This offshoot of an original upstart M. Wells restaurant that opened in an old silver diner in Queens (and now operates in an art museum) is a wild, untamed steakhouse with preparations of beef cooked on a large wood-burning grill in open view of the dining room.

Website: magasinwells.com
Number of seats: 90
Average per-person check: $65
Popular dishes: Solomon Gundy: Savory Potato Waffle with pickled herring, crème fraîche, trout roe and fresh dill; Bone-In Burger: dry-aged beef on a porcini brioche bun with red wine purée and rémoulade; Truite au Bleu: trout poached in court bouillon with cabbage and new potatoes, served whole with brown butter and rémoulade
What people come for: Steaks on wood-burning grill, fish in live fish tank that are caught and cleaned to order
Address: 43-15 Crescent St., Long Island City
Phone number: 718-786-9060
*Photo courtesy of M. Wells Steakhouse

In the downtown neighborhood of SoHo, memories of Chicago loom at this home for Windy City-style deep-dish pizza and Chicago-style hot dogs.

Website: No website
Number of seats: 34
Average per-person check: $30
Popular dishes: Deep-dish pizza with crumbled sausage; deep-dish pizza with pepperoni, spinach and jalapeño; Chicago-style hot dogs with Vienna beef frank, sliced tomatoes, pickle spear, chopped onion, neon relish, sport peppers, celery salt, mustard and poppy seed bun
What people come for: Chicago-style beers, with extensive collection in bottles, including Goose Island “Bourbon County” line
Address: 50 MacDougal St.
Phone number: 917-639-3571
*Photo courtesy of Emmett's

Chef Enrique Olvera, of the revered Pujol in Mexico City, has caused a stir in a city far from home with this stylish, lively destination for imaginative, progressive Mexican fine-dining fare.

Website: cosmenyc.com
Number of seats: 140
Average per-person check: $85
Popular dishes: Duck carnitas with onions, radishes and salsa verde; sliced raw hamachi, fermented serranos, fish sauce and black limes; burrata, salsa verde and weeds
What people come for: Craft cocktails with abundant mezcal and tequila offerings
Address: 35 E. 21st St.
Phone number: 646-641-0386
*Photo courtesy of Cosme