The Best Restaurants in the Bronx (2026)
From Arthur Avenue's century-old Italian rooms to fufu on the Grand Concourse, fahsah in Little Yemen and fried shrimp at the very end of City Island — where to eat in the Bronx, neighborhood by neighborhood.
38 restaurants
The Bronx eats in pockets, and each one is worth the ride. In Belmont, Arthur Avenue has been the borough's Little Italy for more than a century: Madonia Brothers started baking in 1918, the Migliucci family opened Mario's in 1919, and the indoor Retail Market has been there since 1940. Belmont's back streets, meanwhile, have been Albanian for two generations, and an Ivorian maquis now sits among the cannoli shops.
Elsewhere the map keeps moving. The West Bronx along the Grand Concourse is home to one of the largest Ghanaian communities outside West Africa. Little Yemen grew up around Rhinelander Avenue and White Plains Road, and Starling Avenue in Parkchester is a Bangla Bazaar with a Mexico City taqueria in the middle of it. In the South Bronx there are moles made from scratch and a weekend lechón trailer; up the 1 train in Riverdale, there is Oaxacan cooking with a mezcal bar and the borough's last kosher deli.
Then there is the water. Ride the 6 to its last stop at Pelham Bay and keep going to City Island, where seafood halls have fed weekend crowds since the 1960s. The picks below are grouped by neighborhood, so you can build a day around one.
Arthur Avenue & Belmont
The Bronx's Little Italy — a century of red sauce, mozzarella and bread, with Albanian and Ivorian kitchens on the side.
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Stuffed artichoke and the thin-crust pizza
Mario's · ARTHUR AVENUE, BRONX
The Migliucci family has run this white-tablecloth room since 1919, and it is still the Arthur Avenue dinner for an occasion. Open with the stuffed artichoke, then let one of the career waiters tell you what the kitchen is proudest of that night.
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La Riccardo pizza (butternut squash cream)
Zero Otto Nove · ARTHUR AVENUE, BRONX
Roberto Paciullo's trattoria, named for Salerno's telephone code, is built like a Campanian piazza around a wood-fired oven. Get a pie for the table even if you came for the baked pastas; the La Riccardo is the house signature.
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The day's fish, with a pasta per person
Tra Di Noi · ARTHUR AVENUE, BRONX
About ten tables behind crimson walls on East 187th Street, with chef-owner Marco Coletta still in charge and a place in the MICHELIN Guide's 2026 Bronx selection. Listen to the specials — swordfish is what regulars come back for — and pass the pastas around.
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Brumat sampler and the house bread
Çka Ka Qëllu · ARTHUR AVENUE, BRONX
A timber-beamed room on Hughes Avenue cooking Albanian and Kosovar food with real care, and a fixture on The New York Times' annual best-restaurants list. The bread comes first; then the brumat sampler, burek with soft cheese, or flija, the layered crêpe cake of village weddings.
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Whole fried croaker with attiéké
YopCity · ARTHUR AVENUE, BRONX
An Ivorian maquis named for a district of Abidjan, with soccer on the TVs, in the middle of Little Italy. Order the spice-crusted croaker, and ask whether garba — fried tuna over attiéké, the dish the owner started out selling — is on.
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Eggplant parmigiana hero
Mike's Deli · ARTHUR AVENUE, BRONX
The Greco family's counter has been the loudest corner of the Arthur Avenue Retail Market since 1951, with mozzarella stretched every morning. Split the eggplant parm hero at the tables under the skylights and watch the market go about its business.
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Warm mozzarella and the Numero Uno hero
Casa Della Mozzarella · ARTHUR AVENUE, BRONX
A narrow latteria on 187th Street where the Carciotto family has pulled mozzarella by hand since 1993. Come in the morning, ask for it unrefrigerated, and carry a Numero Uno hero to Ciccarone Park a block away.
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Lard bread and a cannoli filled to order
Madonia Brothers Bakery · ARTHUR AVENUE, BRONX
The oldest bakery in the Bronx's Little Italy, now in its fourth generation. Take a lard or olive loaf home, and have a cannoli filled on the spot so the shell stays crisp.
Morris Park & Parkchester
Big-occasion Italian rooms on one side, Little Yemen and the Bangla Bazaar on the other.
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Regina pizza and seafood risotto
Patricia's · MORRIS PARK, BRONX
Exposed brick, high ceilings and a brick oven at the heart of a semi-open kitchen — one of five Bronx restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide's 2026 selection. Judge the oven by the Regina with buffalo mozzarella, then share the seafood risotto.
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Chicken scarpariello and Nonna's meatballs
F & J Pine Restaurant · MORRIS PARK, BRONX
Two Calabrian brothers opened The Pine in a former saloon in 1969 and kept the old name because a new sign cost too much. It is still a celebration room for families and Yankees alike; come with a group and order family-style.
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The Famous Bronx Godfather hero
G&R Deli · MORRIS PARK, BRONX
A narrow Williamsbridge Road deli making Italian heroes since 1978, with weekend lines out the door. Pass on the viral meatball cone for the Godfather, stacked with cured meats and sweet sun-dried peppers, and take a pint of sausage and peppers home.
