Guidebook for New York

Jonathan
Guidebook for New York

Food Scene

Owner a friend of mine
9 locals recommend
Zucco
188 Orchard Street
9 locals recommend
Owner a friend of mine
Tourist trap
690 locals recommend
Katz's Delicatessen
205 E Houston St
690 locals recommend
Tourist trap
Models
219 locals recommend
Cafe Gitane
242 Mott St
219 locals recommend
Models
Owner friend of mine
15 locals recommend
Rosario's Pizza
173 Orchard St
15 locals recommend
Owner friend of mine
Great Seafood
109 locals recommend
Lobster Joint
1073 Manhattan Ave
109 locals recommend
Great Seafood
Tremendously popular
580 locals recommend
The Meatball Shop
64 Greenwich Ave
580 locals recommend
Tremendously popular
Great Latin American food
14 locals recommend
Macondo East
14 locals recommend
Great Latin American food
Great place for Breakfast. Great steak and eggs and Huevos Rancheros. Don't go for lunch or dinner. Way to crowded and noisy.
218 locals recommend
Café Habana
17 Prince St
218 locals recommend
Great place for Breakfast. Great steak and eggs and Huevos Rancheros. Don't go for lunch or dinner. Way to crowded and noisy.
Great Greek Diner... Open 24 hours
36 locals recommend
Remedy Diner
245 E Houston St
36 locals recommend
Great Greek Diner... Open 24 hours
Good Mexican food. Super crowded on weekends. Only go for lunch
49 locals recommend
Taqueria St. Marks Place
79 St Marks Pl
49 locals recommend
Good Mexican food. Super crowded on weekends. Only go for lunch
Great food. Restaurant usually empty
Tromba Ristorante Bar
121 Ludlow St
Great food. Restaurant usually empty
Not worth going to. Open nearly 24 hours
Ray's Pizza
195 East Houston Street
Not worth going to. Open nearly 24 hours
Open 24 Hours. Good place for Breakfast
7 locals recommend
Sugar Cafe
200 Allen St
7 locals recommend
Open 24 Hours. Good place for Breakfast
So so Latin-American restaurant - Macondo is much better
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So so Latin-American restaurant - Macondo is much better
Don't waste your time. To be avoided
24 locals recommend
Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery
137 E Houston St
24 locals recommend
Don't waste your time. To be avoided
Open until 4 AM. Looks like a fast food place but the food is really good. Try the Viagra Empanada or San Cocha.
115 locals recommend
Empanada Mama
765 9th Ave
115 locals recommend
Open until 4 AM. Looks like a fast food place but the food is really good. Try the Viagra Empanada or San Cocha.
Best Dominica restaurant in area. Very inexpensive. Try the Penil (pork)
15 locals recommend
El Castillo de Jagua
113 Rivington St
15 locals recommend
Best Dominica restaurant in area. Very inexpensive. Try the Penil (pork)
Restaurant and bar for Wall Street types and women looking to find a Wall Street Type
95 locals recommend
Stanton Social
95 locals recommend
Restaurant and bar for Wall Street types and women looking to find a Wall Street Type
Gourmet Pizza Parlour
13 locals recommend
Pala Pizza
13 locals recommend
Gourmet Pizza Parlour
OK if you like Barbecue. Relatively inexpensive. Order the mixed barbecue
11 locals recommend
Georgia's Eastside BBQ
11 locals recommend
OK if you like Barbecue. Relatively inexpensive. Order the mixed barbecue
OK. Quite inexpensive and never very crowded
181 locals recommend
Russ & Daughters Cafe
127 Orchard St
181 locals recommend
OK. Quite inexpensive and never very crowded
Coffee shop and clothing store across the street owned by two strange women. Been there once and have no intention of going again.
Grit N Glory
214 Orchard St
Coffee shop and clothing store across the street owned by two strange women. Been there once and have no intention of going again.
