The 17 Best New Restaurants In NYC - New York - The Infatuation

"Inside Greenpoint’s 50 Norman—a high-end Japanese marketplace with $700 knives and brutalist-chic cement floors—Cafe O’Te does just one thing: hamburg steaks, made with a blend of half Japanese and half American wagyu. But they do this one thing very, very well. Seared in a cast-iron skillet to develop a substantial crust, the buttery hamburg is served alone for $25, with your choice of rich demi-glace with a tomato tang, or the more subtle grated daikon with ponzu. But go for the $35 set, which includes several sides, a delicate onion soup, and rice, all in precious little ceramics. It’s a light meal, so you should still have room for the luscious Japanese custard pudding and a little window-shopping after." - Bryan Kim, Molly Fitzpatrick, Willa Moore, Will Hartman, Sonal Shah