Blue Ribbon Brasserie
American restaurant · SoHo ·
Iconic late-night brasserie, raw bar, fried chicken, bone marrow
Iconic late-night brasserie, raw bar, fried chicken, bone marrow
"Open for more than 30 years, Blue Ribbon Brasserie is a Soho classic. Bruce and Eric Bromberg’s anchor to a restaurant group has expanded into sushi, fried chicken, and steakhouse destinations. Go here for starters like cheese fondue, fried oysters, and steamed clams, followed by seafood towers, lobster, steaks, and a banana split." - Melissa McCart
"This Soho restaurant is an undisputed NYC classic, and it's one of the first places we think of when we want a sit-down meal at a table with white tablecloths at 11pm. (It’s open until 2am every day.) The beef marrow with oxtail marmalade, rack of lamb, and anything from the extensive raw bar are still go-to items after all these years. But don’t overlook the garlicky strips of sautéed calamari and the buttery collard greens. Every time we come here, it feels like reconnecting with an old friend and picking up right where we last left off." - willa moore, will hartman, neha talreja, bryan kim, sonal shah
"This whole guide could be made up of restaurants that are open after midnight serving things that you can’t get at that hour in other cities. Sure, you might not have to deal with someone from a dance crew almost kicking you in the face on the 7 train at 6pm on a Wednesday in another town, but can you get bone marrow with oxtail marmalade or a seafood tower at 1:30am there? Probably not." - kenny yang
"As mentioned, 4 Charles is a great place to have a really, really late dinner (because you’re most likely to get a reservation around midnight). But if 11:45pm is actually too early for you, go to Blue Ribbon Brasserie. This place is an NYC institution, in part because you can stop in any night of the week and get dinner until 4am. So if you fall asleep in a booth at a West Village bar and wake up hungry at 2am, Blue Ribbon Brasserie will provide you with some very good steak or fried chicken." - bryan kim
"Blue Ribbon is like Cinderella. It doesn’t become its true self until around midnight. But instead of becoming a worse version of itself without a fancy pumpkin carriage, it gets even better. And that’s probably because this is one of the few spots where you can eat bone marrow, fried chicken, fondue, and raw seafood until 4am every night. Sure, the tablecloths are white, but you aren’t going to have to put on a suit and treat a server like your butler. So stop by anytime after 10pm. It’s perfect for a going-away party with a crowd that stays up late." - bryan kim