Corner Bistro has been serving up hamburgers and cheeseburgers —and that's about it — for a very long time. Oh yeah, and beer — a no-nonsense selection of six beers on tap, plus Guinness and hard cider in cans. CB's neon red sign, glowing at the corner of Jane Street and West 4th, is like a north star for college students and boat shoe-clad prepsters by day, and drunken revelers in need of sustenance by night (it's open until 4 a.m. and was the go-to post-Beatrice spot). Are the burgers the best in town? No. But slung in front of you on paper plates as you squeeze into a booth or a stool in front of the huffy bartender on hand, noshing on one is a true New York experience. Plus, you'll be so tipsy they'll taste like the best thing on earth. Trust us.

We're guessing you came here from somewhere else. So, throw a cardi over that silky something, roll up the sleeves, and get to grubbing.

Sophomore Black Silk Romper, $276, available at Bona Drag; Rebecca Minkoff Woven Bright Affair Clutch, $330, available at Rebecca Minkoff; Mango Light Washed Denim Jacket, $69, available at Mango; Madewell Two-Tone Flatstack Platform in True Black, $198, available at Madewell.

Corner Bistro, 331 West 4th Street (at Jane Street); 212-242-9502.

Photographed by Sara Haile