Looking for the best restaurants on the Upper East Side?
Below, the best restaurants on the Upper East SideinVogues opinion, anyway.
Their 15 tables are now some of the hardest to get in New York.

The bar at Le Veau d’Or, a French bistro on East 60th Street.
The escargot and frog legs are classics, as is their duck with cherries.
Anjelica Huston eating at Elios.
Every neighborhood needs its beloved old school red sauce joint.

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On the Upper East Side, thats Elios.
(Actor Tom Selleck once ate at Elios 26 nights in a row.)
La Goulue is a quintessential French bistro thats been open since 1972.
Anjelica Huston eating at Elio’s.
Theres also miso soupand, if you have room for it, dessert.
Hoexters (the o is silent) first opened on the Upper East Side back in the 1970s.
Since then, it has attracted a whole new generation.

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Fancy dinner and a show?
Look no further than Cafe Carlyle, the cabaret restaurant inside the storied Carlyle Hotel.
Before or after, get a drink at the hotels legendary Bemelemans Bar.

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Melon is as an Upper East Side institution.
Eat it all on their signature green-and-white checkered tablecloths.

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Rosewood Carlyle Hotel

Rosewood Carlyle Hotel

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