Got a beloved burger joint? A can't-miss cocktail bar? Pick your favorites below.
Vote now and you'll have a chance to rub elbows with NYC's culinary elite at the 2009 Eat Out Awards ceremony. Complete the ballot below for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the invite-only awards presentation and party.
If you'd like more info before you vote—or just want to make a reservation—follow the links below for our restaurant and bar reviews. Links will open in a new window.
Best changing of the guard
Freemans the Harrison Union Square Cafe Irving Mill
Best new restaurant
Convivio Corton Momofuku Ko The Oak Room
Best addition to an underserved 'hood
Bar Breton Peaches Pomme de Terre Vinegar Hill House
Best return of a New York institution
Bouley International Bar La Fonda del Sol The Oak Room
Best new pizza
Artichoke Co. Motorino San Marzano
Best new hand at seafood
Allegretti Flex Mussels the John Dory Fishtail by David Burke
Best new Brooklyn restaurant
Bussaco Buttermilk Channel James No. 7
Best new ice cream
Blue Marble Momofuku Milk Bar Sweet Melissa Crémerie Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream
Best new cocktail lounge
Apothéke Clover Club Weather Up White Star
Best new bar
Beer Table Clover Club The Jakewalk Rusty Knot
Best shrine to swine
Irving Mill Porchetta The Redhead Salumeria Rosi
Best new Japanese restaurant
Ippudo NY Kyo Ya Matsugen Sushi Azabu
Best new bakery
Batch Butter Lane Momofuku Milk Bar Sweet Revenge
Best new neighborhood joint: Brooklyn
Char No. 4 Five Leaves The General Greene Walter Foods
Best new neighborhood joint: Manhattan
JoeDoe I Sodi The New French West Branch
Best return of fusion
Double Crown Elettaria Greenwich Grill Macao Trading Co.
Best new burger
Black Iron Burger City Burger 5 Napkin Burger Petey’s
Best coffee
Abraço Café Grumpy Ninth Street Espresso
Best new restaurant with a one-track mind
Baoguette Desnuda Obikà Mozzarella Bar Socarrat Paella Bar
Best new out-of-town import
the Oak Room At Vermilion Shang A Voce
Best new wine bar
Clo Nectar Wine Bar Sweet & Lowdown Terroir
Best vegetarian-friendly restaurant
Blossom Broadway East Counter Dirt Candy
Best new reason to brush up on your Spanish
Cabrito La Superior Txikito Yerba Buena
Best reason to court a cavity
Bespoke Chocolates Bond Street Chocolate La Maison du Chocolat Nunu Chocolates
Best new Italian
Convivio L’Artusi Scarpetta Sorella
