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Reviews of restaurants and cafes near the United Nations. Excellent choices for lunch and dinner in Midtown East in New York City.

• April 28, 2016

Entering Sons of Thunder, past pictures of surfboards and surfing, you might think this Murray Hill restaurant is dedicated to the thundering of waves. In a sense it is. The top dish here is poké, derived from a Hawaiian snack based on marinated raw tuna. The name, however, derives from the Bible: among the …

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Foxy John’s: A Flat-Screen Jungle, Volume Turned Low

Irwin Arieff

• January 7, 2016

Foxy John’s calls itself an Irish bar, and it’s true that Guinness and Jameson flow there freely. But the place looks like a sports bar, feels like a neighborhood watering hole and dishes out food that is more Cajun, Mexican or Italian than Irish. So don’t bother stopping by for lunch or a midafternoon …

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The Best Bets at UrbanSpace Vanderbilt, a New Food Hall Near Grand Central

Irwin Arieff

• October 29, 2015

In the beginning, chefs created amazing food in Manhattan, and the critics said their restaurants were good. Then the darkness lifted over the waters of the East River, and chefs began creating amazing food in Brooklyn, and New Yorkers flocked to Brooklyn, by bridge and tunnel and yeah, even by subway, and some critics …

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Ah, Wilderness: Escaping to Tuttles’ Backyard

Irwin Arieff

• June 25, 2015

It’s a balmy summer evening, but the United Nations neighborhood has few places where you can grab a beer and a burger or a salad under the glow of office towers. So it was a pleasant surprise to be invited by old friends for drinks at Tuttles Bar & Grill, where two well-concealed outdoor …

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Serious Sushi Tempts Customers to a Restaurant With No Name

Irwin Arieff

• April 9, 2015

It started out as a health food store. Maybe you never went inside, but it was easy to spot for its eye-catching sidewalk signs touting Bladder Control Tea. Then a tiny lunch counter appeared, displacing a few of the shop’s bright-green racks piled high with vitamins. The menu: sushi, smoothies and noodle soup. UN …

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Top 10 Dining Choices Near the UN, Plus a Rendezvous for Espresso

Irwin Arieff

• March 11, 2015

Looking for a place to eat while you’re in New York for the the Commission on the Status of Women? PassBlue’s UN Eats relieves the trial and error of finding a good place to eat around the United Nations. Below is the top 10 list of UN Eats reviews, chosen by PassBlue’s critic Irwin …

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Tres Carnes: Barbecue and Tex-Mex Hook Up

Irwin Arieff

• February 26, 2015

Tres Carnes, a New York mini-chain with a new branch in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan, touts its food as a marriage of Tex-Mex and Texas-style barbecue. The wedding may spice up your lunch hour, but the pairing does not dazzle. While some of the dishes stand out, it’s mostly just Mexican …

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Eating Like an Italian at Alidoro

Irwin Arieff

• January 8, 2015

Alidoro is the sandwich shop of my dreams, and that’s a problem. Other people seem to feel the same way. Drop by between 11:30 and 2:30 and you may get so hungry waiting in line to order your lunch you’ll be tempted to put in a call to Domino’s. Situated on a nondescript stretch of …

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Asian Fusion That Shines With Star Power

Irwin Arieff

• October 30, 2014

Fusion is the fashion these days, but the concept is fairly fuzzy. It can just mean that an Italian and an Argentine got married and decided to share a stove. But if you’re lucky, it will really mean that some great minds with good cooking skills have pooled ingredients and techniques from different parts …

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Luke’s Lobster, Offering Seafood Alfresco

Irwin Arieff

• September 18, 2014

If you didn’t know it was there, you could easily walk right by the new Luke’s Lobster, just east of Third Avenue on East 43rd. Scaffolding next door has left the double glass doors at the front of the restaurant in the dark, and there’s only a small blackboard sign to let you know …

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Hearing a Call for Kale? A New Spot for Aficionados

Irwin Arieff

• July 17, 2014

Should you go to a health-food restaurant just because the food is good for you? No, you should go there because the cooking is healthy and tastes great. Now, a related question: If you call your place “Kale” and add chopped bits of it to nearly every dish on the menu, will they come? …

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Blue Olive Market: Rack of Lamb to Go

Irwin Arieff

• May 8, 2014

At the Blue Olive Market, a new casual restaurant and carryout service in the United Nations neighborhood, you can be out the door in minutes with a lunch of rack of lamb — four lovely rare-cooked chops — along with two vegetable side dishes, all for the princely sum of $13.95. The market, on …

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Paname, a Warm Slice of Paris Worth the Walk

Irwin Arieff

• February 28, 2014

At Paname, a new restaurant that bears the French slang name for Paris, it’s not just about what’s cooking but making it good looking too. A bit of a hike from the UN, just north of 56th Street on Second Avenue, Paname offers a $20 prix-fixe lunch. If you can spare the time for …

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At The Pullman Kitchen, the Star Is Molten, Gooey Cheese

Irwin Arieff

• January 29, 2014

New York is a city of contradictions. On the one hand, there is kale. But it takes both hands to raise a big and greasy grilled-cheese sandwich that starts falling apart the moment you try to pick it up. Which brings us to The Pullman Kitchen, on Second Avenue near 51st Street. Capitalizing on …

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Pennylane: Where the Blue-Badged Go to Caffeinate

Irwin Arieff

• December 3, 2013

Has the United Nations never had a hangout? It does now. Drop by Pennylane Coffee just about any time of day and you’ll see that nearly everyone is sporting the blue UN badge. The storefront bears no name or street number, so take a walk down 45th Street between First and Second Avenues and …