Though the Lower East Side has more condos than bohos these days, the space at Allen & Delancey does take an ambitious (if highly coiffed) stab at recreating some long-lost dream of a writer-filled saloon. Looks like the perfect place to develop an opium habit, no? Click through to find out if the food lives up to the sumptuous atmosphere, and read our reviews of Times Square sushi spot Omido and more new and notable restaurants.

(Photo by Orianna Riley)