Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
Great, chill place for coffee and lunch. Live Jazz on Sunday starts at 8pm.
73 locals recommend
Epistrophy
200 Mott StGreat, chill place for coffee and lunch. Live Jazz on Sunday starts at 8pm.
PUBLIC
210 Elizabeth StreetUpscale, very cool bar and Michelin star restaurant.
Vegetarian menu, but good food and very friendly, shabby chic, slightly pricey place. Excellent people watching.
198 locals recommend
The Butcher's Daughter
19 Kenmare StVegetarian menu, but good food and very friendly, shabby chic, slightly pricey place. Excellent people watching.
Famous for their tomato soup, this modern, trendy spot is always a solid choice for lunch, dinner and drinks. One of my personal favorites.
40 locals recommend
Bread
40 Kenmare StreetFamous for their tomato soup, this modern, trendy spot is always a solid choice for lunch, dinner and drinks. One of my personal favorites.
Yes, a touristy hotspot, but still one of the best restaurants in Soho.
274 locals recommend
Balthazar
80 Spring StYes, a touristy hotspot, but still one of the best restaurants in Soho.
Good luck getting in for dinner, but dress well and smile, and you'll usually be allowed downstairs for drinks. Beautiful crowd.
263 locals recommend
La Esquina - SoHo
114 Kenmare StGood luck getting in for dinner, but dress well and smile, and you'll usually be allowed downstairs for drinks. Beautiful crowd.
Very cool neighborhood spot, with typical gorgeous Soho yuppies propping up the bar.
119 locals recommend
Cafe Select
212 Lafayette StVery cool neighborhood spot, with typical gorgeous Soho yuppies propping up the bar.
Well managed restaurant / bar with excellent food set in a very trendy room. Good value.
42 locals recommend
Delicatessen
54 Prince StWell managed restaurant / bar with excellent food set in a very trendy room. Good value.
Reservations required, or wait to be seated at the bar. Food is exceptional, and yes, you will pay for the privilege.
54 locals recommend
il Buco
47 Bond StReservations required, or wait to be seated at the bar. Food is exceptional, and yes, you will pay for the privilege.
Excellent food in rather upscale, famous New York restaurant. It's fun to pop next door to the Bowery Hotel after dinner for a night cap.
37 locals recommend
DBGB Kitchen & Bar
299 BoweryExcellent food in rather upscale, famous New York restaurant. It's fun to pop next door to the Bowery Hotel after dinner for a night cap.
This is the best restaurant in Manhattan. Simply exquisite. Dinner for two will cost about $500.
11 locals recommend
La Grenouille
3 E 52nd StThis is the best restaurant in Manhattan. Simply exquisite. Dinner for two will cost about $500.
Delicious Turkish cuisine, and a wonderful selection of wines and beer. The owner is there every night, and runs an excellent business.
10 locals recommend
Little Rascal
163 Elizabeth StDelicious Turkish cuisine, and a wonderful selection of wines and beer. The owner is there every night, and runs an excellent business.
Top-notch coffee made to order on your doorstep. Also, a very convenient shop.
26 locals recommend
Nolita Mart & Espresso Bar
156 Mott StTop-notch coffee made to order on your doorstep. Also, a very convenient shop.
Oro Bakery and Bar
375 Broome StGreat coffee on Broome Street.
Expensive, but very good French restaurant. They have a bottle of St Emilion worth drinking.
86 locals recommend
Raoul's
180 Prince StExpensive, but very good French restaurant. They have a bottle of St Emilion worth drinking.
Cafe El Portal
174 Elizabeth StreetExcellent Mexican food and not too pricey.
Café Habana
17 Prince StTrendy, and hard to get a table. But the food is very good.
An independent book shop serving great coffee. What's not to love?
98 locals recommend
Goods for the Study Mulberry
234 Mulberry StAn independent book shop serving great coffee. What's not to love?
Drinks & Nightlife
A dive bar, but a bloody good one. Bring ID. The door is challenged on the imagination front.
48 locals recommend
Sweet and Vicious
5 Spring StA dive bar, but a bloody good one. Bring ID. The door is challenged on the imagination front.
Sometimes booked by private parties, but this is one of those places you must at least check out. It's a famous NYC underground club.
46 locals recommend
Pravda
281 Lafayette StSometimes booked by private parties, but this is one of those places you must at least check out. It's a famous NYC underground club.
Go downstairs to the cavernous wine bar. It's candlelit and very cozy. The food is overrated.
50 locals recommend
Peasant
194 Elizabeth StGo downstairs to the cavernous wine bar. It's candlelit and very cozy. The food is overrated.
The bartender, Bob Bozak, used to be a heavy-weight boxer. He's also the funniest bartender in New York. Go for a drink.
46 locals recommend
Fanelli's Cafe
94 Prince StThe bartender, Bob Bozak, used to be a heavy-weight boxer. He's also the funniest bartender in New York. Go for a drink.
Good East Village hotspot, but can be hard to find a seat. Great room, and lighting.
25 locals recommend
The Bourgeois Pig
111 East 7th StreetGood East Village hotspot, but can be hard to find a seat. Great room, and lighting.
Quite possibly the hardest door in Manhattan, but if you go before 8pm, it won't be an issue. It's inside the Gramercy Hotel.
68 locals recommend
Rose Bar
2 Lexington AveQuite possibly the hardest door in Manhattan, but if you go before 8pm, it won't be an issue. It's inside the Gramercy Hotel.
Sightseeing
Obviously. But remember, the price is a SUGGESTED donation. $1 will get you in the door.
2653 locals recommend
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th AveObviously. But remember, the price is a SUGGESTED donation. $1 will get you in the door.
Frick Collection
1 E 70th StOne of the best museums in NYC.
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd StreetModern Art... of course.
Top of the Rock
30 Rockefeller PlazaSo much better, and less crowded than the Empire State Building.