DBGB Kitchen and Bar is Chef Daniel Boulud’s lowdown downtown place on Bowery,  where the French brasserie meets the American tavern. Come for the 14 varieties of house-made sausages from the Merguez to the Anglaise. There’s also seasonal Lyonnais inspired cooking alongside mouthwatering burgers and towering shellfish platters. Wash them down with great craft beers (22 on tap) and affordable table wines.

The interiors take their cue from the Bowery’s history as New York’s industrial restaurant supply neighborhood. Floor to ceiling shelving stocked with the restaurant’s own tools, tableware and dry goods overlook a partially open kitchen. In the bar, the writing is – quite literally – on the wall. Boulud’s favorite culinary quotes fill the mirrors, providing food for thought to accompany a menu of bar bites. Also great for brunches.