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Fahsah, after a cup of maraq
Arth Aljanatain · MORRIS PARK, BRONX
Opened in late 2008 at Rhinelander Avenue and White Plains Road, it was the first Yemeni restaurant in what is now the Bronx's Little Yemen. The golden maraq broth arrives first; then scoop up bubbling stone-bowl fahsah with bread, or order the slow-roasted lamb over rice.
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Burrito al pastor, or fried as a chimichanga
Taqueria Tlaxcalli · PARKCHESTER, BRONX
Mexico City-style cooking on Starling Avenue since 2006, among the Bangladeshi groceries of Parkchester's Bangla Bazaar. The burritos are huge and tightly rolled; have one deep-fried, and order a molcajete to share if you're a party of three or more.
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Weekend barbacoa with fresh tortillas
Taqueria El Chiltepin · PARKCHESTER, BRONX
A loud, colorful room steps from the Castle Hill Avenue stop on the 6. Come Friday through Sunday for oven-braised barbacoa, and on weekdays read the rotating specials board — crab chilpachole turns up.
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Ruhi fish curry and beef tehari
Al-Aqsa Restaurant · PARKCHESTER, BRONX
A busy halal steam-table kitchen on Starling Avenue: point at the trays and it lands on your plate. Look for the fish curry and the Dhaka-style spiced rice with beef, grab samosas from a fresh tray, and finish with a mango lassi.
Pelham Bay & City Island
Out to the end of the 6, then over the bridge to the island's seafood halls.
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Jollof rice and kelewele
The Eleanor's Restaurant & Bar · PELHAM BAY, BRONX
Eleanor Kwansa cooked for her church and neighbors for years before opening this green-velvet Ghanaian room near the end of the 6 line in March 2024. Start with the spiced fried plantain, make her jollof the main event, and drink the ginger-sharp sorrel.
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A whole sausage pie
Louie & Ernie's Pizza · PELHAM BAY, BRONX
On the ground floor of a Crosby Avenue house since 1959, turning out thin, crackly pies charred to the edge under a bright, slightly sweet sauce. Order a whole sausage pie rather than slices and take it out to the patio.
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S-rolls and a lobster tail
Zeppieri & Sons Italian Bakery · PELHAM BAY, BRONX
A family bakery steps from the Buhre Avenue station, in Zeppieri hands since 1968, when it baked only bread. The pastry cases are full, but bread is still the quiet star: take home a bag of S-rolls, plus a lobster tail for the train.
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Two eggs with bacon and a cup of chicken soup
Tremont Diner · PELHAM BAY, BRONX
Serving eggs on East Tremont Avenue since 1935, with a quick-moving Sunday line and longtime staff. Stick to the classics — or the open-faced tuna melt under a heap of fries — before a walk in Pelham Bay Park.
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Garlic crabs
The Original Crab Shanty · CITY ISLAND, BRONX
City Island's crab house since 1977, in a wood-paneled building that was once a silent-movie theater and the island's post office. The bib goes on, the garlic crabs come out, and the trick is pacing yourself on the garlic bread.
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Fried shrimp and a frozen piña colada
Johnny's Reef · CITY ISLAND, BRONX
At Belden Point, where City Island Avenue runs out, you line up at cafeteria counters and carry a tray to a picnic table a few feet from Long Island Sound. Get fried shrimp and clam strips, a colada from the bar, and check the seasonal schedule before a cold-weather trip.
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Fried combination platter
Sammy's Fish Box · CITY ISLAND, BRONX
The island's maximalist since 1966: a sprawling nautical dining room, open year-round, where seafood comes in towers and platters built for a group. Share the fried combination platter and keep the coconut shrimp for yourself.
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Whole grilled fish and City Island porgies
The Silent Sea · CITY ISLAND, BRONX
Opened in early 2026 close to the City Island bridge, this is the island's newest room, and it cooks modern Greek rather than fried. Share a charcoal-grilled whole fish, with grilled octopus to start and the local porgies if they're on.
Mott Haven & Melrose
Moles from scratch, a coastal Italian wine bar and its izakaya sibling, and dinner in a piano-factory landmark.
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Chicken in mole, with a taste of the others
La Morada · MOTT HAVEN & MELROSE, BRONX
The Saavedra family's purple-walled room on Willis Avenue has cooked the food of Oaxaca's Mixteca region since 2009, with Natalia Méndez at the stove. Order a mole plate and ask to try the rest — her mole blanco, made with four kinds of nuts, is the rare one. There is no alcohol; get an agua fresca.
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Oysters and octopus carpaccio
Porto Salvo · MOTT HAVEN & MELROSE, BRONX
An Italian wine bar with a nautical look, open on East 161st Street since 2017, with no TVs and no Wi-Fi on purpose. The cooking leans to the coast — oysters, octopus carpaccio, caciucco — and happy hour pulls in the courthouse crowd.
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Minato mussels and a chirashi bowl
Minato Izakaya & Garden · MOTT HAVEN & MELROSE, BRONX
The Porto Salvo team opened this izakaya across the street in May 2023, with one of the borough's first serious sake lists. Ask for a table in the back garden, and let the staff guide your sake order.
