Guidebook for New York

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Guidebook for New York

Food Scene

Best Brunch
106 locals recommend
Cafe Cluny
284 W 12th St
106 locals recommend
Best Brunch
Favorite outdoor seating for lunch or dinner. Favorite order is the cacio e pepe!
86 locals recommend
Morandi
211 Waverly Pl
86 locals recommend
Favorite outdoor seating for lunch or dinner. Favorite order is the cacio e pepe!
Really enjoyable long italian outdoor lunch. Only recommend sitting outside. They don't take reservations but it's worth the wait... also cash only.
76 locals recommend
Bar Pitti
268 6th Ave
76 locals recommend
Really enjoyable long italian outdoor lunch. Only recommend sitting outside. They don't take reservations but it's worth the wait... also cash only.
Favorite local coffee shop. There is a garden outside. Often take morning coffees in the garden and its a great way to start your day! After take a walk on the highline!
18 locals recommend
Kava Cafe
803 Washington St
18 locals recommend
Favorite local coffee shop. There is a garden outside. Often take morning coffees in the garden and its a great way to start your day! After take a walk on the highline!
Favorite local spot to sit at the bar and have dinner. If you're traveling solo, this is ideal for dinner.
44 locals recommend
dell'anima
600 11th Ave
44 locals recommend
Favorite local spot to sit at the bar and have dinner. If you're traveling solo, this is ideal for dinner.
Steak and frites at the bar
86 locals recommend
Raoul's
180 Prince St
86 locals recommend
Steak and frites at the bar
Late night dinner here is always a fun time- very small, great staff.
42 locals recommend
Little Prince
199 Prince St
42 locals recommend
Late night dinner here is always a fun time- very small, great staff.
Just perfect. Romantic and quaint and very New York.
111 locals recommend
Little Owl
90 Bedford St
111 locals recommend
Just perfect. Romantic and quaint and very New York.
Great place for lunch. Try the corn!
218 locals recommend
Café Habana
17 Prince St
218 locals recommend
Great place for lunch. Try the corn!
Amazing italian dinner
82 locals recommend
Locanda Verde
377 Greenwich St
82 locals recommend
Amazing italian dinner
French uptown bistro
Amaranth
21 East 62nd Street
French uptown bistro
Upscale asian dinner
25 locals recommend
Indochine
430 Lafayette St
25 locals recommend
Upscale asian dinner
Italian dinner. Be sure to request the back room only.
71 locals recommend
Carbone
181 Thompson St
71 locals recommend
Italian dinner. Be sure to request the back room only.
Favorite falafel restaurant
116 locals recommend
Taïm
45 Spring St
116 locals recommend
Favorite falafel restaurant
Good local restaurant for lunch
60 locals recommend
Barbuto
113 Horatio St
60 locals recommend
Good local restaurant for lunch
Near 6th Avenue, this is the best slice (in my opinion).
337 locals recommend
Joe's Pizza
7 Carmine St
337 locals recommend
Near 6th Avenue, this is the best slice (in my opinion).
Cute day bar for a drink
10 locals recommend
Café Noir
35 Lispenard Street
10 locals recommend
Cute day bar for a drink
Located in the Equinox gym, this is a very good place to grab a healthy juice or snack.
67 locals recommend
Juice Generation
210 Bedford Ave
67 locals recommend
Located in the Equinox gym, this is a very good place to grab a healthy juice or snack.
Nespresso coffee shop
16 locals recommend
Nespresso SoHo Boutique
92 Prince St
16 locals recommend
Nespresso coffee shop
Popular french bistro
50 locals recommend
Pastis
52 Gansevoort St
50 locals recommend
Popular french bistro
Local italian restaurant on West 4th Street
34 locals recommend
Sant Ambroeus West Village
259 West 4th Street
34 locals recommend
Local italian restaurant on West 4th Street
Mexican restaurant close to the apartment for dinner
27 locals recommend
Empellon Taqueria
230 West 4th Street
27 locals recommend
Mexican restaurant close to the apartment for dinner
Enjoy a drink and appetizers at the bar
20 locals recommend
The Beatrice Inn
285 W 12th St
20 locals recommend
Enjoy a drink and appetizers at the bar
Love this local restaurant, especially sitting at the bar upstairs for oysters and wine.
264 locals recommend
The Spotted Dog
1154 1st Ave.
264 locals recommend
Love this local restaurant, especially sitting at the bar upstairs for oysters and wine.
If you've walked the highline and find yourself doing the Chelsea gallery walk... this is a great little restaurant and market to check out.
31 locals recommend
Foragers Table
300 W 22nd St
31 locals recommend
If you've walked the highline and find yourself doing the Chelsea gallery walk... this is a great little restaurant and market to check out.
Casual restaurant for brunch, lunch or dinner.
64 locals recommend
The Smile
26 Bond St
64 locals recommend
Casual restaurant for brunch, lunch or dinner.
Make a very late night dinner in the back room (ie 10p) and be sure to wait for the back. Cool, hip, fun jamaican restaurant with a great crowd.
81 locals recommend
Miss Lily's
132 W Houston St
81 locals recommend
Make a very late night dinner in the back room (ie 10p) and be sure to wait for the back. Cool, hip, fun jamaican restaurant with a great crowd.
Popular dinner location
135 locals recommend
Minetta Tavern
113 MacDougal St
135 locals recommend
Popular dinner location
Enjoy having a morning coffee here before walking through central park. use www.hopstop.com to find the easiest train directions.
59 locals recommend
Sant Ambroeus
267 Lafayette St
59 locals recommend
Enjoy having a morning coffee here before walking through central park. use www.hopstop.com to find the easiest train directions.
They don't take reservations and the wait is long, but it's a very fun place to have dinner. healthy food and reasonable wine list. You can put your name down and have a drink next door at Kingswood.
138 locals recommend
Rosemary's
18 Greenwich Ave
138 locals recommend
They don't take reservations and the wait is long, but it's a very fun place to have dinner. healthy food and reasonable wine list. You can put your name down and have a drink next door at Kingswood.

