Tucked away from the hoopla that is the center of SoHo sits Cafe Yaya, one of the neighborhood’s best-kept secrets. The small restaurant, with Raymond Pettibon works lining the walls and midcentury-modern décor, is a quiet reprieve serving delicious, healthy takes on nostalgic classics. The menu features open-face sandwiches (we like the tuna-melt or roast beef) served with high-quality ingredients on thinly sliced sourdough, so as not to weigh you down. The freekeh-Manchego salad and malt-chocolate sundae are also not to be missed. —Gracie Wiener