venue Hell's Kitchen

“Serving damn good food” is the boast of the longtime friends and kitchen allies who launched this downtown breakfast-and-lunch spot, which brings the city’s movers and shakers potent day-starters like bison steak Benedict and steaming bowls of Manhomin porridge (cream and maple syrup optional, but you’d be nuts to pass). Everything is house-made, from ketchup and marmalade down to the very peanut butter on your toast. Giving “power breakfast” a whole new meaning, the suits congregate below a collection of Gary Larson cartoons.