The restaurants I must now visit courtesy of Frank Bruni

BLT Prime, 111 East 22nd Street (Park Avenue), (212) 995-8500

Cafe Cluny, 284 West 12th Street (West Fourth Street), (212) 255-6900

Cafe Luxembourg, 200 West 70th Street (Amsterdam Avenue), (212) 873-7411

Cesca, 164 West 75th Street (Amsterdam Avenue), (212) 787-6300

Degustation, 239 East Fifth Street (Second Avenue), (212) 979-1012

Eleven Madison Park, 11 Madison Avenue (24th Street), (212) 889-0905

15 East, 15 East 15th Street (Union Square West), (212) 647-0015

Harry’s Cafe & Steak, One Hanover Square (Stone Street), (212) 785-9200

Keens Steakhouse, 72 West 36th Street (Avenue of the Americas), (212) 947-3636

Locanda Verde, 377 Greenwich Street (North Moore Street), (212) 925-3797

Marea Restaurant, 240 Central Park South (Broadway), (212) 582-5100

Masa, 10 Columbus Circle, Time Warner Center, 4th floor (Broadway and 59th Street), (212) 823-9800

Minetta Tavern Restaurant, 113 MacDougal Street (Bleecker Street), (212) 475-3850

The Modern, 9 West 53rd Street (Fifth Avenue), (212) 333-1220

Momofuku Ssam Bar, 207 Second Avenue (13th Street), (212) 254-3500

The Odeon, 145 West Broadway (Thomas Street), (212) 233-0507

Peasant, 194 Elizabeth Street. (Spring Street), 212-965-9511

Perbacco, 234 East Fourth Street, (Avenue B), (212) 253-2038

Peter Luger Steakhouse, 178 Broadway (Driggs Avenue), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718) 387-7400

Porter House New York, 10 Columbus Circle, Time Warner Center (59th Street and Broadway), (212) 823-9500

Soto, 357 Avenue of the Americas (Washington Place), (212) 414-3088

Sushi Yasuda, 204 East 43rd Street (Third Avenue), (212) 972-1001

Vinegar Hill House, 72 Hudson Avenue (Water Street), Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn, (718) 522-1018