The chef, Matthew Lightner, talks with Pete Wells about some standout creations.

Google is announcing that Zagat, the restaurant-ratings publisher, will become the cornerstone of a new free service, Google Plus Local, intended to enhance Google's growing, potentially lucrative local information offerings.

Pete Wells picks three highlights from the menu at Perla in the Village.

A small restaurant in the East Village acts like a bar, but some of the most exciting dishes to come out of the kitchen are classic restaurant fare.

Pete Wells takes a closer look at the spit-roasted lamb shoulder, braised veal shank and franzipan cake at Alison Eighteen.

A pizzeria in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, named for a world-champion race horse.

In a neighborhood more preoccupied with fashion than food, Pera Soho is a step in the right direction.

The cuisine of the Catskills comes to TriBeCa.

To stay or to go? That primal question gets a twist at Butcher Bar in Astoria, Queens, the subject of this week's $25 and Under column.

A quiet Singaporean restaurant in the East Village.