This is where I usually get my morning coffee
11 locals recommend
Konditori
11 locals recommend
This is where I usually get my morning coffee
There are allot of great restaurants on Clinton between Houston and Stanton. Worth checking out.
Clinton Street
Clinton Street
There are allot of great restaurants on Clinton between Houston and Stanton. Worth checking out.
Best Steakhouse in NYC
The Palm West Side
250 W 50th St
Best Steakhouse in NYC
Owned by TV celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain one of the best French restaurants in NYC. Relatively expensive
184 locals recommend
Fulton Street Art Gallery
116 John St
184 locals recommend
Owned by TV celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain one of the best French restaurants in NYC. Relatively expensive
Inexpensive Greek Restaurant
33 locals recommend
Souvlaki GR
116 Stanton St
33 locals recommend
Inexpensive Greek Restaurant
Feminist Coffee Shop and Book Store
18 locals recommend
Bluestockings Bookstore, Cafe & Activist Center
116 Suffolk St
18 locals recommend
Feminist Coffee Shop and Book Store
Best roasted coffee in the neighborhood
45 locals recommend
Caffè Vita
124 Ludlow St
45 locals recommend
Best roasted coffee in the neighborhood
Nearest Starbucks
577 locals recommend
Starbucks
154 N 7th St
577 locals recommend
Nearest Starbucks
Coffee shop with internet
102 locals recommend
The Bean
31 3rd Ave
102 locals recommend
Coffee shop with internet
Relatively inexpensive and great food, particularly the seafood and soups. Open until 4 pm +. Place to go when the clubs close.
7 locals recommend
Bowery Diner
241 Bowery
7 locals recommend
Relatively inexpensive and great food, particularly the seafood and soups. Open until 4 pm +. Place to go when the clubs close.
Very expensive French Bistro in Soho, with celebrities most nights.
274 locals recommend
Balthazar
80 Spring St
274 locals recommend
Very expensive French Bistro in Soho, with celebrities most nights.
Famous hang for Broadway theater celebrities. Very expensive and hard to get in without a reservation
8 locals recommend
Sardi's
234 W 44th St
8 locals recommend
Famous hang for Broadway theater celebrities. Very expensive and hard to get in without a reservation
Very expensive restaurant. Hangout for Opera singers,classical musicians, artists, theater actors...from nearby Lincoln Center
47 locals recommend
Cafe Luxembourg
200 W 70th St
47 locals recommend
Very expensive restaurant. Hangout for Opera singers,classical musicians, artists, theater actors...from nearby Lincoln Center
Expensive bar and restaurant. Fashion hangout for models and designers.
39 locals recommend
Cipriani Downtown
376 W Broadway
39 locals recommend
Expensive bar and restaurant. Fashion hangout for models and designers.
Tourist Trap - Avoid
30 locals recommend
Hard Rock Cafe Yankee Stadium
1 E 161 St
30 locals recommend
Tourist Trap - Avoid
Tourist Trap - Avoid
Mars 2112
1633 Broadway
Tourist Trap - Avoid
Expensive restaurant for the rich. Woody Allen sometimes comes in on Monday evening and plays clarinet with his jazz friends.
6 locals recommend
Michael's
33-17 Broadway
6 locals recommend
Expensive restaurant for the rich. Woody Allen sometimes comes in on Monday evening and plays clarinet with his jazz friends.
Was a celebrity restaurant but now more a tourist trap.
17 locals recommend
The Russian Tea Room
150 W 57th St
17 locals recommend
Was a celebrity restaurant but now more a tourist trap.
