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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in This is CNY (Advance Media NY) and This Is CNY. Updated September 2026.
Heid's of Liverpool
A Liverpool hot dog house running since 1917, marked by the giant rooftop sign on Oswego Street. This is CNY's iconic-restaurants list calls it a local institution and describes two types of dogs: red German-style franks or a zesty white pork and veal coney, grilled on a flattop and laid in soft New England buns. Order a red frank or a white coney with a side of fries and a cold chocolate milk.
Emerald Cocktail Kitchen & The Coffee Lounge · Tipperary Hill
Emerald Cocktail Kitchen sits on Tipperary Hill and turns up in both This is CNY's speakeasy roundup and its Tipp Hill neighborhood guide. The first-floor speakeasy runs plush and glowing, with tufted leather and velvet, and there is a rooftop bar upstairs for warmer nights. Order The Phoenix, a hot buttered rum variation, or The Draco.