Spots that I'm lusting after...

As an avid online reader of New York Magazine, Time Out NY, Zagat, and chow.com, I've began compiling a list of restaurants/bakeries/take-away shops, etc. that I'm eager to try based on what I've read.

Once I've tried an establishment below, I will remove it from this list and write a review based on my experience.

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Asian fusion

• Chifa

Burgers

• Bareburger

Chinese

• Brooklyn Wok Shop
• Excellent Pork Chop House
• Phoenix Garden

Desserts/treats

• Duane Park Patisserie
• J' Chanceux Macaron
• Stick & Pop
• Three Tarts

Drinking establishments

• Cienfuegos
• Haberdasher
• Madam Geneva
• Maison Premiere
• Mother's Ruin
• Raine's Law Room
• Reunion Surf Bar
• Riff Raff's
• Silver Lining
• The Tippler

Eastern European

• Djerdan Burek

Food markets & street fairs

• Hester Street Fair

French

• La Petit Maison
• Le Parisien
• Le Relais de Venise L'Entrecote
• Yo In Yo Out
  

Italian

• Aroma
• Frankies 17
• Gradisca
  
• Hearth Sunday night's "Cucina Povera"
• Spina
  
• Torrisi Italian Specialties
• Zero Otto Nove
  

Japanese

• Ippudo

Jewish

• Mile End

Mexican

• Chavella's
• Downtown Bakery
• Guero's Brooklyn
  
• La Superior
• Lobo
  
• New Mexico Place
• Taqueria Lower East Side
• Taqueria y Fonda la Mexicana
• Tortaria
  
• Tortilleria Nixtamal

Sandwiches

• No. 7 Sub
• The Meatball Shop
  

Seafood

• Aquagrill
• Catch
• The Claw
• Wahoo's Fish Tacos

Sri Lankan

• Sigiri