TESSA

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

Exposed whitewashed brick lines the walls under blackened steel security gates that span the ceiling at this Amsterdam Avenue dining room, industrial details played up rather than hidden. The kitchen works in Italian and French technique, including a rabbit cavatelli regulars order by name, in a room that appeared in the Michelin Guide in 2015 and 2016. Private parties of ten to eighteen get their own room by request through an events manager.