Opal Bar and Restaurant, Manhattan

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.