Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
Best Authentic Chinese food in the city. Also has a location in Chinatown.
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Xi'an Famous Foods
88 E BroadwayBest Authentic Chinese food in the city. Also has a location in Chinatown.
Best Tacos in NYC. Great after a few too many drinks and it's only 500 feet away from the apartment. One thing to be aware of is that the food is spicy, very spicy.
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Tacos Cuautla Morelos
438 E 9th StBest Tacos in NYC. Great after a few too many drinks and it's only 500 feet away from the apartment. One thing to be aware of is that the food is spicy, very spicy.
Best Cantonese-style dumplings in the city. The proprietor is an Anglo-Hong Konger who barks orders in Cantonese at his Chinese staff. He is fairly rude but the soup dumplings there are excellent, as well as all the other dumplings.
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Dumpling Man
100 St Marks Pl Best Cantonese-style dumplings in the city. The proprietor is an Anglo-Hong Konger who barks orders in Cantonese at his Chinese staff. He is fairly rude but the soup dumplings there are excellent, as well as all the other dumplings.
Italian food galore. This complex has several restaurants that are all excellent. The best place to have a drink on a nice day in the Flatiron district is their roof deck.
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Eataly NYC Flatiron
200 5th AveItalian food galore. This complex has several restaurants that are all excellent. The best place to have a drink on a nice day in the Flatiron district is their roof deck.
The word “atmospheric” doesn’t begin to describe Maison Premiere’s lush, straight-out-of-New Orleans backyard. Where better to spend a sultry summer night than seated at a wrought-iron table with lights twinkling overhead, a spread of ice-cold oysters on the table, and a sherry cobbler in hand? Here, the regularly-rotating cocktail menu is among the strongest in the city; recent highlights include the “Barber of Seville,” with rye, sherry, lemon, and orgeat, and the “Carondelet,” with Beefeater gin, citrus, blossom honey, and vanilla. The extensive Champagne list is icing on the cake.
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Maison Premiere
298 Bedford AveThe word “atmospheric” doesn’t begin to describe Maison Premiere’s lush, straight-out-of-New Orleans backyard. Where better to spend a sultry summer night than seated at a wrought-iron table with lights twinkling overhead, a spread of ice-cold oysters on the table, and a sherry cobbler in hand? Here, the regularly-rotating cocktail menu is among the strongest in the city; recent highlights include the “Barber of Seville,” with rye, sherry, lemon, and orgeat, and the “Carondelet,” with Beefeater gin, citrus, blossom honey, and vanilla. The extensive Champagne list is icing on the cake.
Part art installation, part rooftop bar, Gallow Green sits atop the McKittrick Hotel—the fictional Scottish inn better known for its resident theatrical production, Sleep No More. Fittingly, Gallow Green itself feels like a theater set, with an “abandoned” early 20th century railway car and deliberately overgrown landscaping. The atmosphere may feel put-on, but the drinks are the real deal: Get the “Charmed Life,” with gin, lemon, and bitter orange Montenegro.
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Gallow Green
542 W 27th StPart art installation, part rooftop bar, Gallow Green sits atop the McKittrick Hotel—the fictional Scottish inn better known for its resident theatrical production, Sleep No More. Fittingly, Gallow Green itself feels like a theater set, with an “abandoned” early 20th century railway car and deliberately overgrown landscaping. The atmosphere may feel put-on, but the drinks are the real deal: Get the “Charmed Life,” with gin, lemon, and bitter orange Montenegro.
Founded in 1983 in the East Village, Cafe Mogador was both an early pioneer in the NYC restaurant world and a downtown cultural hub. Serving up her signature Moroccan-inspired cuisine, founder Rivka embraced and celebrated the creative neighborhood she called home while pushing culinary boundaries. Over the next three decades and throughout the addition of a second location in Williamsburg, Cafe Mogador would gain tremendous recognition and solidify its place as a neighborhood institution and culinary destination.
