Mi Patio Mexican Restaurant

This clean, small restaurant really does have a patio feel, thanks to light, white furniture and lots of windows. Its mix of Mexican and Greek dishes makes it unique, and some of the offerings–like fry bread and tomatillo sauce–are hard to find elsewhere. Warning: The appetizer platter is enormous.

Mid City Kitchen

Among downtowners’ favorite quick breakfast, lunch and dinner-to-go hotspots, this one ranks high. Mid City calls its cuisine “fast casual,” and reminds us of the coolest Manhattan diners on Broadway. There’s an organic coffee bar and, better yet, a hot soup bar that always offers both creamed soups and hearty, more standard fare like Chicken […]

Milk Bar

Milk Bar may be the only restaurant in town patterned after a Soviet-era worker canteen. The stylish downtown restaurant and bar is a modern update on the traditional bar mleczny (Polish for “milk bar”), the Polish cafeterias known for delivering cheap yet wholesome grub to the working class masses. The menu offers refined takes on […]

Modified Arts

Despite all the rumors to the contrary, Modified Arts ain’t dead. While its proprietors recently decided to change the establishment’s focus to more of an art gallery than a music venue (and thus, eliminate the sort of rock and indie shows that it regularly featured over the past decade), the Roosevelt Row institution will still […]