Guidebook for New York

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Guidebook for New York

Food Scene

the most famous chef in Harlem Marcos Samuelson.
1044 locals recommend
Red Rooster
310 Lenox Ave
1044 locals recommend
the most famous chef in Harlem Marcos Samuelson.
great organic burgers shakes and fries. Fresh watermelon juice!
212 locals recommend
Harlem Shake
100 W 124th St
212 locals recommend
great organic burgers shakes and fries. Fresh watermelon juice!
wonderful Prix fix french cuisine, intimate space
47 locals recommend
Cheri
47 locals recommend
wonderful Prix fix french cuisine, intimate space
Great Food and wine bar.
166 locals recommend
Barawine Harlem
200 Malcolm X Blvd
166 locals recommend
Great Food and wine bar.
Our favorite coffee shop/hippy diner.
163 locals recommend
Il Cafe Latte 1
189 Malcolm X Blvd
163 locals recommend
Our favorite coffee shop/hippy diner.
great pastry and continental food.
86 locals recommend
SETTEPANI
196 Malcolm X Blvd
86 locals recommend
great pastry and continental food.
FaB food
169 locals recommend
VINATERÍA
2211 Frederick Douglass Blvd
169 locals recommend
FaB food
Great coffee shop and pastry
147 locals recommend
Double Dutch Espresso
2194 Frederick Douglass Blvd
147 locals recommend
Great coffee shop and pastry
Love this organic pizza place. QUICK!
11 locals recommend
Custom Fuel Pizza
2288 Frederick Douglass Boulevard
11 locals recommend
Love this organic pizza place. QUICK!
Fantastic raw and vegan food.
69 locals recommend
Seasoned Vegan
128 St Nicholas Ave
69 locals recommend
Fantastic raw and vegan food.
Famous old school Chicken and Waffles.
241 locals recommend
Amy Ruth's
113 W 116th St
241 locals recommend
Famous old school Chicken and Waffles.
Relaxed Red Rooster. FUN
86 locals recommend
Streetbird Rotisserie
2149 Frederick Douglass Boulevard
86 locals recommend
Relaxed Red Rooster. FUN
great restaurant
210 locals recommend
Maison Harlem
341 St Nicholas Ave
210 locals recommend
great restaurant
crisp and delicious
50 locals recommend
Bad Horse Pizza
2224 Frederick Douglass Boulevard
50 locals recommend
crisp and delicious
turkish
15 locals recommend
Savann
2280 Frederick Douglass Blvd
15 locals recommend
turkish
Great Indian for delivery.
16 locals recommend
Polash
2179 3rd Ave
16 locals recommend
Great Indian for delivery.
Sports Bar
182 locals recommend
Bier International
2099 Frederick Douglass Boulevard
182 locals recommend
Sports Bar
Chic Expensive live Jazz, great food.
125 locals recommend
The Cecil Steakhouse
210 West 118th Street
125 locals recommend
Chic Expensive live Jazz, great food.
Clean soul food. Strawberry butter!
138 locals recommend
Melba's
300 W 114th St
138 locals recommend
Clean soul food. Strawberry butter!
Great farm to table organic Vegan Vegetarian restaurant plus Carnivore options. Full bar. Columbia U crowd.
103 locals recommend
Community Food & Juice
2893 Broadway
103 locals recommend
Great farm to table organic Vegan Vegetarian restaurant plus Carnivore options. Full bar. Columbia U crowd.
Mafioso Italian hang-out. I cannot get a reservation for you but it's almost worth dropping in and asking if you happen to be near it.
69 locals recommend
Rao's
455 E 114th St
69 locals recommend
Mafioso Italian hang-out. I cannot get a reservation for you but it's almost worth dropping in and asking if you happen to be near it.
adorable by day bar by night
145 locals recommend
Lenox Coffee Roaster
60 W 129th St
145 locals recommend
adorable by day bar by night
Cheap and cheerful french bistro. Same block as red rooster. Sidewalk cafe.
120 locals recommend
Chez Lucienne
308 Lenox Ave
120 locals recommend
Cheap and cheerful french bistro. Same block as red rooster. Sidewalk cafe.
Frenetic brunch spot. Good food.
345 locals recommend
The Corner Social
321 Malcolm X Blvd
345 locals recommend
Frenetic brunch spot. Good food.
favorite brick oven pizza
Mezzaluna
1295 3rd Ave
favorite brick oven pizza
AMAZING views as for a window table
23 locals recommend
Robert
2 Columbus Cir
23 locals recommend
AMAZING views as for a window table
Amazing seafood. $$$$$$$$$
39 locals recommend
Marea
240 Central Park S
39 locals recommend
Amazing seafood. $$$$$$$$$
See and be seen after the party..,$$$$$$
Harry Cipriani®
781 5th Ave
See and be seen after the party..,$$$$$$

