Brasserie Les Halles

A visit to NYC wouldn't be complete without dinner at Bourdain's Midtown Les Halles (Park Avenue). I'm a creature of habit, so the snails and hanger steak salad are my default setting. Mercifully free of tourists (yes, I know that sounds outlandishly snobby), the service is classic NY nonchalance, but it comes with a smile. A good value haunt.