The 22 Best NYC Restaurants For Date Night - New York - The Infatuation

"The casual dining room of this Chino Latino classic is full of Upper West Side couples, who've been eating fried pork chops together likely since before you were born. There are large booths, old framed pictures of celebrity visitors, and rum-based nutcrackers that quite literally go down like water. And there is boneless crackling chicken—light and crispy chicharrones de pollo, served with a lemon for squeezing, and best dipped in the secret tangy green sauce, which is one of those secrets that everybody knows about. When you actively want to avoid anything fussy, La Dinastia is great for a meaningful conversation over deeply satisfying fried rice." - bryan kim, will hartman, willa moore, sonal shah, molly fitzpatrick