Best restaurants: NYC’s top new chefs, food halls, bargains and more

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It’s that time again — time to take stock of the past year and the people, places and things that have shaped New York City and continue to make it, by some regards, the best city in the world.

At the top of our list of great things about New York? The food, of course.

2016 brought us a great stable of new chefs, restaurants and food halls — and saw plenty of restaurants grow into must-visit destinations.

In this installment of amNewYork’s 2016 Best Of New York guide, we take a look at the restaurants and bars that debuted in the past year and left a mark.