Everything Else

love this nail salon
POLISHED FingerTips
love this nail salon
if you are going north of NYC (Metro North Trains) its closer than grand central.
67 locals recommend
Harlem-125th Street Station
67 locals recommend
if you are going north of NYC (Metro North Trains) its closer than grand central.
Acres of amazing gardens and hot houses. Art installations.
341 locals recommend
New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd
341 locals recommend
Acres of amazing gardens and hot houses. Art installations.
1 train stop away huge selection
1895 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
95 E Houston St
1895 locals recommend
1 train stop away huge selection

Shopping

Our favorite flower shop.
Harlem Flo Boutique
2276 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Our favorite flower shop.
Most amazing Harlem Pastry rugelach and sweet potato pie made with BUTTER (maybe lard too) amazing flaky deliciousness
35 locals recommend
Lee Lee's Baked Goods
283 W 118th St
35 locals recommend
Most amazing Harlem Pastry rugelach and sweet potato pie made with BUTTER (maybe lard too) amazing flaky deliciousness
If you are looking for the coolest US discount shop.
149 locals recommend
Target
4024 College Point Blvd
149 locals recommend
If you are looking for the coolest US discount shop.
discount designer clothes accessaries and GREAT HOUSEWARES
143 locals recommend
Marshalls
125 W 125th St
143 locals recommend
discount designer clothes accessaries and GREAT HOUSEWARES
Discount designer men's and women's shoes and FANTASTIC HANDBAGS.
59 locals recommend
DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
301 W 125th St
59 locals recommend
Discount designer men's and women's shoes and FANTASTIC HANDBAGS.
well priced sportswear
29 locals recommend
Banana Republic Factory Store
261 W 125th St
29 locals recommend
well priced sportswear
Architectural salvage. Statues, fountains, doors, windows, and toilets!
Demolition Depot and Irreplaceable Artifacts
159-161 E 126th St
Architectural salvage. Statues, fountains, doors, windows, and toilets!
Great all-around hardware store with plants too!
8 locals recommend
Mushtari Hardware
31 W 125th St
8 locals recommend
Great all-around hardware store with plants too!
unusual plants and flowers. They aalso have a BBQ.
7 locals recommend
Urban Garden Center
1560 Park Ave
7 locals recommend
unusual plants and flowers. They aalso have a BBQ.
Because they have crazy fun merchandise that you didn't know existed.
Party City
301 W 125th St
Because they have crazy fun merchandise that you didn't know existed.

