Fine dining, by the numbers

Ranked by the median main-course price published on each restaurant's own menu. No ratings, no opinions — just what the menus charge.

1. Beauty & Essex · Lower East Side — Median main $82 · $$$
2. Peter Luger Steak House · Williamsburg — Median main $71.45 · $$$
3. Fogo de Chão · SoMa — Median main 52 · £££
4. Buddakan · Chelsea — Median main $46 · $$$ · publishes a tasting / set menu
5. Don Angie · West Village — Median main $44 · $$$
6. Original Joe's · North Beach — Median main $40.95 · $$$
7. Tony's Pizza Napoletana · North Beach — Median main $38.13 · $$$
8. Acquolina · North Beach — Median main $37.50 · $$$
9. Foreign Cinema · Mission — Median main 34.50 · £££
10. Blue Plate · Mission — Median main $31 · $$
11. Sotto Mare · North Beach — Median main $31 · $$
12. Cookshop · Chelsea — Median main $30.50 · $$
13. Chez Maman West · Hayes Valley — Median main $30 · $$
14. Toy Soldier · Financial District — Median main $29 · $$
15. Grand Central Oyster Bar · Midtown — Median main $28.95 · $$
16. Tropisueno · SoMa — Median main 27.63 · ££
17. BK JANI · Williamsburg — Median main $27.08 · $$
18. Locanda Verde Tribeca · Tribeca — Median main $25 · $$
19. Fang · SoMa — Median main $24.95 · $$
20. Burma Superstar · Richmond — Median main $24 · $$
21. Kabuto Restaurant · Richmond — Median main $23 · $$ · publishes a tasting / set menu
22. Keens Steakhouse · Midtown — Median main $23 · $$
23. Bahia · Williamsburg — Median main $21 · $$
24. Sage · Williamsburg — Median main $20 · $$
25. Jacob's Pickles · Upper West Side — Median main $19 · $$
26. a Mano · Hayes Valley — Median main $18 · $$
27. Buvette · West Village — Median main $16 · $
28. Emmy's Spaghetti Shack · Mission — Median main $15 · $
29. Katz's Delicatessen · Lower East Side — Median main $13.93 · $
30. L'Artusi · West Village — Median main $13 · $