Nura

"Nura is a Mediterranean-leaning Greenpoint spot located in a former auto body shop, and it has high ceilings, a huge skylight, and a bar in the middle that functions as the restaurant’s town square. Despite the big bar, this isn’t the sort of place where you’ll want to eat alone. The plant-filled space is massive and lively, and you'll want to share a bunch of things like the bread basket and charred prawns." - bryan kim, neha talreja, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick

"The dining room at this high-ceiling restaurant warrants entry on this list alone, while the food is good enough for a celebration or important date. Order the bread basket and dips to start, then graduate to dressed-up veggies (the little gem salad is layered with tahini and curry leaves) and proteins, like fall-apart za’atar ribs or the kabocha squash." - Eater Staff

"Located on a windswept, wide artery in Greenpoint with retrofitted warehouses and new gleaming residential towers, this former auto-body shop really revs its stuff.Chef Tajeh Porter's menu is deliciously informed by co-owner Michelle Lobo-Hawley's Indian heritage. From coriander garlic naan to maple sweet crumbly corn bread, the fresh bread basket is a marvel, but when coupled with spiced carrot and white bean spread or hummus flavored with smoky blistered poblano, it's a meal unto itself. Have some discipline, though, since you'll want some bread to sop up the electrifying sweet-smoky mezcal- and Urfa pepper-infused sauce accompanying the prawns. Finish with roasted sunchoke ice cream with candied cocoa nibs, crushed cookie and a flourish of flamed black cardamom." - Michelin Inspector

"Located on a windswept, wide artery in Greenpoint with retrofitted warehouses and new gleaming residential towers, this former auto-body shop really revs its stuff.Chef Tajeh Porter's menu is deliciously informed by co-owner Michelle Lobo-Hawley's Indian heritage. From coriander garlic naan to maple sweet crumbly corn bread, the fresh bread basket is a marvel, but when coupled with spiced carrot and white bean spread or hummus flavored with smoky blistered poblano, it's a meal unto itself. Have some discipline, though, since you'll want some bread to sop up the electrifying sweet-smoky mezcal- and Urfa pepper-infused sauce accompanying the prawns. Finish with roasted sunchoke ice cream with candied cocoa nibs, crushed cookie and a flourish of flamed black cardamom." - Michelin Inspector

"Chef Jackie Carnesi's menu is deliciously informed by co-owner Michelle Lobo-Hawley's Indian heritage. From coriander garlic naan to maple sweet crumbly corn bread, the fresh bread basket is a marvel." - The MICHELIN Guide