Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
Jacob's Pickles
509 Amsterdam AveGreat southern cuisine and beer selection
Excellent Italian food and friendly owner from Rome always eager to speak Italian
51 locals recommend
Celeste Restaurant
502 Amsterdam AveExcellent Italian food and friendly owner from Rome always eager to speak Italian
West 83rd Street
West 83rd StreetAmazing European cafe where You've Got Mail (Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan) was filmed
Sarabeth's Upper West Side
423 Amsterdam AveQuintessential NYC brunch spot
Lenny's Bagels
2601 BroadwayGreat NYC bagels -- try the salmon lox
Boat Basin Cafe
West 79th StreetEat right along the Hudson
The Mermaid Inn
570 Amsterdam AveExcellent oysters + seafood
Peacefood Cafe
460 Amsterdam AveVegan cafe
Everything Else
Crunch Fitness - 19th Street
220 W 19th StGreat gym
Essentials
Fairway Market 74th Street
2131 BroadwayExcellent NYC grocery store
Citarella Gourmet Market - Upper West Side
2135 BroadwayEuropean grocery store
Sightseeing
Columbia University
116th and BroadwayCool campus
Check out the peacocks wandering around outside this church!
378 locals recommend
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam AveCheck out the peacocks wandering around outside this church!
Hudson River
Take a walk here
81 Street-Museum of Natural History Station
Check out the butterfly exhibit
Drinks & Nightlife
George Keeley NYC
485 Amsterdam AveOne of many Irish pubs on this strip
Arts & Culture
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center PlazaBallet; opera; philharmonic
AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13
1998 BroadwayExcellent movie theater
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th AveAmazing. Pay what you wish.
Neue Galerie
1048 5th AveHidden gem -- German/Austrian art gallery with amazing cafe
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Avemodern art at its finest