R40

On our lists of the best romantic restaurants and special-occasion restaurants in New York.

An open kitchen built around a wood-burning parrilla anchors this Long Island City dining room, which runs back into a greenhouse-like patio and keeps its wine cellar visible under a glass floor. The kitchen leans into live-fire cooking for a mostly carnivorous menu, crab empanadas, seasonal vegetables like zucchini carpaccio, and a parrillada platter built for two. It's closed Mondays and Tuesdays, with weekend brunch from 11:30 to 3:30 and dinner reservations taken by phone or email rather than an online system.