1. Murray's Cheese
9.4
254 Bleecker St (at Cornelia St), New York, NY
Cheese Store · West Village · 265 tips and reviews
Alicia L: Buy a Burrata Mozzarella and Parma ham, take it home and enjoy with a good baguette!!
Serious Eats: One of the city's top cheese shops with incredible selection and always-friendly staff. Grilled cheese sandwiches and sweet snacks are winners, too.
Gi Edgington: Cheese heaven! Great gourmet items!
2. Locanda Verde
9.0
377 Greenwich St (at N Moore St), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · Tribeca · 506 tips and reviews
Lance Lacoff: Meats, cheeses, toasts, sliders, can't go wrong. Great spot for a date. Solid wine list
Lindsey Kim: Go on the weekends for the ricotta with honey, pancakes and homemade granola!
Gabriela Lucas: The truffle ricotta is out of this world!
3. Earl's Beer & Cheese
8.9
1259 Park Ave (btwn E 97th & E 98th St), New York, NY
American Restaurant · East Harlem · 169 tips and reviews
Mikey Bonifacio: Earl's eggo waffle foie gras deliciousness!!! Also the beer cheese is superb, if you want dessert order the bread pudding beforehand bc it takes 20 mins to be prepped! Enjoy
Allison Parker: Get the mozzarella grilled cheese with chips, pickles, and miso mayo. Delicious and unexpected combo. Beer cheese is awesome too.
Bill Gibson: Tomato soup, mac & cheese and - of course - the beer cheese with grilled garlic bread were all great!
4. Eataly Flatiron
9.1
200 5th Ave (at W 23rd St), New York, NY
Gourmet Store · NoMad · 1479 tips and reviews
Erno Tauriainen: Cheese and salumi platter for starters is great!
Carlie Lawrence: cheese and meat platter is incredibly generous: great value
1lostnewyorker: Sea salt caramel gelato, the pizza and pasta, illy coffee, and the cheeses yummmmmm
5. Carbone
9.1
181 Thompson St (btwn Bleecker & W Houston St), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 243 tips and reviews
Thea Rodgers: Caesar salad, Spicy rigs, calamari salad, veal parm, lamb chops- BOOM.
Sunny H: The spicy rigatoni is a must and the veal parmigiana is excellent.
Danley Hu: The best Italian I've ever had. The atmosphere is a little showy but the waiters are all friendly. The prosciutto+mozzarella was heaven. Highly recommend the spicy rigatoni and veal parm
7. Di Palo Fine Foods
8.8
200 Grand St (at Mott St), New York, NY
Gourmet Store · Little Italy · 74 tips and reviews
Lafayette 148 New York: The best Italian grocery in town. Everything comes fresh from Italy – you can’t live without the olive oil, prosciutto, parmigiano, and homemade mozzarella.
Serious Eats: 100-year-old Italian specialty market with incredible mozzarella and fresh porchetta. Expect long waits, but they're worth it for Louie's selection of imported and deli products.
chinsel: the buratta and the ricotta are to die for
8. Bedford Cheese Shop
9.1
67 Irving Pl (btwn E 18th & E 19th St), New York, NY
Cheese Store · Gramercy Park · 39 tips and reviews
Cooper Smith: Between their new Homestead Manhattan location and the staple Williamsburg shop, Bedford Cheese has a great selection of classes and events. You leave stuffed on cheese and knowledge. Read more.
Compass: Sample delicate and rare cheeses, jams, and artisan treats from the experts on Irving Place.
Arnaud Réauté: A huge wide choice of excellent cheese from all over Italy, France, Belgium, US... really a lot to taste. Staff is helpful and very nice.
9. Despaña
9.0
408 Broome St (btwn Lafayette & Centre St), New York, NY
Spanish Restaurant · SoHo · 288 tips and reviews
Pepe Garcia: The best churros con chocolate in NYC ... Also... Good chorizo, manchego etc
Andreana Leung: Try the gallejo sandwich, it has both serrano ham and chorizo, plus melted cheese yummy!
Meg McNamara: A taste of Spain. Enjoyed a wonderful lunch. Great sandwich and wonderful cheese samples.
10. Thursday Kitchen
9.0
424 E 9th St (btwn 1st Ave & Ave A), New York, NY
Korean Restaurant · East Village · 81 tips and reviews
Amanda Miller: Incredible service, amazing reasonably priced tapas. Order the soft shell crab, truffle Mac and cheese and pork belly tacos
Chelsea Balkan: #FabuLIST #DubiDO truffle mac and cheese, avocado, angry sweet potato, and edamame dumplings. Didn't love the tuna tataki or Korean pancake
Michael Shayefar: Best Dishes: Truffle Mac and Cheese, Edamame Dumplings, Steak Avoid: Sweet potatoes (but the goat cheese part is unreal) MR: 9.1
Michelle Kramer: Heidi is super sweet! Make sure to call ahead and put your name on the list or you'll wait for over an hour. The shrimp tacos and Mac 'n Cheese are both amazing!
Kristina Rudic: One of the best meals I've had in NYC. Lobster mac & cheese is everything they've said it is and for dessert, don't miss the date pudding! It's absolutely amazing.
Andie Sleeman: Our go to comfort food spot in the neighborhood. Get the Mac & Cheese and the Artichoke Salad. Their beer selection is great (always a few options on "special" for $5).
Xavier Hairiskhurly: Meatball parm hero with pepperoni is a great lunch time twist for ten bucks
Zayed Khan: May be the best chicken cutlet w/ mozzarella & pesto sandwich I've ever had. Also large enough for two meals, so at $10 it is a bargain.
Tom Morton: It's all about the heroes: try mozzarella, broccoli rabe, grilled red peppers and hot peppers as a surprising vegetarian sleeper hit
13. Zabar's
8.9
2245 Broadway (at W 80th St), New York, NY
Food and Beverage Retail · Upper West Side · 216 tips and reviews
✨#IamRomdelacrème✨: Tried the Breakfast Special: spinach feta croissant and Ham and cheese croissant. They were both really, REALLY good!
Joe Bramhall: Best bagels, great selection of cheeses and fresh seafood!
BuzzFeed: A Manhattan landmark, Zabar’s is part Jewish deli, part specialty store, and part home goods retailer. Go for the cheese, olives, and SodaStream carbonator refills (and the free rugelach samples). Read more.
14. Cotenna
9.1
21 Bedford St (btwn Downing St and 6th Ave), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · West Village · 241 tips and reviews
Moises Eskinazi: Delicious food, cozy atmosphere. You might want to share a couple dishes. The lamb ribs appetizer, the truffle Mac and cheese, and the tagliatelle fungi were incredible
T Z: One of my favourite places in New York. Great value, large portions, can't go wrong with any dish. Sister restaurant to nearby Aria. Get the lamb shanks and goat cheese eggplant dish.
hania albraikan: I tried Burrata,feta cheese salad and bruschetta for starters and mac & cheese and arrabbiata as main course all of them were perfect , the restaurant is cozy with nice atmosphere and service 👌🏼
15. Emporio
8.9
231 Mott St (btwn Prince & Spring St), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · NoLita · 220 tips and reviews
Tara O'Keeffe: Musroom risotto croquettes, proscuitto and burrata, calamari, and spicy sopressata pizza are must haves! Great meal, vibe, and price in SoHo.
Samantha T: Don't miss the amazing affogato (hazelnut praline-dusted mascarpone gelato, drowned in espresso shot).
Andrea Barrezueta: Everything we had was good, including the bread. Risotto croquettes, veal and ricotta meatballs, burrata, frittata, prosciutto and arugula pizza, steak and eggs and burger. Everyone raved about it all