Best of New York restaurants -- our amNY picks

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Best restaurants for summer

No matter how hot it gets, you still have to eat. Here, our picks for summertime dining: from crab shacks to formal dinners in the garden, sidewalk cafes to rooftop restaurants.

Tavern: A jewel on the green
Steak frites to die for
Spicy food to cool off summer

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Best restaurants for a snack

Ron Ciavolino's favorite wine bars
Noodles and more noodles
Losing holiday pounds with soup

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American classics -- burgers to lobster rolls

Family-style dinners -- with or without the family
Losing holiday pounds with soup
Sustenance for a shopper

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Ethnic food, from Italian to Thai

Noodles and more noodles
Family-style dinners -- with or without the family
Losing holiday pounds with soup

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Baby, it gets cold out there. So, what you want is stick-to-the-ribs food: spaghetti and meatballs, cassoulet, mac and cheese;hearty soups. Here our picks for heart-warming, soul-warming -- and just plain warming -- restaurants to ease a frozen winter.