Wilfie & Nell

No reservations, walk in only: that's the deal at this West Village bar, where the kitchen stays open until 1am and the grilled cheese, built on Blue Ribbon Pullman bread, outshines everything else on the menu. Community tables and a scattering of stools fill a dim, low-ceilinged room that the New York Times once called "a bar for eating and flirting." Weekend brunch and nightly dinner both run off the same short, no-frills comfort-food list. Thirty people is enough to make the place feel packed.