Celebrating restaurants at a time when they can use all the support they can get.

From a Taiwanese transplant deploying short rib to an East Village cubbyhole whose secrets include cow’s feet and beef tallow.

Thirteen inspired takes, from milky sweet to mercilessly rich.

Tibetan, Nepali, Indian-accented, and swimming in tomato-cream sauce.

A diner’s dozen.

From petite fritters topped with salmon roe to sunset-colored sweet-potato pancakes.

Perfect versions of that crunchy, fluffy delicacy.

Piscatory pleasures from France, Spain, Italy, Thailand, and old New York.

You’ll never miss the meat.

The thing about everyone’s favorite late-summer sandwich is that it’s delicious year-round.

Cups and cones are well and good, but the quintessential New York ice-cream delivery system is the sandwich.

From traditional to experimental, the G&T is the quintessential hot-weather cocktail.

Is there anything better to eat during a heat wave?

The 21 best things to eat (and where to eat them), ranked.

The definitive list of fried chicken in NYC, from Japanese karaage to Nashville-style hot, and everything in between.

From vegan restaurants to newfangled burger stands, here’s where to get the best meat-bomb alternatives.

From almond to einkorn.

The places to go for grand, old-style Parisian service, elaborate sauces (and flower arrangements), and puffy dessert soufflés.

Homes away from home for gastronomes and lingerers alike.

The saucy, often spicy North African skillet-poached egg dish has become a New York brunch staple.

Vegan Arabic sandwiches, Hunan charcuterie, and French onion soup.

Unpasteurized sake, puppet-making, and rooftop soccer.

Classic Chinese, posh Italian, and some excellent bagels.

This corner of Queens has some delicious eats, especially if you’re in the mood for Uzbek plov, Georgian cheese bread, or spinach knishes.

Better than a flu shot.

Chicken wings for football addicts and everyone else.

For picky palates and gourmets-in-training alike.

Top Thai, and lots more.

Cookie season needn’t end December 25.

Excellent American fare, both new and old-school, plus inventive Middle Eastern cooking, hearty, satisfying Italian, and so much wood-fired pizza.

A diner’s dozen.

A home for festive Korean barbecue, hangover-curing Cubanos, and red sauce both retro and refined.

A waterfront neighborhood where the food has finally caught up to the views.

Thai salads, Tibetan momos, Colombian corn cakes, Mexican shrimp cocktails, and margherita pizzas, all within walking distance of the 7 train.

From rare Dungan noodles to all-American roast-beef sandwiches, this coastal community offers the familiar and the exotic in equal measure.

Notable Ethiopian, Yemeni, Spanish, and Japanese cuisine, as well as several serious cocktail and wine bars with equally ambitious food programs.

Excellent Chinese, terrific tapas, and the city’s oldest steakhouse.

Where to go for righteous rotis, judiciously spiced Jamaican jerk, and unbelievably good beef patties.