Best Restaurants, Must Try Places in Long Beach

"Restaurants Cafés Little Italy. Michelin-starred chef Armand Arnal (France's La Chassagnette) brings Southern France to Soho with this pint-sized French café, awash in country charm, with reclaimed farmer's tables, vintage colander chandeliers and spindle-leg stools parked at window counters. Partnering with Experimental Cocktail Club co-founder Benjamin Sormonte and baker-event planner Elisa Marshall, classically trained Arnal pulls recipes from the trio's respective families and honors his own Montpellier childhood with dishes like quiche lorraine, chickpea galettes and Nice's take on pizza, focaccia pissaladière."

"Founded by Michelin-starred chef Armand Arnal, Maman specializes in high-quality French cuisine at a bakery level price point. The cookies are made with sea salt, French chocolate, macadamias, almonds, and walnuts for a sweet and gooey treat you won't want to miss. Be sure to bring your camera to capture the aesthetics of this cute open air cafe."

"Maman is an idyllic Fench Cafe and bakery serving breakfast with eight locations around NYC. Tribeca has the most spacious location with plenty of seating. Enjoy soup, salads, and sandwiches along with other brunch and breakfast favorites in a gorgeous heated outdoor setting."

"Best known for their infamous cupcakes, Magnolia Bakery has long been baking buttercream topped cakes for New York (and now the country's) sweets lovers. But, we're not popping by this bakery for their menu's most popular item, and we encourage you follow our lead. Ignore the hypnotizing scent of buttercream and cake as best you can and order their signature banana pudding."

"Restaurants Bakeries West Village. You might know of Magnolia's for their cupcakes, but their banana pudding is a tried-and-true gooey gift from god."

"Eleven Madison Park, embodying urbane sophistication, serves modern French cuisine borne of Swiss chef Daniel Humm’s obsession with simplicity and seasonal flavors, a passion that has taken this restaurant to the very top. The three-Michelin-star restaurant has been a regular presence in the top three of Elite Traveler’s Top 100 Restaurants in the World and has also been crowned the No 1 restaurant at World’s 50 Best. The restaurant’s dramatically high ceilings and magnificent Art Deco dining room offer lush views of historic Madison Square Park."

"Eleven Madison Park consistently bags a spot on top restaurant lists. Frankly, we’re not surprised: this revamped poster child of modern, sustainable American cooking is also one of only five NYC restaurants... Top ChoiceSushi in Midtown"

"Located on the Upper East Side, this luxury five star hotel is on one of the most elite parts of the city. As such this hotel firmly places you in the trendiest neighborhood of the city, though within walking distance of Central Park, Museum Mile, and even the more populist attractions of Times Square. The neighborhood is also replete with several boutique fashion outlets and cafes."

"View of the sitting area in a guest room at The Lowell, voted one of the top hotels in New York City. Credit: Courtesy of The Lowell/The Leading Hotels of the World. Several readers noted the standout food at the hotel's French-Mediterranean restaurant, Majorelle, plus the small bites and cocktails at Jacques Bar."

"$$$ | Gold List 2020 Readers' Choice Awards 2018, 2019, 2020. The Lowell, on the Upper East Side, reopened in 2017 after a three-year renovation. Its 74 rooms got a refresh, but the important touches stayed the same: wood-burning fireplaces, grisaille wallpaper in the lobby, tasseled key fobs."

"It’s super old-school (you feel like everyone is smoking even if they’re not), the food is okay, there’s a cute counter and TRULY delish donuts. Go-to order: The glaze donuts are fantastic but all of them are pretty pretty good."

"Only two years old, Hotel Indigo on the Lower East Side is already the hottest spot in the neighborhood. The millennial-centric, urban-inspired hotel (part of Intercontinental Hotels) bough the air rights to the building, so the views are complete unobstructed. The artsy, loft-style, 15th-floor Mr. Purple is one of the wildest rooftop bars in New York City, where you can find everything from hipsters and rockers to investment bankers and Uptown queens making the downtown trek to party hard with the best."

"Posh rooftop spot located on the 15th floor of the Hotel Indigo. Choose from multiple terraces to sip drinks or enjoy lite bites while catching the views. Very popular during the spring/summer so I suggest getting there early to beat the line, which is sometimes out the door & around the block."

