Central Provisions
Chef Chris Gould’s wildly popular Central Provisions has a very simple organizing principle for its menu of small plates: snacks, hot, cold, and raw. From there, though, the menu unfurls to accommodate wide-ranging selections—Spanish chopped salad with candied chorizo, bluefin tuna crudo, amaranth-crusted scallops, to name a few—making it an ideal place to bring a group of adventurous eaters up for a little bit of everything. (There’s also a surprisingly extensive caviar selection, dignified with the menu header “Make It Boujiee.”) Waits are common, but you can always head downstairs to the buzzy bar to pass the time.