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Burger Joint
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BURGERS
With only a small neon burger as your clue, this speakeasy burger hut loiters behind the
curtain in the lobby of the Le Parker Meridien hotel. Find it and you'll stumble onto a
thumping scene of graffiti-strewn walls, retro booths, and attitude-loaded staff slapping up
beef-n-patty brilliance.
(
www.burgerjointny.com
;
Le Parker Meridien, 119 W 56th St, btwn Sixth & Seventh
Aves, Midtown West; burgers from $8;
11am-11:30pm Sun-Thu, to midnight Fri & Sat;
F to 57th St)
19
NoMad
$$$
Carved up into a series of distinctly different spaces - including a see-and-be-seen Atri-
um, Victoriana parlor and snacks-only Library - hotspot NoMad is the hipper, (slightly)
more relaxed sibling of Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park (
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. The menus
are eclectic, Eurocentric and - true to chef Daniel Humm's reputation - just a little fun.
(
347-472-5660;
www.thenomadhotel.com/#!/dining
;
NoMad Hotel, 1170 Broadway, at 28th St; mains $20-37;
NEW AMERICAN
noon-2pm & 5:30-10:30pm Mon-Thu, to 11pm Fri, 11am-2pm & 5:30-11pm Sat, 11am-3pm & 5:30-10pm Sun;
N/R, 6 to 28th St; F/M to 23rd St)
20
Smith
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AMERICAN
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The Smith has sexed-up dining in the far eastern throws of Midtown with its industrial-
chic interior, buzzing bar and well-executed brasserie grub. With much of the food made
from scratch on-site, the emphasis is on regional produce, and retro American and Italian-
inspired flavors.
(
212-644-2700;
www.thesmithnyc.com
; 956 Second Ave, at 51st St, Midtown East; mains
$17-33;
7:30am-midnight Mon-Wed, to 1am Thu & Fri, 10am-1am Sat, 10am-midnight Sun;
;
6 to 51st St)
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