘wichcraft - Chef Tom Colicchio
*Xi'an Famous Foods
*Yuji Ramen (CLOSED.... relocated to Brooklyn)
Zucker’s Bagels
Brooklyn
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*Ample Hill Creamery
Blanca
Brisket Lab
*Brisket Town (Delaney BBQ)
Brooklyn Fare
*CakeMan Raven
Chip Shop
The Chocolate Room
*Chuko
Clover Club
Diner
Do or Dine
Dough
Fatty Cue
Fette Sau
Four & Twenty Blackbirds
Frankies 457
French Louie
Good Fork
Grimaldi's
*Hometown Barbeque
*Kimchi Grill
*Krescendo - Chef Elizabeth Falkner
Lucali
Marlow & Sons
*Mast Brothers Chocolate
*Mile End Deli
*Oddfellows Ice Cream
Okonomi
Paulie Gee's
*Peter Pan Donuts
Phin and Phebes
Pies n’ Thighs
Pok Pok
*Roberta’s Pizza
*Smorgasburg
Sweet Chick
Talde
Totonno's Pizzeria
Traif
Queens
Tortilleria Nixtamal
Danny Brown Wine Bar and Kitchen
Dursos
San Francisco and Napa Valley, California
Top 12 Places to Eat in San Francisco
*Bottega - Chef Michael Chiarello
*Bouchon Bakery - Chef Thomas Keller
*Flour + Water- Chef Thomas McNaughton
*Incanto - Chef Chris Cosentino
*JoLe
*Mission Chinese Food - Chef Danny Bowien
*Umami Burger
USA
*Bobby Flay Steak, Atlantic City
*Craftsteak - Chef Tom Colicchio, Las Vegas
*Estadio, Washington D.C.
Girl and The Goat - Chef Stephanie Izard (Chicago, IL)
*Guapos Food Truck - Chef Jose Garces, Atlantic City
Ink - Chef Michael Voltaggio (Los Angeles, CA)
Lola - Chef Michael Symon (Cleveland, OH)
*Palena, Washington D.C.
*Proof, Washington D.C.
*The Red Hen, Washington D.C.
*Serious Pie - Chef Tom Douglas (Seattle, WA)
*Trophy Cupcakes (Seattle, WA)
*Village Whiskey - Chef Jose Garces, Atlantic City
Volt - Chef Bryan Voltaggio (Fredericks, MA)
*Wolfgang Puck American Grille, Atlantic City
Paris
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*The Top 10 Foods You Have To Eat In Paris
*How To Eat Like a Local in Paris
*Amorino
*Cake Shop @ Mandarin Oriental
*Chez L’Ami Jean - Chef Stephane Jego
*Coinstot Vino
*Fish La Boissonnerie
*Franck Kestener - MOF Chocolatier
*Frenchie - Chef Gregory Marchand
*Guy Savoy - Chef Guy Savoy
*Hugo and Victor Patisserie
*Jacques Genin Caramels and Chocolatier
*Jean-Charles Rochoux Chocolatier
*L’Avant Comptoir - Yves Camdeborde
*L’Office - Chef Kevin O'Donnell
*La Briciola
*La Maison du Chocolat
*La Patisserie Des Reyes
*Laurent Dubois - MOF Fromagier
*Le Baratin
*Le Chateaubriand - Chef Inaki Aizpitarte
*Maille Mustard Shop
*Patrick Roger - MOF Chocolatier
*Poilane
Long Island
Aji 53 Bayshore
Biscuits & Barbecue
*Bubba’s Burrito Bar
*Pizzetteria Brunetti
*Magic Fountain Ice Cream
Marconi
*Mt. Sinai Sushi
Salumi
*Salsa Salsa
*Satellite Pizza
Swallow
*Toku
*Tai Show