Here it is: our list of the best new restaurants of 2017. And you want to know something? We’re surprised. There are a few great small restaurants on the list, but we’re surprised that many of the places we liked the most this year are the ones that feel like full on productions - like movie sets that serve food. Surprised that only one East Village restaurant made the list, and that we spent so much time between Union Square and Midtown. There’s a macro trend to be found somewhere in there, but we’re not going to bother you with that. At least not until we finish the white paper we’re working on with the DC think tank we hired. Until then, get to work on checking all of these places off your Hit List.