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Cafe Kestrel

Recommended by Brigid

in response to Jamie

If you could pick ONLY ONE restaurant in your city to recommend, what would it be? No rules re: price, genre, sit down/casual

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Tiny, sweet, and always unexpected.

5 months ago

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Jamie
Jamie
@chamieApr 29, 2026
i will take all my brooklynites next time i’m in town!
Brigid
Brigid
@brigidApr 29, 2026
It might not fit everyone if you have more than about four friends!

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Cafe Kestrel

Cafe Kestrel
Leigh Patterson

Leigh Patterson

“Most underrated restaurant in NY; very nuanced but also feels elegantly feminine. I love the pink napkins. I order the cafe salad, chilled shrimp, French fries and a martini. Nice desserts too.”

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nadia cheung

nadia cheung

“burger and mini martini combo… walk to the record shop down the street and buy an etel adnan book after…”

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Brigid

Brigid

“I can never recommend it enough.”

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