The Absolute Best Restaurants in Prospect Heights | New York Magazine

Photo: Nitzan Rubin

This article was published in 2018 in New York magazine.

In recent years, the dining scene in Prospect Heights has emerged as one of the city’s most enviable, a mix of high-end and highly affordable, of resolutely modern and old-school. The range is impressive, from great jerk chicken and shrimp tacos to clams enrobed in carrot crêpes from an Alinea alum. The best of these eclectic spots break free from convention and pretension, offering fun, value, and flavor in equal measure. Here, the absolute best restaurants in Prospect Heights, which we define as south of Atlantic Avenue, north of Eastern Parkway, east of Flatbush Avenue, and west of Washington Avenue.

For New York, I tackled the question I get asked all the time: Where should I eat in Prospect Heights? I lived around Prospect Heights for more than 20 years, so have plenty of opinions on everything from ramen to Thai and fried chicken.