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Cafe Mogador
133 Wythe AveFounded in 1983 in the East Village, Cafe Mogador was both an early pioneer in the NYC restaurant world and a downtown cultural hub. Serving up her signature Moroccan-inspired cuisine, founder Rivka embraced and celebrated the creative neighborhood she called home while pushing culinary boundaries. Over the next three decades and throughout the addition of a second location in Williamsburg, Cafe Mogador would gain tremendous recognition and solidify its place as a neighborhood institution and culinary destination.
A great indoor street market with dozens of places to eat next to the High Line. Try the Lobster Rolls.
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Chelsea Market
75 9th AveA great indoor street market with dozens of places to eat next to the High Line. Try the Lobster Rolls.
This place is open 24 hours and is always great. Great for dinner after a late night or boozy brunch and everything in between. The chicken soup is amazing when you are a bit under the weather. The breakfast is great when you are hungover as well.
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Veselka
144 2nd AveThis place is open 24 hours and is always great. Great for dinner after a late night or boozy brunch and everything in between. The chicken soup is amazing when you are a bit under the weather. The breakfast is great when you are hungover as well.
Fuku
163 1st AvenueFantastic cheap fried chicken.
MáLà Project
122 1st Ave.Amazing hot pot Chinese and trendy decor.
Great for outdoor dining and brunch! Fantastic eggs.
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Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery
380 Lafayette StGreat for outdoor dining and brunch! Fantastic eggs.
Drinks & Nightlife
Typical 1920's speakeasy. Excellent cocktails. The entrance is in a phone booth inside a hotdog joint called Crift Dogs. The best time to go is during the week, don't even try to go on Friday or Saturday if you don't have a reservation. If you'd like to make a reservation, which is recommended, you can after 3pm on the day you want it by calling (212) 614-0386.
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Please Don't Tell
113 St Marks PlTypical 1920's speakeasy. Excellent cocktails. The entrance is in a phone booth inside a hotdog joint called Crift Dogs. The best time to go is during the week, don't even try to go on Friday or Saturday if you don't have a reservation. If you'd like to make a reservation, which is recommended, you can after 3pm on the day you want it by calling (212) 614-0386.
Very good local bar, slightly hidden behind a coffee shop of the same name. They are known for making great classic cocktails like Old Fashions and on weeknights they have happy hour specials for six dollar cocktails, which is the New York equivalent of free.
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The Roost
222 Avenue BVery good local bar, slightly hidden behind a coffee shop of the same name. They are known for making great classic cocktails like Old Fashions and on weeknights they have happy hour specials for six dollar cocktails, which is the New York equivalent of free.
The Hotel Americano is a very posh hotel that has a roof deck and swimming pool where you can grab a cocktail. It is almost at the end of the Highline Park. The rooftop bar has an excellent view of Midtown Manhattan and to the pool is usually stocked with a cadre of models you may have seen in magazines.
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Hotel Americano
518 W 27th St The Hotel Americano is a very posh hotel that has a roof deck and swimming pool where you can grab a cocktail. It is almost at the end of the Highline Park. The rooftop bar has an excellent view of Midtown Manhattan and to the pool is usually stocked with a cadre of models you may have seen in magazines.
A bumping party every night. One stop on the subway away in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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Output
74 Wythe AveA bumping party every night. One stop on the subway away in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The Viceroy New York’s 29th-floor lounge is a year-round favorite. Designed by Roman and Williams, its interior has the aesthetic of a sleek yacht, all walnut and leather and brass. But it’s never more alluring than in the summer, when you can sip a blood orange Veuve Clicquot spritz or a jalapeño margarita, with Central Park in sight.
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The Roof
124 W 57th StThe Viceroy New York’s 29th-floor lounge is a year-round favorite. Designed by Roman and Williams, its interior has the aesthetic of a sleek yacht, all walnut and leather and brass. But it’s never more alluring than in the summer, when you can sip a blood orange Veuve Clicquot spritz or a jalapeño margarita, with Central Park in sight.
Fun gay bar close to my place. The owner is married to Anderson Cooper. A bit trashy in a fun way.
