"Kanyakumari is just west of Union Square, an area that is rapidly filling with great restaurants. The Indian restaurant specializes in coastal cooking, with spicy dishes from cities and regions like Bangalore, Mangalore, Goa, and India’s southernmost city itself, Kanyakumari. Chef Dipesh Shinde’s menu includes a luscious, coconut-laced chicken curry from his hometown of Mandad in the state of Maharashtra. Other standout dishes include a gargantuan beef rib flavored with sauteed Madras onions from Malabar and roasted pumpkin in a peanut sauce from Udipi. Know before you go: There’s a prix-fixe menu for brunch, where the $32 meal comes with a choice of entree and side, plus all the chutneys." - Emma Orlow