New York City Restaurants - Flatiron District/ Union Square

Almond, an American bistro located in New York City’s bustling Flatiron District, combines the best of rustic French cuisine in a casually elegant atmosphere. Co-owner and Executive Chef Jason Weiner offers a menu of accessible dishes that put market-fresh ingredients center stage.

The 1st floor Fish Shack provides a casual dining room that evokes the old New England fish houses of the past. The menu features an extensive raw bar selection as well as Chef Tourondel's interpretation of Fish & Chips, Lobster Rolls and Fried Calamari.

European.

Eleven Madison Park is in the landmark art deco building with soaring 35-foot ceilings with a view of Madison Square Park. This fancy New York French restaurant offers an intimate wine bar featuring 35 wines by the glass while second floor private dining room also offers views of Madison Square Park.

With a turn-of-the-century décor and an intimate feel, La Goulue is a quintessential New York French bistro. The Lobster and Truffle Rissoto for two is the restaurant's signature dish.

Chef Bobby Flay's Southwestern cuisine has flavor. Since 1991, Mesa Grill has been warming New Yorkers with its bold, colorful and lively Souterhwestern cuisine.

Renowned Chef Todd English offers his rustic interpretive Mediterranean cuisine in the heart of Union Square. Located in the W Hotel Union Square, Olives provides an exciting combination of Urban elegance and rustic warmth.

Periyali is a cool Mediterranean retreat from the city's chaos, with fabric-swathed ceilings and pristine white furnishings. The kitchen offers hearty, refreshing Greek favorites. Souvlaki is charcoal-grilled and upscaled with filet mignon. Other classics include garlicky skordalia, fava beans, sauteed chicken livers over lentils, spanakopita and moussaka. For dessert, the menu features an array of delicate pastries and creamy rice pudding. (Description provided by Opentable.com)

Pure Food and Wine is purely vegan. Pure Food and Wine in New York City is a vegan raw food restaurant serves only fresh organic ingredients in their purest state. That means that none of the ingredients in the white corn tamales with raw cacao mole with marinated mushrooms and an avocado-cilantro salsa and the zucchini and golden tomato lasagna with basil-pistachio pesto, sun dried tomato sauce, and pignola pesto was heated to above 118 degrees. Pure Food and Wine offers a five course tasting menu.

French.

Elegant and cozy, this boutique restaurant feels like a European dining room. High ceilings and big windows set the stage for a memorable dining experience. Interesting wines and extremely high quality ingredients.

American.