Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
Set in a 1920s bank building, this stylish lounge serves elevated bar food & custom cocktails.
38 locals recommend
Banc Cafe
431 3rd AveSet in a 1920s bank building, this stylish lounge serves elevated bar food & custom cocktails.
Old-school restaurant serving blintzes, knishes & other Jewish fare, plus a variety of sandwiches.
38 locals recommend
2nd Ave Deli
162 E 33rd StOld-school restaurant serving blintzes, knishes & other Jewish fare, plus a variety of sandwiches.
Dos Caminos is home of the best Mexican food in New York City. Modern Mexican cuisine & cocktails fuel an energetic scene at this upscale eatery.
89 locals recommend
Dos Caminos
675 Hudson StDos Caminos is home of the best Mexican food in New York City. Modern Mexican cuisine & cocktails fuel an energetic scene at this upscale eatery.
One of NYC’s largest jazz clubs, featuring new & established musicians plus BBQ from Danny Meyer.
34 locals recommend
Jazz Standard
116 E 27th StOne of NYC’s largest jazz clubs, featuring new & established musicians plus BBQ from Danny Meyer.
Great place to grab a burger (beef, bison, turkey, vegetarian, or elk). Organic ingredients.
465 locals recommend
Bareburger
33-21 31st AveGreat place to grab a burger (beef, bison, turkey, vegetarian, or elk). Organic ingredients.
Following the runaway success of the Brooklyn Flea market, founders Eric Demby and Jonathan Butler unveiled this food-only Saturday affair—a glutton’s paradise packed with more than 100 vendors hawking cheap and delicious snacks. A favorite amongst locals and tourists alike, Smorgasburg opens every Saturday and Sunday from 11am-6pm from April through November, rain or shine, at Williamsburg’s East River Park on Saturdays and at Prospect Park’s Breeze Hill on Sundays.
777 locals recommend
Smorgasburg
90 Kent AveFollowing the runaway success of the Brooklyn Flea market, founders Eric Demby and Jonathan Butler unveiled this food-only Saturday affair—a glutton’s paradise packed with more than 100 vendors hawking cheap and delicious snacks. A favorite amongst locals and tourists alike, Smorgasburg opens every Saturday and Sunday from 11am-6pm from April through November, rain or shine, at Williamsburg’s East River Park on Saturdays and at Prospect Park’s Breeze Hill on Sundays.
Essentials
Branch of the famed Italian market, offering counters, restaurants & cooking demos. Places to grab a drink or gelato
592 locals recommend
Eataly NYC Flatiron
200 5th AveBranch of the famed Italian market, offering counters, restaurants & cooking demos. Places to grab a drink or gelato
Sightseeing
Flatiron Building
175 5th AveOne of the most iconic buildings in the city.
Go for ice skating, to see the Christmas Tree, or up to the observation deck for great views of the city.
759 locals recommend
Rockefeller Center
45 Rockefeller PlazaGo for ice skating, to see the Christmas Tree, or up to the observation deck for great views of the city.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and completed in 1931, the building has a roof height of 1,250 feet and stands a total of 1,454 feet tall, including its antenna.
1787 locals recommend
Empire State Building
20 W 34th StThe Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and completed in 1931, the building has a roof height of 1,250 feet and stands a total of 1,454 feet tall, including its antenna.
Lights, lights, lights (and lots of people). Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It stretches from West 42nd to West 47th Street.
2037 locals recommend
Times Square
Lights, lights, lights (and lots of people). Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It stretches from West 42nd to West 47th Street.
Great neighborhood to walk around for Italian cuisine, pizza, gelato. Little Italy welcomes a heavily tourist crowd to its high concentration of souvenir shops and traditional Italian eateries and bakeries. Tenement buildings, once home to the immigrants who settled the area in the late 1800s, line the narrow streets. Mulberry Street, the main thoroughfare, turns into a pedestrian mall on summer weekends. The area celebrates its heritage each September at the busy San Gennaro festival.
312 locals recommend
Little Italy
189 Grand StGreat neighborhood to walk around for Italian cuisine, pizza, gelato. Little Italy welcomes a heavily tourist crowd to its high concentration of souvenir shops and traditional Italian eateries and bakeries. Tenement buildings, once home to the immigrants who settled the area in the late 1800s, line the narrow streets. Mulberry Street, the main thoroughfare, turns into a pedestrian mall on summer weekends. The area celebrates its heritage each September at the busy San Gennaro festival.
Arts & Culture
For a different kind of "museum" experience. The Museum of Sex, also known as MoSex opened on October 5, 2002.
172 locals recommend
Museum of Sex
233 5th AveFor a different kind of "museum" experience. The Museum of Sex, also known as MoSex opened on October 5, 2002.
Circa-1932 art deco theater hosting the Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes, concerts & more
230 locals recommend
Radio City Music Hall
1260 6th AveCirca-1932 art deco theater hosting the Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes, concerts & more
Plaza & exhibits honoring victims of the WTC terrorist attacks.
567 locals recommend
9/11 Memorial South Pool
180 Greenwich StPlaza & exhibits honoring victims of the WTC terrorist attacks.
MoMA has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world. MoMA's collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist's books, film, and electronic media.
2114 locals recommend
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd StreetMoMA has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world. MoMA's collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist's books, film, and electronic media.
Parks & Nature
Green space behind the NY Public Library's main branch, with 4 acres, food kiosks, shops and ice skating in the Winter.
688 locals recommend
Bryant Park
Green space behind the NY Public Library's main branch, with 4 acres, food kiosks, shops and ice skating in the Winter.
The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long elevated linear park, greenway and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan. The High Line’s design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf.
2323 locals recommend
The High Line Park
The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long elevated linear park, greenway and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan. The High Line’s design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn. Founded in 1910, and located in the Prospect Park neighborhood, the 52-acre garden includes a number of specialty "gardens within the Garden", plant collections and the Steinhardt Conservatory, which houses the C. V.
2030 locals recommend
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington AveBrooklyn Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn. Founded in 1910, and located in the Prospect Park neighborhood, the 52-acre garden includes a number of specialty "gardens within the Garden", plant collections and the Steinhardt Conservatory, which houses the C. V.
Shopping
Local farmers, fishers and bakers sell great stuff at this outdoor market on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
987 locals recommend
Union Square
Local farmers, fishers and bakers sell great stuff at this outdoor market on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Drinks & Nightlife
This is one of only two speakeasies in New York City that operated during Prohibition and is still in existence today. Classy place for drinks.
127 locals recommend
The Back Room
102 Norfolk StThis is one of only two speakeasies in New York City that operated during Prohibition and is still in existence today. Classy place for drinks.