Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
Best cafe in New York - really. Fresh seasonal salads, sandwiches & pastries for under $10. You will love sunning in the window at one of the tiny tables, or grabbing a gourmet sandwich on the run.
7 locals recommend
Paradis To Go
114 4th AveBest cafe in New York - really. Fresh seasonal salads, sandwiches & pastries for under $10. You will love sunning in the window at one of the tiny tables, or grabbing a gourmet sandwich on the run.
One of the best cozy coffee shops in New York - perfect Intelligentsia coffee, clean warm atmosphere, cool baristas... they have a problem with people not wanting to leave.
6 locals recommend
Wayside
One of the best cozy coffee shops in New York - perfect Intelligentsia coffee, clean warm atmosphere, cool baristas... they have a problem with people not wanting to leave.
Local favorite for Italian. Sit at the bar and get the calamari black linguini!
78 locals recommend
Frank
88 2nd AveLocal favorite for Italian. Sit at the bar and get the calamari black linguini!
Great coffee and atmosphere, hearty sandwiches. So popular that it can get crowded.
82 locals recommend
The Grey Dog
244 Mulberry StGreat coffee and atmosphere, hearty sandwiches. So popular that it can get crowded.
A gem along Avenue C - excellent pan-Latin cuisine, amazing jalepeno margaritas and caparinhas, often music and dancing. Between C and D can get a little dicey at night so just be aware walking home!
123 locals recommend
Esperanto
145 Loisaida AveA gem along Avenue C - excellent pan-Latin cuisine, amazing jalepeno margaritas and caparinhas, often music and dancing. Between C and D can get a little dicey at night so just be aware walking home!
"For over 25 years, New York City’s Angelica Kitchen has been widely regarded as the epicenter of the vegan universe."
48 locals recommend
Angelica Kitchen
"For over 25 years, New York City’s Angelica Kitchen has been widely regarded as the epicenter of the vegan universe."
Essentials
Japanese market with fresh and reasonable sushi, kombucha, coconut water, Haagen Dazs ice cream, specialty beer and other necessary things!
12 locals recommend
M2M
55 3rd AveJapanese market with fresh and reasonable sushi, kombucha, coconut water, Haagen Dazs ice cream, specialty beer and other necessary things!
Trader Joe's Grocery AND Trader Joe's Wine Shop. Best prices in town and everyone knows it... people come from Brooklyn to take their groceries and wine back home on the L train. $3.99 organic wine!
1296 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
130 Court StTrader Joe's Grocery AND Trader Joe's Wine Shop. Best prices in town and everyone knows it... people come from Brooklyn to take their groceries and wine back home on the L train. $3.99 organic wine!
Best prices in town and everyone knows it... people come from Brooklyn to take their wine back home on the L train. $3.99 organic white and red is a house favorite - they can hardly keep it in stock.
62 locals recommend
Trader Joe's Wine Shop
138 E 14th StBest prices in town and everyone knows it... people come from Brooklyn to take their wine back home on the L train. $3.99 organic white and red is a house favorite - they can hardly keep it in stock.
Shopping
Hip thrift shop - look for the deals on high end vintage clothing the East Village is known for.
52 locals recommend
Tokio 7
83 E 7th StHip thrift shop - look for the deals on high end vintage clothing the East Village is known for.
Anthropologie
85 5th AveGreat sale room downstairs.
Zara
BroadwayZara
Best bookstore in the city, home to 8 MILES of great used books. Dollar racks outside, gorgeous limited edition lit & art books inside. Pick up a 1st ed. of Nabokov & a dollar paperback of Hemingway.
207 locals recommend
The Strand Bookstore
828 BroadwayBest bookstore in the city, home to 8 MILES of great used books. Dollar racks outside, gorgeous limited edition lit & art books inside. Pick up a 1st ed. of Nabokov & a dollar paperback of Hemingway.
Another great vintage bookstore. Smaller than the strand, more curated. Most recently, I got a reprinted illuminated manuscript and a book on Andy Warhol.
Alabaster Bookshop
122 4th AveAnother great vintage bookstore. Smaller than the strand, more curated. Most recently, I got a reprinted illuminated manuscript and a book on Andy Warhol.
Everything Else
Parsons students... I always check out what they are wearing this season :)
9 locals recommend
Parsons School of Design
66 W 13th StParsons students... I always check out what they are wearing this season :)
One of two transportation hubs in the city, and the only one in the artsy living-friendly Village. Easy access North, South, East & West. A fast straight shot to Williamsburg & Bushwick in Brooklyn.
987 locals recommend
Union Square
One of two transportation hubs in the city, and the only one in the artsy living-friendly Village. Easy access North, South, East & West. A fast straight shot to Williamsburg & Bushwick in Brooklyn.
Webster Hall
125 E 11th StOne of the greats.
Undercurrent Projects
74 Richardson StA laboratory for creative conspiracy.
Astor Place
Astor PlaceAstor Place
Drinks & Nightlife
Hip hideaway favorite of artists and musicians... You never know who you'll catch here.
26 locals recommend
Otto's Shrunken Head
538 E 14th StHip hideaway favorite of artists and musicians... You never know who you'll catch here.
Sightseeing
Gramercy Park
Only accessible by key, New York's most exclusive park.