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50 Best New U.S. Restaurants

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New York City: Txikito

Is this formerly barren Ninth Avenue block the city’s newest gourmet corridor?A few doors down, one discovers something equally special and singular at the cozy barn wood–clad cubbyhole called Txikito. Here, Alex Raij and Bilbao-born Eder Montero (former chefs at the beloved tapas haunt Tía Pol) preach authentic Basque—not Spanish—cooking. New customers stop by for chorizo-and–quail egg canapés, and sweet ribbons of squid mingled with pine nuts—and keep coming back for the blackboard specials: a whole grilled turbot with a sizzling garlic vinaigrette, or a meltingly tender rolled lamb breast a la plancha. Dinner for two $80.

50 Best New U.S. Restaurants

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50 Best New U.S. Restaurants

New York City: Txikito

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