Restaurants in New York City

Just as the surrounding Theater District transports audiences to faraway places, Brazil Grill's dining room immerses guests in the rich culinary traditions of Brazil. Though it boasts a substantial selection of entrees, the eatery's specialty is radizio, a traditional Brazilian dining style where passadores, or meat servers, present diners with an endless rotation of skewered morsels. Patrons can nosh to their hearts' content on beef, pork, lamb, duck, and the other meats that continually appear tableside during the course of the night. To complement the authentic dishes, servers can also recommend options from the restaurant's selection of wines culled from Chile, Italy, and New Zealand. Most nights, guests eat as they absorb the sounds of live Brazilian music, the play-by-play of Brazilian League soccer matches, or napkins practicing their Portuguese accents.

Bon Chon Midtown's enticing menu of Asian fusion fare entertains taste buds with a tantalizing spread of fresh local veggies, juicy cuts of chicken and short rib, fresh seafood, and eclectic cocktails. The restaurant's signature Korean-style fried chicken dances across palates with the wholesome flavor of vegetarian-fed poultry free from hormones, antibiotics, or opinions about whether the egg preceded it. As guests sip specialty soju cocktails or frosty draft beers, they can admire Bon Chon Midtown's ultramodern décor, which showcases onyx-black tabletops and pristine white furnishings.

At The Original Primo Pizza & Grill, chefs whirl handmade dough and whole, peeled tomatoes into a variety of thin-crust pizzas. While the menu includes classic standbys such as the hawaiian pizza, customers can also create their own perfect pies from toppings such as garlic, mushrooms, pepperoni, and sausage. What really shines through, however, is the restaurant’s large selection of specialty pies: buffalo-chicken pizza is topped with chicken and zesty buffalo sauce; Nutella pizza with brown and powdered sugar; and the American-style pizza gets topped with steak, peppers, onions, american cheese, and a pervasive dislike of the metric system.

While pizza dominates the menu, diners can also explore traditional Italian entrees, including dinner specialties such as chicken scampi, veal milanese, and spaghetti with clam sauce.

The epicurean curators at Cachacaria Boteco cultivate hearty meals of traditional Brazilian fare and drinks served beneath soaring ceilings and a chandelier of exposed bulbs. Servers bear morsels of pao de queijo, or cheese buns, and kibe, or fried meatballs, across the black-and-white checked floor during fast-paced games of human chess. The sugar-cane-rum blend of caipirinha, Brazil’s national cocktail, flows as freely as the orange curtains that frame potted palms and flat-screen TVs.

On weekend nights, just steps from Grand Central Station, an atavistic beat reverberates from the bodhrán, an ancient drum, as part of a traditional Irish music session that sometimes incorporates fiddles, accordions, and folksy vocals. O'Neill's Irish Pub not only hosts these weekly merry musical melees, but it also embodies their charm, spontaneity, and spirit. O'Neill's welcomes newcomers and regulars with 17 beers on tap, casual pub fare including burgers and wraps, and friendly conversation. For generations, the pub has served as a community center where families can gather to tell stories and spin yarns about high-fiving Uncle Sam during a Fourth of July parade. O'Neill's Irish Bar houses lively crowds on two floors, including a private party room that holds up to 100 celebrants.

Opal Bar and Restaurant sates diners with a menu that features brunch all day, every day. When chefs aren't pouring creamy hollandaise sauce over poached eggs and plating them with home fries and mixed greens, they slather 10-ounce Angus burgers with sautéed onions or mushrooms. Dishes find their final resting place on long high-top tables and curved booths while guests chow down amid arched brick walls.

The front bar pours wine, single-malt scotches, and draft beers seven days a week, and the newly renovated back bar provides libations on the weekends while nightly drink specials and a DJ set the mood. In the lower lounge, retro-style decor backdrops private parties for birthdays, bachelorettes, charities, and businesses. While guests mingle, plasma televisions and two large projectors display sports games and shadow puppets.