City Kitchen

Last year, Times Square got a sharp new food hall on the second floor of the Row NYC hotel. Local businesses prevail, like Luke’s for lobster rolls, Dough for doughnuts and Whitmans for burgers with molten centers of pimento cheese. Kuro Obi is an offshoot of ramen specialist Ippudo; in addition to deeply flavored noodle soups are sweet, spicy and tender pork buns. Solo diners and dates can find seats along counters that face floor-to-ceiling windows; larger parties can be accommodated at tables in a separate area that flows into the hotel’s bar and lobby.