Top Grossing Restaurants in New York

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New York City may wrestle back and forth with Los Angeles and San Francisco as the food capital of the country, but when 31 of the 100 top grossing restaurants in the country are here, it's hard to argue that anyone has a bigger food industry.

21 Club (Twenty One Club)
212-582-7200
1-800-721-CLUB
21 W 52nd St,
New York, NY, 10019

'21' (as the Twenty One Club is known) is the quintessential New York dining experience, offering its patrons superb American cuisine, an award-winning wine list and unparalleled service in a comfortable brownston more...

Asia de Cuba
(212) 726-7755
237 Madison Ave,
New York, NY, 10016

A huge draw among clued-in urbanites since the day it opened, this Phillipe Starck-designed masterpiece expertly combines understated elegance, theatrical glamour and an irresistible sense of fun. A magnificent 50-foot long more...

Balthazar
(212) 965-1785
80 Spring St,
New York, NY, 10012

Balthazar is a modern answer to Parisian fin de siecle brasseries. With signature red leather banquettes, aged mirrors and a vast twenty-seven foot bar, owner Keith McNally creates the most beautiful bustling brasserie this sid more...

Blue Fin
(212) 918-1400
1567 Broadway,
New York, NY, 10036

Blue Fin is located in the flagship W Times Square hotel. Recently awarded 2 stars from The New York Times, Blue Fin is an innovative seafood restaurant, with an all-star cast showcasing the talents of Executive Chef Paul Sale a more...

Blue Water Grill
(212) 675-9500
31 Union Square W,
New York, NY, 10003

This oasis for seafood lovers, set amid lofty columns and marble, is one of New York's favorite restaurants and one of the city's best people-watching locales. Located on fashionable Union Square West, guests at Blue Wat more...

Bryant Park Grill
(212) 840-6500
25 W 40th St,
New York, NY, 10018

Cozily situated behind the landmark New York Public Library, Bryant Park serves as a stunning backdrop for this New American grill and café. Bryant Park Grill’s elegant and sophisticated dining room and New American cui more...

Buddakan New York
(212) 989-6699
75 Ninth Avenue / Chelsea Market,
New York, NY, 10011

Asian fusion hits Chelsea Market right where fabled Buddha Bar made only a transitory appearance. Here on the Ninth Avenue side, previously home to a lumber business and with an eye-popping 17,000 square feet on two flo more...

Cafe Fiorello
(212) 595-5330
1900 Broadway,
New York, NY, 10023

A forum for Lincoln Center’s performing arts culture for nearly thirty years, Café Fiorello’s focal point is its sprawling bar filled with over fifty kinds of antipasti. With the timeless charm of a brasserie, the main dini more...

Carmine's Midtown
(212) 221-3800
200 W 44th St,
New York, NY, 10036

Carmine's simple and very popular concept is to serve every meal in the style of an Italian American wedding feast - which means large portions of homestyle antipasti, pastas, seafood and meat entrees served on large pla more...

Carmine's Uptown
(212) 362-2200
2450 Broadway,
New York, NY, 10024

Carmine's simple and very popular concept is to serve every meal in the style of an Italian American wedding feast - which means large portions of homestyle antipasti, pastas, seafood and meat entrees served on large plat more...

Del Posto
(212) 497-8090
85 Tenth Avenue,
New York, NY, 10011

Del Posto offers a high quality dining experience in one of the more impressive indoor dining spaces in New York City. The restaurant offers what they like to describe as a "trans-generational experience:" an expression of the more...

Dos Caminos - Midtown
(212) 336-5400
825 3rd Ave,
New York, NY, 10022

Enjoy Wild Mushroom Chimichangas, Niman Ranch Barbeque Pork Ribs or one of our other modern takes on traditional Mexican cuisine like the Grilled Kobe Beef Tacos with Caramelized Onions. And no one should miss the fr more...

Four Seasons
(212) 754-9494
99 E 52nd St,
New York, NY, 10022

No restaurant is a better symbol of New York than The Four Seasons. Housed in legendary architect Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building, with an interior by Philip Johnson, the rooms are decorated with a wealth of artwork and more...