Drinks & Nightlife

Cool bar downstairs, under the restaurant (difficult to get into but really fun)
59 locals recommend
ACME
9 Great Jones St
59 locals recommend
Cool bar downstairs, under the restaurant (difficult to get into but really fun)
Casual dinner. Very good raw bar and the same owners as Perla and Fedora.
80 locals recommend
Jeffrey's Grocery
172 Waverly Pl
80 locals recommend
Casual dinner. Very good raw bar and the same owners as Perla and Fedora.
If you want a beer and burger late night, this is the place!
150 locals recommend
Corner Bistro
331 West 4th Street
150 locals recommend
If you want a beer and burger late night, this is the place!
European bar to watch soccer and drink rose on weekend days.
30 locals recommend
Felix
340 W Broadway
30 locals recommend
European bar to watch soccer and drink rose on weekend days.
There's a very small, somewhat hidden wine bar across the street from the restaurant. Tell the bartendars what you like and they are very good at suggesting the perfect glass.
31 locals recommend
Blue Ribbon Bakery Kitchen
35 Downing Street
31 locals recommend
There's a very small, somewhat hidden wine bar across the street from the restaurant. Tell the bartendars what you like and they are very good at suggesting the perfect glass.
Sports bar
9 locals recommend
Windsor
234 West 4th Street
9 locals recommend
Sports bar
Popular wine bar
90 locals recommend
Aria West Village
14 Bedford St
90 locals recommend
Popular wine bar
local bar near Aria bar as well
37 locals recommend
The Otheroom
143 Perry St
37 locals recommend
local bar near Aria bar as well
Dive bar with pool and cheap beers
35 locals recommend
The Rusty Knot
425 West St
35 locals recommend
Dive bar with pool and cheap beers
I like this restaurant for dinner at the bar or a drink later in the night
65 locals recommend
Fedora
65 locals recommend
I like this restaurant for dinner at the bar or a drink later in the night

