Each week LX.TV scours the area to find the best New York has to offer. This week, George Oliphant visits a restaurant with the same mission. Jeffrey Chodorow’s latest venture Borough Food and Drink brings together the rich food culture of all five boroughs in one wild dining experience. Chodorow and Zak Pelaccio source the best local purveyors and have assembled a melting pot of a menu that honors New York’s spectacular culinary history. That means smoked salmon and herring from Russ & Daughters on the Lower East Side, smoky eggplant spread from Salute Restaurant in Astoria, and fresh mozzarella from Joe’s Dairy in Little Italy. The clubby atmosphere makes Borough Food and Drink a real neighborhood place, the kind of restaurant where you’ll want to tuck in with a few cocktails and stay a while. Handcrafted local beer, wine and cocktails like the Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn, fuel a good time at Borough Food and Drink, where a culinary tour of New York City means an amazing meal—without having to hop on the subway.

Borough Food & Drink
12 East 22nd Street / near Broadway
Flatiron District / New York
212.260.0103 / website / menu / map / hopstop

Russ and Daughters
179 East Houston Street / near Orchard Street
Lower East Side / New York
212.475.4880 / website / menu / map / hopstop