{"id":120306,"date":"2025-08-05T07:35:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T07:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/120306\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T07:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T07:35:22","slug":"best-restaurant-dishes-eater-ny-editors-ate-this-week-august-4-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/120306\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Restaurant Dishes Eater NY Editors Ate This Week, August 4, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Eater editors dining out sometimes several times a day, we come across lots of standout dishes<\/a>, and we don\u2019t want to keep any secrets. Check back for the best things we ate this week.<\/p>\n

I admit the description on the menu of the ajo blanco ($25) didn\u2019t originally catch me \u2014 a bowl of crema didn\u2019t seem fitting for an early dinner on a sunny Summer Friday. But our server insisted it was the hit of the menu at the new Spanish restaurant, Bartolo<\/a>, and boy, he wasn\u2019t wrong. The almond crema, almost like Spanish tahini, was served with a scoop of honeydew sorbet topped with balled melon. It was a stunning bite, rich and fresh at the same time, something I wanted to put in a to-go cup and sip as I strolled along the river. 310 West Fourth Street, near West 12th Street, West Village \u2014 Jaya Saxena, correspondent at Eater<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t get more seasonal than a tomato and zucchini gratin ($20), a side with main-dish aspirations at the new Lex Yard at the Waldorf Astoria<\/a> from Gramercy Tavern chef Michael Anthony. The homey dish wears some cheffy details, like the perfectly mandolined coins, the artful layers, and the even-handed dusting of Parmesan. For an after-work light bite, get it with the citrus-cured sea trout ($28) and a summery white wine at the bar. Read more about the scene at the restaurant over on Eater New York\u2019s new Substack<\/a>. 550 Lexington Avenue, between East 49th and 50th streets, Midtown \u2014 Melissa McCart, lead editor, Eater Northeast<\/p>\n

I was dazzled by Bar Kabawa<\/a> last week: the smart but subtle jerk daiquiri, the fiery red shrimp, the hearty and zingy pepperpot patty. But the dish that resonated the most for me involved two words I don\u2019t normally gravitate towards on a menu: salt cod and okra. Chef Paul Carmichael brings them both together with his pickled okra in salt cod XO sauce ($14). The okra achieves just the right texture \u2014 firm, with bite, and gets blanketed with a sauce offering mild heat and assertive umami. I couldn\u2019t stop eating it, and it\u2019s officially inspired an okra kick for me \u2014 I just picked up a batch of green and purple pods over the weekend at the farmers market for further experimentation. 8 Extra Place, at East First Street, East Village \u2014 Missy Frederick, cities director <\/p>\n

We trekked to upstate New York for the day to attend the Outlaw Music Festival to see Wilco and Bob Dylan. We got there early for lunch, so we hit up this bakery<\/a> from my husband\u2019s youth. He recounted how he used to walk over to pick up bread for his dad and stepmother when he was a teen. We shared the Yaddo sandwich ($14.99) and the Chicken Lisa salad ($14.99). The former is a beautiful sandwich of turkey-bacon-cheddar cheese-spinach-chipotle ranch, which is built with shaved turkey packed together, sticking together with ooey-gooey cheese, and the zingy sauce, in between slices of sourdough bread. The salad came with a big plop of chunky chicken salad atop greens, walnuts, and dried cranberries, for a nice hearty side to our lunch. 65 Spring Street, Saratoga Springs \u2014 Nadia Chaudhury, editor, Northeast<\/p>\n

While visiting the Bronx and my new baby niece, I had to stop at Arthur Avenue and help stock my younger sister\u2019s kitchen as they experienced all the bliss and sleepless nights that come with tending to a newborn. There\u2019s a lot of love at Madonia Bakery<\/a>, from cannolis filled in front of you to delightful Italian cookies. But the garlic knots stood out. On the surface, they\u2019re not the sexiest item, nothing that could compete with a shower of rainbow sprinkles on social media. But just one whiff of the buttery-garlic goodness hooked me. These simple knots were complex, more satisfying than most pizzas. You could taste a tradition of 106 years of baking with each bite. I thought about breaking out some marinara, but it truly didn\u2019t need it. I didn\u2019t expect garlic knots to be the best thing I ate on a visit that included high-end sushi, premium Korean barbecue, upscale Indian food, and more. This was an upset and a wonderful surprise. 2348 Arthur Avenue, between Crescent Avenue and East 186th Street, Belmont \u2014 Ashok Selvam, lead editor, Eater Midwest<\/p>\n