2024 was the year of the bakery in NYC and you guys know that we thrive on carbs. This year’s bakery scene was unmatched, so here are our top new bakeries, plus a couple of bonus spots to kick it off.

We are HUGE fans of a delicious piece of fried chicken (bone-in specifically) so we took it upon ourselves to curate a top bone-in fried chicken list of NYC. These are our opinions and know there are many delicious places but we hope this lists inspires you to try a new spot or make a trip to Harlem for our #1 chicken!

Disclaimer: this was not an easy list to make and took us almost a year to eat all the chicken…

Every year, we compile our NYC restaurant highlights that left us speechless. NYC is a revolving door for restaurants and it’s hard to keep up with the best “new hot thing.” But we spent the last 12 months eating to bring you our comprehensive list of the best new restaurants, bakeries, and everything in between that opened in 2023.

Disclaimer: it was extremely difficult to limit this list down.