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Korean fried chicken and duck-fat biscuits
Nourish · MOTT HAVEN & MELROSE, BRONX
A café by day and a late dining room at night on Alexander Avenue, opened in August 2025 and owned by a Bronx nonprofit that puts its profits into youth programs. Bring a group and share the fried chicken, biscuits and steak frites.
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Charcuterie board and a cocktail
Charlies Bar & Kitchen · MOTT HAVEN & MELROSE, BRONX
New American cooking with Latin and Southern accents on the ground floor of the old Estey Piano factory, the landmark Clock Tower, since 2012. Come at night for the charcuterie, or book the first-Saturday Boogie Down Brunch with friends.
Longwood
Central American and Puerto Rican cooking off Prospect Avenue.
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A baleada and pupusas
Seis Vecinos · LONGWOOD, BRONX
A sunny corner room on Prospect Avenue cooking Central American comfort food with a Honduran heart since the early 2010s. Let them mash guacamole tableside in a molcajete, then order a baleada and a couple of pupusas, eaten hot.
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Lechón with arroz con gandules
Lechonera La Piraña · LONGWOOD, BRONX
On weekends only, a trailer at East 152nd Street and Wales Avenue where Angel Jimenez carves roast pork with a machete onto paper plates. Ask for the garlicky mojito and extra crackling, eat on the sidewalk, and arrive early, because once the pig is finished, so is service.
Concourse & Highbridge
The West Bronx's Ghanaian kitchens, and a torta counter a walk from Yankee Stadium.
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Waakye with extra shito
Accra · THE GRAND CONCOURSE, BRONX
A Ghanaian counter run by the same family since the 1980s. Order waakye with chicken stew or a plate of jollof from the chalkboard, and ask for more of the smoky shito pepper sauce than you think you need.
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Fufu in goat soup, or omo tuo
Papaye · THE GRAND CONCOURSE, BRONX
A big, plain storefront on the Grand Concourse at 183rd Street that fills up for soccer matches. Point at the numbered photo menu: fufu set in spicy goat or chicken soup, eaten by hand, or rice balls in groundnut soup.
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Chilaquiles verde torta with chorizo
Golden Taquitos 1 · THE GRAND CONCOURSE, BRONX
Gabriel Ignacio, who cooked at Minetta Tavern and Boucherie, makes everything from scratch — nixtamal included — in a half-empty former supermarket in Highbridge. It's a ten-minute walk to Yankee Stadium, so make the torta your breakfast before a day game.
Riverdale & Kingsbridge
Up the 1 train: Oaxacan cooking, the borough's last kosher deli, and steak across from Van Cortlandt Park.
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Duck enmoladas in mole negro
Tobalá · RIVERDALE & KINGSBRIDGE, BRONX
A family-run Oaxacan restaurant and mezcal bar on Riverdale Avenue since 2022, with tortillas pressed to order. Start with tortillas and both salsas for the table, then the duck enmoladas, with a mezcal flight from the bar.
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Hot pastrami on rye, hand-cut
Liebman's Deli · RIVERDALE & KINGSBRIDGE, BRONX
On West 235th Street since 1953 and now the last kosher deli in the Bronx, with green booths and a case of knishes. Get the pastrami hot with pickles and a bowl of matzo ball soup, and save room for babka.
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Porterhouse for two with Gorgonzola and fried onions
Jake's Steakhouse · RIVERDALE & KINGSBRIDGE, BRONX
A three-story limestone steakhouse on Broadway facing the Van Cortlandt Park Parade Ground, wet-aging its beef in house. Ask for an upstairs table by the windows and top the steak the way regulars do.
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Chicken and ají de gallina empanadas
Claudy's Kitchen · RIVERDALE & KINGSBRIDGE, BRONX
Claudia and Richard Berroa's Peruvian kitchen on Broadway grew out of a flan business and opened in the summer of 2020; a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand followed within a year. Get a mix of baked empanadas, a chicha morada and a flan, and picnic on the Parade Ground across the street.
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Smoked brisket poutine and the tap list
Bronx Alehouse · RIVERDALE & KINGSBRIDGE, BRONX
A craft beer pub by the 238th Street stop on the 1, part of the borough's beer scene since the early 2010s. Check the rotating taps online before you go, and share the poutine or the Bronx Scramble basket.
Every kitchen here was confirmed open as of 2026-10-19. Menus change — confirm a dish is on before you make the trip.
Good to know
Tasting menus in New York, answered
Which subway goes to Riverdale's restaurants?
The 1 train. Jake's Steakhouse sits on Broadway at the 242nd Street end of the line, directly across from Van Cortlandt Park. Source
Where is the Bronx's Little Yemen?
Around Rhinelander Avenue and White Plains Road, at the Van Nest end of Morris Park. Arth Aljanatain opened on that corner in late 2008 as the area's first Yemeni restaurant. Source
Is Johnny's Reef on City Island open all year?
No. It runs on a seasonal schedule, so check its official site before planning a cold-weather trip. Source
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