Everything Else

Walk the highline in the mornings on a weekday. Weekends can be busy. Nice way to walk from Meat Packing into Chelsea (Chelsea gallery walk around 25th Street is great)
2323 locals recommend
The High Line Park
2323 locals recommend
Walk the highline in the mornings on a weekday. Weekends can be busy. Nice way to walk from Meat Packing into Chelsea (Chelsea gallery walk around 25th Street is great)
Terrific museum
2114 locals recommend
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
2114 locals recommend
Terrific museum
There are often great exhibits here.
1126 locals recommend
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave
1126 locals recommend
There are often great exhibits here.
There is a lovely roof at this hotel, as well as a beer garden and popular night clubs, Le Bain and Boom Boom.
294 locals recommend
The Standard Biergarten
848 Washington St
294 locals recommend
There is a lovely roof at this hotel, as well as a beer garden and popular night clubs, Le Bain and Boom Boom.
Blue Ribbon is famous. There are multiple locations, including the original in Soho. I like the tiny bakery which has signature "toasts" to go and iced cofffee with mexican honey.
31 locals recommend
Blue Ribbon Bakery Kitchen
35 Downing Street
31 locals recommend
Blue Ribbon is famous. There are multiple locations, including the original in Soho. I like the tiny bakery which has signature "toasts" to go and iced cofffee with mexican honey.
Clothing boutique near the apartment
9 locals recommend
Otte
121 Greenwich Ave
9 locals recommend
Clothing boutique near the apartment
Gym
54 locals recommend
Equinox Greenwich Avenue
97 Greenwich Ave
54 locals recommend
Gym
Love the lobby bar
76 locals recommend
The Bowery Hotel
335 Bowery
76 locals recommend
Love the lobby bar
They have a lovely New York bar with a piano player. It's one of my favorite places in the city.
37 locals recommend
The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel
35 E 76th St
37 locals recommend
They have a lovely New York bar with a piano player. It's one of my favorite places in the city.
If you like to shop, this is a great place to visit.
109 locals recommend
Chanel New York Madison Avenue
660 Madison Ave
109 locals recommend
If you like to shop, this is a great place to visit.
Good breakfast or lunch spot and I like the Bowery area for restaurants in general
38 locals recommend
Peels
325 Bowery
38 locals recommend
Good breakfast or lunch spot and I like the Bowery area for restaurants in general
Nice to have a coffee in the upstairs part of the hotel bar/restaurant if you're walking through Soho.
14 locals recommend
The Mercer
147 Mercer St
14 locals recommend
Nice to have a coffee in the upstairs part of the hotel bar/restaurant if you're walking through Soho.
Local grocery store
43 locals recommend
D'Agostino Supermarkets Inc
666 Greenwich St
43 locals recommend
Local grocery store
CVS grocery and drugstore, located on 8th Avenue and 14th Street for beauty needs, medicine, house supplies etc.
329 locals recommend
CVS
156 Henry St
329 locals recommend
CVS grocery and drugstore, located on 8th Avenue and 14th Street for beauty needs, medicine, house supplies etc.
Famous bakery on Bleeker, walking distance from the apartment. Best to go on weekday mornings before the crowds arrive.
401 locals recommend
Magnolia Bakery
401 Bleecker St
401 locals recommend
Famous bakery on Bleeker, walking distance from the apartment. Best to go on weekday mornings before the crowds arrive.
Fun museum if you have extra time
1623 locals recommend
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
1623 locals recommend
Fun museum if you have extra time
Lovely yoga studio with a very healthy cafe attached
31 locals recommend
Jivamukti Yoga Center New York
841 Broadway
31 locals recommend
Lovely yoga studio with a very healthy cafe attached
Very favorite organic market for food, juice, vitamins etc.
45 locals recommend
Lifethyme Natural Market
410 6th Ave
45 locals recommend
Very favorite organic market for food, juice, vitamins etc.
Next to Lifethyme market, this is a specialized pharmacy and has wonderful beauty products.
34 locals recommend
C.O. Bigelow
414 6th Ave
34 locals recommend
Next to Lifethyme market, this is a specialized pharmacy and has wonderful beauty products.
Popular fench bistro in Soho
274 locals recommend
Balthazar
80 Spring St
274 locals recommend
Popular fench bistro in Soho
Candle and perfume shop ... really love this store and all of their products!
9 locals recommend
diptyque
377 Bleecker St
9 locals recommend
Candle and perfume shop ... really love this store and all of their products!
Shopping
31 locals recommend
Topshop Topman
478 Broadway
31 locals recommend
Shopping
Shopping
44 locals recommend
Zara
Broadway
44 locals recommend
Shopping
Shopping
149 locals recommend
Bergdorf Goodman
754 5th Ave
149 locals recommend
Shopping
An uptown quiet hotel but nice to have a glass of wine before or after a drink at The Carlyle
11 locals recommend
The Surrey
20 E 76th St
11 locals recommend
An uptown quiet hotel but nice to have a glass of wine before or after a drink at The Carlyle
The people who work here are great at recommending wines for the style and price you like.
7 locals recommend
Manley's Wines & Spirits
35 8th Ave
7 locals recommend
The people who work here are great at recommending wines for the style and price you like.
the name says it all
9 locals recommend
Milk & Cookies Bakery
19 Commerce St
9 locals recommend
the name says it all

Shopping

The weekends they have classical music. Beautiful to have a glass of wine and listen.
2653 locals recommend
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Ave
2653 locals recommend
The weekends they have classical music. Beautiful to have a glass of wine and listen.
Nice coffee, salads, sandwiches ... very local
17 locals recommend
Bonsignour
35 Jane St
17 locals recommend
Nice coffee, salads, sandwiches ... very local
This is a fun store for beauty needs and accessories.
25 locals recommend
Ricky's NYC
44 E 8th St
25 locals recommend
This is a fun store for beauty needs and accessories.
Photography gallery in Soho
Staley-Wise Gallery
100 Crosby St
Photography gallery in Soho
Cool photography shop
Morrison Hotel Gallery
116 Prince St
Cool photography shop