When it comes to wine, Landmarc is a favourite. Not because they have the throw-down, Christie’s worthy kind of wine list, but because they have the kind that can make many types of drinkers very, very happy.

Says wine author and expert Tony DiDio, “The best selection of half bottles in the city, which allows me to try two-three wines at a sitting. The prices rock, close to retail.” Bar Boulud chef Damian Sansonetti agrees.

Our favorite seat: The high-backed semi-private booth on the second loft-like floor. In Midtown and can’t bear to swing down to TriBeCa? No problem – chef/owner Marc Murphy also opened an outpost in the Time Warner Center, where chef Michael Psilakis occasionally finds himself digging in for a late-night snack or Neil Ferguson loves to hit for a lazy, early comfort-food Sunday supper.