"Another great NYC rooftop is Mr. Purple on the 15th floor of Hotel Indigo. This rooftop mimics the ambiance of an artist’s loft and has a wide selection of beer, wine, and both classic and modern cocktails. 180 Orchard St 15th floor, New York, NY 10002"

"Once part of a retirement center for sailors, this 83-acre cultural center is now a popular spot to engage with contemporary art and…"

"Since reopening during the pandemic, the rotating restaurants-in-residence program at Intersect by Lexus unveiled a new first-floor cocktail spot and also recently debuted modern outdoor seating options designed by the Rockwell Group. The latest chef to helm the program’s kitchen is chef David Kinch of Manresa, bringing his acclaimed farm-to-table California cuisine to NYC. Guests can sample his a la carte menu at sleek individual outdoor seating spaces with wooden tables and retractable blinds.How to book: Via website"

"The 3-Michelin starred Manresa by chef David Kinch of California is currently in rotation at the newly opened INTERSECT BY LEXUS in Chelsea. Overseen by Intersect executive chef Nick Martinez, the menu hones in and dazzles chef Kinch’s menu of sea bream sashimi, roasted aged duck, grilled A5 Miyazaki Ribeye, salted butter ice cream and more. The open-format kitchen allows you to watch the chefs gracefully prepare the dishes."

"Sweet Dynasty’s scoops are creamy, delicious bites that don’t fall into overly-sweet territory. The range of flavors — all concocted in the back of the tiny shop, as the owner will proudly say — include taro, milk tea, and a nutty black sesame that’s a crowd-favorite all year long. The shop is open Monday through Friday from 2 p.m."

"If you follow social media, you’ve seen these cakes taking NYC by storm, and yes, they are indeed "exploding"!. Cut into them and an explosion of sprinkles and colorful confections comes pouring out. Then there’s the various colors of layers, the sweet icing, and the sprinkles on the outside that make this cake a favorite with young kids, tweens, and grown-ups alike."

"The rainbow walls inside the Flour Shop Bakery in SOHO will definitely make you and your camera happy – definitely one of the most Instagrammable places in NYC!. Be sure to get a cake truffle and a rainbow push pop cake while you’re there. Address: 177 Lafayette StWebsite: https://flourshop.com/"

"Explosion CakeSoHoYou might have seen the Flour Shop’s Explosion Cake on Instagram: The rainbow layer cake is filled, piñata-style, with candy that cascades out when you slice it. But how does it taste?. As sweet as you’d imagine, cut only with the tartness of the cream cheese frosting."

"Canning IPAs: MonthlyWhere to find them: Brewery, select retail locations. You wouldn’t expect a brewery with the lofty aspiration uniting New York City’s huge and diverse population to be located on an industrial street lined with auto repair shops in southern Brooklyn, where large crowds of customers in the area are typically found on the checkout lines at Costco, but take a trip to Five Boroughs’ colossal taproom in Sunset Park and you’ll get the sense that Kevin O’Donnell and Blake Tomnitz, who opened the business in late 2017, might be onto something. On my most recent visit, the space was percolating with a lively mix of longtime neighborhood locals, beer fiends, young families (with dogs!), and blue-collar workers enjoying the range of solid, approachable beers of brewer Nick Griffin, from the snappy Pilsner to the tart Gose and session-strength Tiny Juicy IPA. While the names of core offerings are perhaps too plain for today’s beer world, it’s the monikers and labels of limited murky IPAs, typically dropped once a month and around long enough to land with ease, that pay explicit homage to the metropolis, including Across the Narrows, Live From New York, and Insufficient Fare (don’t be tempted to “hop” that turnstile)!"

"The huge interior offers plenty of space, party games, but most importantly, amazing beer. You can enjoy everything from pilsners and IPA’s to lagers and seasonal specialties in their Sunset Park Taproom. And you know it’s good because it’s all made right in Brooklyn."

"Canning IPAs: SometimesWhere to find them: Brewery, select retail locations. Travis Kauffman, a former managing partner of Prime Meats and Frankies 457, founded his brewery a sausage’s throw from the latter Italian restaurant, on a sleepy street in Carroll Gardens. If you ask me, Folksbier produces some of the finest lagers and European-inspired beers in Brooklyn—heck, in all of New York City—but don’t overlook its IPAs, however few there are."

"Tucked away in a quiet corner of Carroll Gardens is Folksbier Brauerei, a taproom and brewery that opened in 2017. Folsbier’s pilsners, lagers, and tart gose beers can be found in craft beer shops across the city, but their tasting room is one of few places where customers can sip beer brewed in-house without the crowds of a typical beer hall. Make a reservation for the indoor taproom, or order online for local pick-up and delivery."