New York's Best Pub Grub

It’s a bar, it’s a restaurant, it’s a…gastropub!

Ever since The Spotted Pig introduced the British-term “gastropub”  to New Yorkers to describe a tavern-like, casual spot where the food is just as important as the drinks, we’ve been blessed with myriad cozy new locations to get buzzed and eat high-quality pub food at the same time. Below are a few of our new favorite haunts for upscale Irish nachos and burgers.

Resto (111 E. 29th St./Park Ave. South, 212.685.5585, restonyc.com) Order a beer (over 50 to select from) and stay awhile at this popular Murray Hill destination owned by Christian Pappanicholas. Resto, French slang for “casual restaurant,” is the perfect hangout for beer and food snobs alike. Try the much-buzzed-about grilled cheese with Vermont cheddar, gruyère and pork belly, or the lamb salad with feta and tzatziki sauce. If you’re in the mood for some solid Belgian fries, they have nine different sauces to dip them in, from mayo with onion to lime-pickle.

The Breslin (20 W. 29th St./Broadway, 212.679.2222, thebreslin.com) This brand new, laid-back locale is The Spotted Pig’s meatier sister. Located at the new Ace Hotel, The Breslin’s English menu takes “head-to -tail” cooking literally: chef Peter Cho’s offerings include everything from stuffed pig’s feet and rabbit terrine to housemade sausages and ham and even meat-accented snacks like pork-fried peanuts. The meat theme extends down to the butcher-paper covered tables. At the bar, you’ll find 100 wines under $100, American microbrews and modern twists on old-fashioned cocktails like The Hound on Fire—the standard gin-and-grapefruit Greyhound with a spicy chile-salt rim.

Gus & Gabriel’s Gastropub  (222 West 79th St./Broadway, 212.362.7470, gusandgabriel.com) Newly opened by chef Michael Psilakis in the former Kefi space, this loud and lively gastropub serves up apps like Mexi Mac & Cheese with pulled pork, cheddar cheese and jalapeno béchamel sauce, and snacks like chili & cheese hot dogs and a smoked tomato, garlic confit and mozzarella burger. They don’t accept reservations or credit cards, but the 70 whiskeys and 10 beers on tap make the wait well worth it. Don’t miss their root beer floats, which are spiked with Jack Daniel’s bourbon.

Brinkley’s (406 Broome St./Centre St., 212.680.5600, brinkleysnyc.com) After closing preppy-haven Bar Martignetti last year, brothers Tom and Anthony Martignetti reinvented their space as a gastropub. Chef Ben Towill serves up homey food like short ribs with sweet potatoes and apple and oatmeal sausages over mash. All the produce is sourced from farms within a two-hour radius of Manhattan, and they exclusively serve New York brews on tap. There’s also a late night snack selection, and for dessert, the ultimate British indulgence: a deep-fried Mars bar.