Ranch 1

Light lunch spots in Midtown rarely deliver anything but sandwiches and salads. Ranch 1 bucks the trend with a full dinner menu that still feels approachable after a long day downtown. The steaks keep the carnivores happy, while a rotating roster of seafood dishes pulls in the weeknight crowds looking to step away from desk salad monotony.

The entrance hides inside Manhattan Mall on Sixth Avenue—head to the 901 to find the brass plaque that most shoppers breeze past. Ninth floor, near the escalators; it’s a lot easier to miss than the flashier options uptown. Still, anyone who makes the turn ends up in a space that looks like it belongs in a 1980s power-lunch photo spread, all warm wood tones and no-frills booths.

Call (212) 594-8165 if you’re heading down there after work, or pull the directions from the map before the dinner rush hits.