Indian Summer

On our list of the best cozy restaurants in New York.

Slow-simmered curries and tandoori platters come out of a kitchen a few steps below street level on Malcolm X Boulevard, with a patio that opens most of the year and needs no reservation. The menu goes beyond the standard tandoori list with Goan fish curry and salmon tikka, and its battakh khumb wala pairs a crisp-skinned duck breast with an almond-saffron sauce. A full bar runs weekday happy hour specials alongside the dinner menu.