The celebrity hang out in NYC. Almost impossible to get in unless you are rich and famous or the doorman think's you are rich and famous. Helps if you arrive in a Limo with several models
80 locals recommend
Waverly Inn
16 Bank St
80 locals recommend
The celebrity hang out in NYC. Almost impossible to get in unless you are rich and famous or the doorman think's you are rich and famous. Helps if you arrive in a Limo with several models
Lots of models and celebrities in restaurant and hotel. Very expensive and exclusive
84 locals recommend
The Mercer Kitchen
99 Prince St
84 locals recommend
Lots of models and celebrities in restaurant and hotel. Very expensive and exclusive
Downtown breakfast and lunchtime celebrity hangout for movies stars mainly
106 locals recommend
Bubby's
120 Hudson St
106 locals recommend
Downtown breakfast and lunchtime celebrity hangout for movies stars mainly
Owned by Robert de Niro. Very expensive movie star hangout
23 locals recommend
Nobu Next Door
23 locals recommend
Owned by Robert de Niro. Very expensive movie star hangout
Owned by celebrity chef Thomas Keller, most expensive restaurant in NYC. Dinner for two can set you back around $250
66 locals recommend
Per Se
10 Columbus Circle
66 locals recommend
Owned by celebrity chef Thomas Keller, most expensive restaurant in NYC. Dinner for two can set you back around $250
Secret hard to find Hamburger joint where Madonna has her burgers with her entourage
69 locals recommend
burger joint
119 W 56th St
69 locals recommend
Secret hard to find Hamburger joint where Madonna has her burgers with her entourage
Very chic Soho specialty coffee shop. For ladies who lunch. A block down from the Soho Apple Store and across the street from the 5 star Mercer Kitchen/Hotel
16 locals recommend
Nespresso SoHo Boutique
92 Prince St
16 locals recommend
Very chic Soho specialty coffee shop. For ladies who lunch. A block down from the Soho Apple Store and across the street from the 5 star Mercer Kitchen/Hotel
Very popular place but service is slow and nothing special
95 locals recommend
Spitzer's Corner
95 locals recommend
Very popular place but service is slow and nothing special
Excellent Italian Ice Cream and lots of flavors.The pistachio ice cream is oh so delicious
74 locals recommend
il laboratorio del gelato
188 Ludlow St
74 locals recommend
Excellent Italian Ice Cream and lots of flavors.The pistachio ice cream is oh so delicious
Italian restaurant. Nothing special
Taverna Di Bacco
175 Ludlow St
Italian restaurant. Nothing special
French Restaurant Nice decor, OK food and not too busy for lunch
10 locals recommend
BL Burger Bar
20 Prince Street
10 locals recommend
French Restaurant Nice decor, OK food and not too busy for lunch
The type of place where people bring computers, buy a coffee and hangout all day
98 locals recommend
Goods for the Study Mulberry
234 Mulberry St
98 locals recommend
The type of place where people bring computers, buy a coffee and hangout all day
Nice place for lunch near Soho
42 locals recommend
Delicatessen
54 Prince St
42 locals recommend
Nice place for lunch near Soho
Nice outdoor cafe near Soho
9 locals recommend
Soho Park
62 Prince St
9 locals recommend
Nice outdoor cafe near Soho
Fancy Indian Fast Food/Take-Out Place
26 locals recommend
Hampton Chutney Co.
143 Grand St
26 locals recommend
Fancy Indian Fast Food/Take-Out Place
Haven't visited yet but it looks like a nice little Soho restaurant
44 locals recommend
Back Forty West
70 Prince St
44 locals recommend
Haven't visited yet but it looks like a nice little Soho restaurant
Nice place to sit outside when the weather is nice
22 locals recommend
Inoteca
323 3rd Ave
22 locals recommend
Nice place to sit outside when the weather is nice
An experience. The menu has over 1,000 items, including over a 100 soaps. Seriously. No tourists here. Real NYC secret.
20 locals recommend
Shopsin's
88 Essex St
20 locals recommend
An experience. The menu has over 1,000 items, including over a 100 soaps. Seriously. No tourists here. Real NYC secret.
