● The Surly Goat (West Hollywood) - Where all of L.A.'s wildest beer dreams come true.
● Dish Bistro (Pasadena) - A little of this, a little of that, all highly refined.

● TriBeCafe (Tribeca) - B Flat's upstairs neighbor introduces Tribeca to "Tokyo Casual Cuisine."

● Adagio Pizza (Soho) - Fabulously fresh new pizzas for all crust lovers.
● Luna & Curious (East) - Exotic and quixotic boutique for the home and for yourself.

● Cowboys & Turbans (Silver Lake) - Mexican food and Indian food smooshed together ... and no, it's not in a truck!
● The Slaw Dogs (Pasadena) - Hot dogs straddling the lines between gourmet and just plain indulgent.

● Espresso Cielo (Santa Monica) - Pretty decor matches fancy joe on Santa Monica's growing Coffee Row.
● Elements Kitchen (Pasadena) - Catering company now has a rawther elegant eat-in option.

● Prairie Fire (West Loop) - James Beard-winner Sarah Stegner takes on downtown Chicago with seasonal fare in awesome former railroad generator station digs.

● The Southern (Bucktown/Wicker Park) - With Mason Jars gone Metro in old Chaise Lounge spot, The Southern has risen.

● Faustina (East Village) - Au courant from Scott Conant fills Table 8 vacancy at Cooper Square Hotel. Small plates Italian for fellow Roman empresses.
● Tully's Gluten-Free Bakery (East Village) - NYC's first non-vegan gluten-intolerant cupcakery trumps competition with rampant use of butter and eggs.

The Super Bowl is an event not just because of the football, but because of the food. It's an excuse to get plastered and snack on unfashionably delicious bar food on a Sunday afternoon, football fan or not. The wonderful thing about this is that restaurants often "go deep" and present their offerings in a catering-friendly form, so you can either (A) come to the party with the best snacks or (B) host one at your own digs, and not have to worry about preparing oven-baked sheet after sheet of Pizza Rolls and Bagel Bites, or even worse, trying to get someone to deliver during the game. Of course, there's always pizza, which you can order a few hours before the day of, but why go for the normal grub when you can hit something slightly more exotic. In other words: which restaurants are helping New Yorkers get one through the uprights, and bringing forth good grub to the game?

Keith McNally's the celebrity and buzz-magnetized brain behind New York's SoHo standby Balthazar, the center of gravity in the Meatpacking District, Pastis, the Lower East Side's de facto cafeteria of the young and moneyed (Schiller's), and The Hardest Table in Town of the moment, Minetta Tavern. Every opening of his is an event, and even when a restaurant of his doesn't blow away the critics, it still packs 'em in nightly (see: Morandi). Problem is, they tend to be just out of the price range of New York's young and hungry. Until now, or soon, as Pulino -- McNally's pizza place -- is coming, and it's coming downtown, to Bowery below Houston. Today, Pulino chef Nate Appleman twittered that he was hiring. Even better, NBC Local tossed Pulino's plans on their website. What's it (maybe) look like?