New York’s 2025 Eater Award Winners | Eater NY

"Simplicity makes this wine bar sing: pair a short, thoughtful Korean menu with a sharp wine list and enjoy it all in a warm, slim room, complete with repurposed Jinro Soju water bottles adorned with toad labels. Chef‑owner Sunny Lee’s must‑order banchan flexes textures, ferments, and flavor—think creamy tahini‑smothered mushrooms, smoky eggplant, tangy kimchi—and chalkboard specials like crunchy, sweet gochujang‑candied squid; the oft‑changing salad is bountiful and meant to be eaten with your hands using Napa cabbage leaves, lotus root slices, and persimmon segments. The rave tteokbokki arrives like baked ziti in a glass Pyrex dish, its tomato‑gochujang brown‑butter sauce topped with stracciatella and mozzarella, while the wine list leans natural and organic with a discoveries section that also explores Korean spirits like sool and soju; nothing’s uber‑fancy, just thoughtful bites with good wines." - Melissa McCart