High end French Bistro. Trendy
127 locals recommend
Schiller's Liquor Bar
127 locals recommend
High end French Bistro. Trendy
High end French Bistro. Trendy
53 locals recommend
Cherche Midi
282 Bowery
53 locals recommend
High end French Bistro. Trendy
Interesting decor
38 locals recommend
La Caverna
122 Rivington St
38 locals recommend
Interesting decor
It's right next to the Essex Market, so the food is extremely fresh. A bit pricey but worth a visit
18 locals recommend
Essex
124 Rivington St
18 locals recommend
It's right next to the Essex Market, so the food is extremely fresh. A bit pricey but worth a visit
Nice roasted coffee
10 locals recommend
Bowery coffee
10 locals recommend
Nice roasted coffee
Best Restaurant in Little Italy. Great courtyard
Da Nico
164 Mulberry St
Best Restaurant in Little Italy. Great courtyard
Best Restaurant in Chinatown
Hop Shing
9 Chatham Square
Best Restaurant in Chinatown
Best Restaurant in Koreatown
Kang Suh
Best Restaurant in Koreatown
Coffee shop and were you may pick up the keys if you are arriving after 8 pm or on Sunday
22 locals recommend
Spreadhouse Cafe
116 Suffolk St
22 locals recommend
Coffee shop and were you may pick up the keys if you are arriving after 8 pm or on Sunday
Nice Coffee Shop. One of my favorites
35 locals recommend
Black Cat LES
172 Rivington St
35 locals recommend
Nice Coffee Shop. One of my favorites

Arts & Culture

Not a grocery store but a popular rock club with live music
73 locals recommend
Arlene Grocery
95 Stanton St
73 locals recommend
Not a grocery store but a popular rock club with live music
Popular Musc club
95 locals recommend
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston St
95 locals recommend
Popular Musc club
Popular and inexpensive music venue
226 locals recommend
Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen St
226 locals recommend
Popular and inexpensive music venue
Shows some great independent films
246 locals recommend
Sunshine Cinema
246 locals recommend
Shows some great independent films
Burlesque Club..with comedy night, strippers, etc. Lots of fun although kind of weird
47 locals recommend
The Slipper Room
167 Orchard St
47 locals recommend
Burlesque Club..with comedy night, strippers, etc. Lots of fun although kind of weird
Cheap Music venue
13 locals recommend
The National Underground
159 E Houston St
13 locals recommend
Cheap Music venue
Great movie theater that shows independent films.
140 locals recommend
IFC Center
323 6th Ave
140 locals recommend
Great movie theater that shows independent films.
Music venue that may be closing
21 locals recommend
The Living Room Bar
154 Ludlow Street
21 locals recommend
Music venue that may be closing
Music venue, a bit more upscale than the Living Room next door
257 locals recommend
Pianos
158 Ludlow St
257 locals recommend
Music venue, a bit more upscale than the Living Room next door
Ticket booth in Times Square that sells tickets to Broadway shows at a discount when the theater doesn't sell out the day of the same day of the show. You have to wait on a line but it's worth it.
Ticketmaster
Ticket booth in Times Square that sells tickets to Broadway shows at a discount when the theater doesn't sell out the day of the same day of the show. You have to wait on a line but it's worth it.
Dozens of art galleries
15 locals recommend
Lennon Weinberg Inc
514 W 25th St
15 locals recommend
Dozens of art galleries
The cultural center of NYC - Opera, ballet, theater, concerts
621 locals recommend
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center Plaza
621 locals recommend
The cultural center of NYC - Opera, ballet, theater, concerts
Largest and most dramatic dance club in NYC. Only problem is that it is not easy to get in.
Capitale
130 Bowery
Largest and most dramatic dance club in NYC. Only problem is that it is not easy to get in.
Night life area, full of expensive hotels and night clubs.
276 locals recommend
Meatpacking District
276 locals recommend
Night life area, full of expensive hotels and night clubs.
