The Best Places To Eat And Drink In NYC's Lower East Side

Once home to immigrants and factory workers striving for the American Dream, the Lower East Side has transformed into one of the coolest neighborhoods in Manhattan over the past decade or so.

Today it's home to upscale shops, trendy boutique hotels, great restaurants, and cool bars.

It is the place to go out in NYC on a Saturday night — or any night for that matter.

The LES is roughly bounded by Chinatown to the south and west, NoLIta to the west, and the East Village to the north.