4. Bar Boulud
Bar Boulud is Café Boulud’s younger, slightly rambunctious sibling. It sits right on Broadway across from Lincoln Center, with all the foot and vehicle traffic that implies. But Bar Boulud serves simple, delicious, nicely presented food at moderate prices. It takes special pride in its “charcuterie case of terrines and patés rarely found outside Paris,” and notes that it has been hailed as a pork mecca since opening in 2008. It features a prix-fixe lunch, three courses at $29, and dinner, three courses at $45.
BarBoulud, 1900 Broadway (63rd & 64th Streets), 212-595-0303