New York Metro rounds up some restaurants where you can warm up in front of the fire when it gets cold and snowy outside, including Per Se (if you can snag a reservation), and Savoy (the cheeseburgers there are divine, by the way). We'd like to add a few to the mix, including the delightful and cozy Applewood in Park Slope (get the butter-poached lobster), the back room in the Art Bar (for drinks), and the quaint Jack's Luxury Oyster Bar (although we haven't been there since Maxime Bilet took over the helm from Allison Vines-Rushing). Other fireplace suggestions? more ›

If you happen to have a working fireplace, be sure to read the FDNY's tips for using it. Most New Yorkers' familiarity with fireplaces begins and ends with the WPIX Yule Log - you can have you own Flash yule log on your computer screen thanks, thanks to WPIX's programmers. And there are always space heaters out there; be sure to get ones that shut down if they overheat or are knocked over. more ›