For steak houses: Smith & Wolinsky's, Bobby Van's, Del Frisco's, Mortons. But if you really want to ball out take the trip over the Williamsburg Bridge to BK and go to Luger's.
And this pizza debate goes to NYC for sure!

....L&B, DiFara's, Guilana's/Grimaldi's, John's (on Bleeker), DeNino's (Staten Island) and the list goes on.