Malai Ice Cream / Cobble Hill, Brooklyn / Pooja Bavishi

Sama Street / Greenpoint, Brooklyn / Avi Singh, Rishi Rajpal

Corner Bar / Lower East Side, Manhattan / Rachel Wong

Ray’s Bar / Nolita, Manhattan / Tiffany Vanessa Remington-Bell

Double Chicken Please / LES, New York / Shih-Pei Chen, Chia-an Chan

Llama Inn / Williamsburg, Brooklyn / Natasha Bermudez

Dinner Party / Fort Greene, Brooklyn / Ryan Del Franco, Camille Jetta & Joy Watts

Bar Tulix / Nolita, New York / Justin Bazdarich

Estela / Nolita, New York / Hollie Fitzhenry & Blake Walker

Claudy’s / The Bronx, New York / Claudia Berroa

INDAY / Williamsburg, Brooklyn / Basu Ratnam

White Tiger / Fort Greene, Brooklyn / Liz Kwon

Café Kitsuné / Boerum Hill, Brooklyn / Cyril Alcazar

Cafe Grumpy / Rockefeller Center, Manhattan / Caroline Bell

Pebble Bar / Rockefeller Center, Manhattan / Joel Bauer

Le Rock / Rockefeller Center, Manhattan / Carenn Mackinnon

Lodi / Rockefeller Center, Manhattan / Emily Roy

Tonchin / Williamsburg, Brooklyn / Anan Sugeno

Bunna Cafe / Bushwick, Brooklyn / Liyuwork Ayalew

XCJ’s Dumplings / Seattle, Washington / Jennifer Liao