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Easternbloc
505 E 6th StFun gay bar close to my place. The owner is married to Anderson Cooper. A bit trashy in a fun way.
Fantastic cocktails. Try the one with smoke. I am not kidding this exists.
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The Wayland
700 E 9th StFantastic cocktails. Try the one with smoke. I am not kidding this exists.
Proletarian beer at Bourgeoisie prices. Fun none the less.
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Proletariat
21 St Marks PlProletarian beer at Bourgeoisie prices. Fun none the less.
Rue B
188 Avenue BWonderful live Jazz every night. Terrible drinks, order a beer.
Rooftop Bar in the Lower East Side with a fantastic rooftop terrace. Go during the week or wait in an insane line.
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Mr. Purple
180 Orchard StRooftop Bar in the Lower East Side with a fantastic rooftop terrace. Go during the week or wait in an insane line.
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191 Chrystie StVery very trendy night club.
Arts & Culture
Words cannot describe how spectacular the new Whitney Museum is. Each level of the Whitney Museum has breathtaking outdoor terraces that provide spectacular views of lower Manhattan. The highlight of the collection at the Whitney Museum is their collection of Edward Hopper paintings, but the building itself is a work of art.
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Salmagundi Museum of American Art
Words cannot describe how spectacular the new Whitney Museum is. Each level of the Whitney Museum has breathtaking outdoor terraces that provide spectacular views of lower Manhattan. The highlight of the collection at the Whitney Museum is their collection of Edward Hopper paintings, but the building itself is a work of art.
Almost every picture from the 20th century is here. The Museum of modern Art has a tremendous and comprehensive collections of works by Andy Warhol, Rothko, Claude Monet, Degas, Kandinsky, and many more. The Museum of Modern Art is free after 6 PM on Friday, but during that time, it's usually a mob scene. If I was on vacation I would go early in the morning on a weekday.
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The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street Almost every picture from the 20th century is here. The Museum of modern Art has a tremendous and comprehensive collections of works by Andy Warhol, Rothko, Claude Monet, Degas, Kandinsky, and many more. The Museum of Modern Art is free after 6 PM on Friday, but during that time, it's usually a mob scene. If I was on vacation I would go early in the morning on a weekday.
Like nothing else, this is an interactive theater production set in a vintage hotel.
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Sleep No More
530 W 27th StLike nothing else, this is an interactive theater production set in a vintage hotel.
Parks & Nature
An awesome park built on top of an old elevated rail line.
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El Parque High Line
An awesome park built on top of an old elevated rail line.
Best people watching in the city, at the center of NYU's campus. This park has a long history at the center of Beat culture and the modern urbanist movement. See Jane Jacobs.
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Parque Washington Square
Washington SquareBest people watching in the city, at the center of NYU's campus. This park has a long history at the center of Beat culture and the modern urbanist movement. See Jane Jacobs.
Essentials
Trader Joe's
130 Court StGreat food, excellent prices.
New York has very strange rules for selling Beer and Wine. This place is usually 20% cheaper and always better.
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Trader Joe's Wine Shop
138 E 14th StNew York has very strange rules for selling Beer and Wine. This place is usually 20% cheaper and always better.
Getting Around
Astor Place
Astor PlaceThe nearest subway.
Worth a visit even if you have nowhere to go.
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Grand Central Terminal station
89 E 42nd StWorth a visit even if you have nowhere to go.
A free way to see New York Harbor. It sails close to the Statue of Liberty. Don't get off in Staten Island, just get back on, there is nothing to see there.
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Whitehall Terminal station
4 Whitehall StA free way to see New York Harbor. It sails close to the Statue of Liberty. Don't get off in Staten Island, just get back on, there is nothing to see there.
Shopping
If you want to buy electronics this is the place. It is in the south-east corner of Union Square.
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Best Buy
1280 Lexington AveIf you want to buy electronics this is the place. It is in the south-east corner of Union Square.
Apple SoHo
103 Prince StClosest Apple store, if that is what you are looking for.