Below, we asked our New York City-based editors for their picks of the most iconic foods in New York City. Some have their fame sealed in silver screen history, while others forgo the glitziness and are better known through word-of-mouth. For foodies seeking to explore New York by fork, knife, spoon, and even your bare hands (bring your hand sanitizer) consider breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert served.<\/p>\n
Read our complete New York City guide here<\/a>, which includes:<\/p>\n How we choose the best restaurant dishes in New York City<\/p>\n AccordionItemContainerButton<\/p>\n Every dish on this list has been selected independently by Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler editors who have visited that restaurant and tried the food themselves. Our editors consider both high-end and affordable eateries, and weigh stand-out dishes, location, and service\u2014as well as inclusivity and sustainability credentials.<\/p>\n Liz Clayman\/Peter Luger Steakhouse<\/p>\n Porterhouse steak at Peter Luger Steakhouse<\/p>\n Near the underway of the Williamsburg<\/a> Bridge, Peter Luger<\/a> is a long-time steakhouse known and loved deeply by NYC locals and visitors alike. Somehow, even after all the hype and all the years, it still feels like a New York essential: With white tablecloths and spot-on waiters who\u2019ve seen it all\u2014it\u2019s no secret that the iconic joint offers up some of the best porterhouse steak in NYC. One side: a New York strip; the other: the fillet\u2014and a center T-bone runs through the middle of the steak. Only serving USDA prime beef, Peter Luger\u2019s porterhouse is cut from a short loin and comes out sizzling, sliced thick, and swimming in its own fat. With crusty edges, perfectly charred, its center stays pink and soft, somehow still structured. Rather than turning to sauces, swipe your meat through the juices pooling at the bottom of the plate. And by the way, the basement of Peter Luger is known to host its long dry-aging room\u2014which ensures its dry-aged porterhouse upkeeps its earthy taste and not-too-tender status. \u2014Jessica Chapel<\/a>, commerce writer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a city that loves to eat out as much as New York, what makes a food truly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1349,1070,289,9,24,55,54,56,3371,821],"class_list":["post-2884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-arts-culture","tag-food","tag-food-drink","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-places-to-eat-drink","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Image](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PeterLuger_0923_LizClayman_472.jpg\"\/)
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