Gotham Bar & Grill
(212) 620-4020
12 E 12th St,
New York, NY, 10003

Chef Alfred Portale has held court at Gotham Bar and Grill since 1984. His inventive take on American Cuisine has earned him Jame's Beard honors as Best Chef in NYC. The ambiance here is spectacular, and Gotham is consistently in most New York Restaurant top 50 lists.

Junior's - Brooklyn
(718) 852-5257
386 Flatbush Avenue Ext,
Brooklyn, NY, 11201

Founded by Harry Rosen in 1950, Junior’s landmark restaurant is known as the home of New York’s best cheesecake. For decades Brooklynites (and other New Yorkers) have come here to eat, laugh, argue and kibitz over chees more...

Megu - Downtown
(212) 964-7777
62 Thomas St,
New York, NY, 10013

Megu offers a stunning decor, which like the menu, offers a fusion of classic and modern Japanese elements. In a stunning 13,000-square-foot space on two levels, you can't help but notice the extraordinary details. Meanwhi more...

Morimoto
(212) 989-8883
88 Tenth Avenue / Chelsea Market,
New York, NY, 10011

Chelsea Market came of age when Emeril Lagasse started filming his TV show there, and now the Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto adds to the celebrity status with his restaurant aptly named...Morimoto. If New York City hasn't got enoug more...

Quality Meats
(212) 371-7777
57 West 58th Street,
New York, NY, 10019

New American cuisine in a great setting and an even better neighborhood.

Redeye Grill
(212) 541-9000
890 7th Ave,
New York, NY, 10019

Fifty feet from Carnegie Hall and near Central Park South and all midtown hotels, The Redeye Grill derives its name from the infamous late-night flight linking America’s two cultural hubs. The fusion of the two coasts is pre more...

Restaurant Daniel
(212) 288-0033
60 E 65th St,
New York, NY, 10021

Savor award-winning chef Daniel Boulud's seasonal French cuisine inspired by the market in the sumptuous Venetian Renaissance style dining room or in the Bellecour Room, available for private parties. To ensure the more...

Smith & Wollensky
(212) 753-1530
201 E 49th St,
New York, NY, 10017

Smith & Wollensky is one of the most trafficked restaurants in New York and among the most celebrated steakhouses in the world. Specializing in fresh seafood and lobster and assorted steaks and chops, Smith & Wollensky i more...

Sparks Steak House
(212) 687-4855
210 E 46th St,
New York, NY, 10017

Massive steaks compliment the massive wine list.

Spice Market
(212) 675-2322
29 9th Ave,
New York, NY, 10014

Spice Market is Jean-Georges Vongerichten's wildly successful ode to the street food of Southeast Asia. The interior of the restaurant is as exotic as the cuisine: with a collection of artifacts imported from Rajastan, South more...

Tao
212-888-2288
42 East 58th St.,
New York, NY, 10022

Few places have the vibe and verve that make this sprawling, cavernous space shimmy and sparkle. A former theater, Tao features a giant Buddha firmly towering over the dining room. A certain aura makes Tao stay exciting, so it's no more...

The Coffee Shop
(212) 243-7969
29 Union Square West,
New York, NY, 10003

An inescapable part of Union Square, with a quasi-hip vibe, chatty bartenders, and well-pour drinks to compliment the tables of patrons enjoying contemporary American cuisine.

Trattoria Dell'Arte
(212) 245-9800
900 Seventh Avenue,
New York, NY, 10019

Located steps from Carnegie Hall, Trattoria Dell’Arte features the largest antipasto bar in New York, a sprawling selection of seafood and vegetable specialties perfect for parties of all sizes. Designed after a Tuscan more...

Virgil's Barbecue
(212) 921-9494
152 W 44th St,
New York, NY, 10036

One of the top rated and most popular barbecue joints in Manhattan, barbecue is a way of life at this Midtown location. Their dedication to offering "real barbecue" led the proprietors to search the South for the secrets more...