my wife and i will be in New York City in December. Trying to find some locals to get info from?

Would like to get some information on fine dining, good bars and hangouts. Pretyy much open to any type of dining but prefer fusion, greek, french, or italian. any help would be great

Info on New York dining?

Going to New York next week for four days.
Can anyone suggest some really nice restaurants to eat dinner at ? (staying at Crowne Plaza, manhattan)