Rita's
Co-owner Missy Flynn and chef Gabe Pryce bring a playful spirit to Modern American dining at this indie spot on Soho's gastro-central Lexington Street. Sit at cute raised tables or red-leather booths and enjoy densely flavored Americana like hearty baby shrimp boil, fried chicken with buttermilk waffles, or corn-crusted turbot with macha pico salsa. The wines are all organic, low intervention, or biodynamic, and you can't go wrong by kicking off dinner with a signature gilda martini.