Popular neighborhood restaurant serving an eclectic American cuisine in a casual laid-back atmosphere. Multiple locations around the city and Brooklyn.

Stellar rice balls and Italian comfort food with a mix of the old and new in SoHo.

Locally sourced small plates for shared dining experience. Decor put together by the artist James Johnson, who created lovely intimate space.

Australian restaurant in Astoria, serving such English- and Pacific Rim-influenced delights as ginger beer-battered fish and chips, grilled prawns and boomerang tacos, and even an alarming burger topped with beets and pineapple.

Modern Australian cuisine mixing neighboring flavors from Southeast Asia, with European influences, mixing British, Greek and Italian influences. Served with Aussie attitude - friendly, relaxed, no fuss. The joint is named for "East VIllage" of Melbourne, the gritty lanes where the mainstream takes a back seat to vibrant culture of tiny galleries, edgy fashion and the hidden bars.

Serving meatballs of all types and stripes, straight from the mind of Daniel Holzman, who started his culinary career at Le Bernardin when he was in his adolescence. With that and a James Beard scholarship under his belt, it may be strange that he's decided to cast his lot with one of the world's most unassuming dishes, but he does it with a panache that soundly answers any question about his sincerity. The options are myriad, but take special note of the daily risotto on offer, which is always a good choice, as well as the parmesan cream sauce, which should replace the holy water in church fonts the world over. There are sliders, but forget them for a second— although who doesn't like small versions of great things—the hero comes on an Il Forno baguette with three meatballs, sauce, and cheese, and the "smash" comes with two meatballs on a toasted brioche bun with sauce and cheese. The truth of the matter is that the Meatball Shop menu is a Rubik's Cube that solves itself no matter which way you turn it.