The Rickey New York City

The Rickey sits at 210 West 55th Street. The dining room runs smart and elegant, leaning into a fusion and contemporary international menu.

While the location is a ten-minute walk from Times Square, you should choose this room for the distance it puts between you and the theater district’s predictable dinner traps. The restaurant offers a quieter, more deliberate pace than the frantic thoroughfares to the south. Where its neighbors on nearby blocks treat Midtown as a revolving door for tourists, the staff here assumes you are looking for a sustained meal rather than a pre-show rush. It is a better bet for a focused evening than the high-turnover spots lining Fifth Avenue.