Boom Restaurant, Manhattan

The city pavement stops abruptly at Boom Restaurant’s wooden façade, a portal to a rustic slice of Italy with mural-bedecked walls and a polished wooden bar. Inside, chefs serve food to match their décor, filling bellies with authentic Italian eats such as beef carpaccio and veal scaloppini. Tiramisu and crème brulee provide a sweet conclusion to meals, like ending a sentence with a licorice-flavored period, best experienced by licking your computer monitor now.