Sightseeing

tourist central
893 locals recommend
Apollo Theater
253 W 125th St
893 locals recommend
tourist central
AMAZING still under construction non-denominational services galore!
378 locals recommend
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Ave
378 locals recommend
AMAZING still under construction non-denominational services galore!
"Who is buried in Grant's tomb?"
144 locals recommend
General Grant National Memorial
Riverside Drive
144 locals recommend
"Who is buried in Grant's tomb?"
GREEN SPACE. Great for runners.
502 locals recommend
Riverside Park
502 locals recommend
GREEN SPACE. Great for runners.
a beauty
67 locals recommend
The Riverside Cathedral
490 Riverside Dr
67 locals recommend
a beauty
on the way to St John's or Columbia U. Sundays are glorious.
116 locals recommend
Friends of Morningside Park
14 Morningside Ave
116 locals recommend
on the way to St John's or Columbia U. Sundays are glorious.
Lovely historic square with a fire-watch tower.
14 locals recommend
Mount Morris Park West
Mount Morris Park West
14 locals recommend
Lovely historic square with a fire-watch tower.
on the bus route not far and so beautiful and peaceful.
159 locals recommend
Conservatory Garden
1233 5th Ave
159 locals recommend
on the bus route not far and so beautiful and peaceful.
Butterflies at the moment!
15 locals recommend
Rose Center for Earth and Space
200 Central Park West
15 locals recommend
Butterflies at the moment!
Charming
394 locals recommend
Central Park Zoo
East 64th Street
394 locals recommend
Charming
Wonderful environment for animals
572 locals recommend
Bronx Zoo
2300 Southern Blvd
572 locals recommend
Wonderful environment for animals
Pretty campus
539 locals recommend
Columbia University
116th and Broadway
539 locals recommend
Pretty campus
107 locals recommend
Morris-Jumel Mansion
65 Jumel Terrace
107 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

great gift shop
239 locals recommend
The Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th Street
239 locals recommend
great gift shop
its really close!
157 locals recommend
AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9
2309 Frederick Douglass Blvd
157 locals recommend
its really close!
world class
2653 locals recommend
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Ave
2653 locals recommend
world class
one of my favorites. Small scale private collection.
307 locals recommend
Frick Collection
1 E 70th St
307 locals recommend
one of my favorites. Small scale private collection.
amazing
1126 locals recommend
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave
1126 locals recommend
amazing
wonderful collections and shows
146 locals recommend
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St
146 locals recommend
wonderful collections and shows
Beautiful
176 locals recommend
Neue Galerie
1048 5th Ave
176 locals recommend
Beautiful
fantastic shows
85 locals recommend
The Jewish Museum
1109 5th Ave
85 locals recommend
fantastic shows
wonderful gallery shows
Bard Graduate Center Library
18 W 86th St
wonderful gallery shows
fantastic museum
182 locals recommend
El Museo del Barrio
1230 5th Ave
182 locals recommend
fantastic museum
interesting shows
75 locals recommend
New-York Historical Society Museum & Library
170 Central Park West
75 locals recommend
interesting shows
fascinating shows
271 locals recommend
Museum of the City of New York
1220 5th Ave
271 locals recommend
fascinating shows
great building and gift shop
Museum of modern art
11 W 53rd St
great building and gift shop
you know why
621 locals recommend
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center Plaza
621 locals recommend
you know why

Essentials

Great organic produce and prepared foods.
252 locals recommend
Best Market Harlem
2187 Frederick Douglass Blvd
252 locals recommend
Great organic produce and prepared foods.
great wine shop
19 locals recommend
BTL Harlem
311 W 127th St
19 locals recommend
great wine shop
the real real
20 locals recommend
Organic Forever
2053 Frederick Douglass Boulevard
20 locals recommend
the real real
closest wine shop
15 locals recommend
Vintage Harlem Wine & Spirits
2239 Frederick Douglass Blvd
15 locals recommend
closest wine shop
HUGE supermarket nearby. The chilled foods have their own room, and they give you coats to shop there!
217 locals recommend
Fairway Market 125th Street
2328 12th Ave
217 locals recommend
HUGE supermarket nearby. The chilled foods have their own room, and they give you coats to shop there!

Drinks & Nightlife

good italian loud
253 locals recommend
Lido Harlem Restaurant
2168 Frederick Douglass Blvd
253 locals recommend
good italian loud
Buzzy fun a Harlem landmark revived.
138 locals recommend
Minton's Playhouse
206 W 118th St
138 locals recommend
Buzzy fun a Harlem landmark revived.
Organic farm to table. Vegan vegetarian. High end.
27 locals recommend
Candle Cafe West
27 locals recommend
Organic farm to table. Vegan vegetarian. High end.
Artisanal Cocktails and beer. Hipsters in Harlem.
84 locals recommend
Mess Hall
2194 Frederick Douglass Blvd
84 locals recommend
Artisanal Cocktails and beer. Hipsters in Harlem.