Live music venue
30 locals recommend
Cake Shop NYC
152 Ludlow Street
30 locals recommend
Live music venue
Live music venue. Not one of my favorites places
Tammany Hall
152 Orchard St
Live music venue. Not one of my favorites places
See Picasso's paintings auctioned off for millions of dollars
14 locals recommend
Sotheby's New York
1334 York Ave
14 locals recommend
See Picasso's paintings auctioned off for millions of dollars
Don't miss this. A fascinating interactive theater production, with over 100 room to wander around. You wear masks and are told not to utter a sound, as you explore a deserted hotel with actors.
100 locals recommend
Sleep No More
530 W 27th St
100 locals recommend
Don't miss this. A fascinating interactive theater production, with over 100 room to wander around. You wear masks and are told not to utter a sound, as you explore a deserted hotel with actors.
The name for the set where Sleep No More is playing. Not really hotel but it's a theatrical space made to seem like a hotel.
80 locals recommend
The McKittrick Hotel
530 W 27th St
80 locals recommend
The name for the set where Sleep No More is playing. Not really hotel but it's a theatrical space made to seem like a hotel.

Sightseeing

Must see
629 locals recommend
New Museum of Contemporary Art
235 Bowery
629 locals recommend
Must see
Nearest Park - Great place to hang out
538 locals recommend
Tompkins Square Park
East 10th Street
538 locals recommend
Nearest Park - Great place to hang out
Must see
90 locals recommend
Financial District
90 locals recommend
Must see
Art galleries and shopping
909 locals recommend
SoHo
909 locals recommend
Art galleries and shopping
Funky street
111 locals recommend
Saint Marks Place
Saint Marks Place
111 locals recommend
Funky street
Some interesting shops and restaurants
216 locals recommend
East Village
216 locals recommend
Some interesting shops and restaurants
Best area in Central Park
169 locals recommend
The Loeb Boathouse
East 72nd Street
169 locals recommend
Best area in Central Park
I don't recommend it. You have to see it but it's a waste of time.
829 locals recommend
Theater District
829 locals recommend
I don't recommend it. You have to see it but it's a waste of time.
Best museum in New York
1126 locals recommend
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave
1126 locals recommend
Best museum in New York
Must see
2653 locals recommend
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Ave
2653 locals recommend
Must see
Theater District
21 locals recommend
Broadway
Broadway
21 locals recommend
Theater District
Free ferry ride...fun to go on
254 locals recommend
Staten Island Ferry
Staten Island Ferry
254 locals recommend
Free ferry ride...fun to go on
Has some beautiful tree lined streets and brownstone homes.
224 locals recommend
West Village
224 locals recommend
Has some beautiful tree lined streets and brownstone homes.
Gay part of NYC. Some nice art galleries
192 locals recommend
Chelsea
192 locals recommend
Gay part of NYC. Some nice art galleries
This is really worth seeing. Beautiful restoration of an old factory and warehouse
1123 locals recommend
Chelsea Market
75 9th Ave
1123 locals recommend
This is really worth seeing. Beautiful restoration of an old factory and warehouse
NIce old house that has been converted to a museum. Not many tourists know about it. Worth checking out.
307 locals recommend
Frick Collection
1 E 70th St
307 locals recommend
NIce old house that has been converted to a museum. Not many tourists know about it. Worth checking out.
Fun place to go. Some amazing dinosaur and a planetarium. Only problem is that is full of young school children running around and screaming
1623 locals recommend
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
1623 locals recommend
Fun place to go. Some amazing dinosaur and a planetarium. Only problem is that is full of young school children running around and screaming
Giant battleship museum. I found it interesting
379 locals recommend
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
West 46th Street
379 locals recommend
Giant battleship museum. I found it interesting
Avoid
213 locals recommend
Madame Tussauds New York
234 W 42nd St
213 locals recommend
Avoid
Avoid
38 locals recommend
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Times Square
234 W 42nd St
38 locals recommend
Avoid
Most beautiful and grandest structure in NYC. Also has a most interesting Apple store
Ted's Montana Grill
110 W 51st St
Most beautiful and grandest structure in NYC. Also has a most interesting Apple store
It's an hour trip on the F train but worth seeing but only if the weather is nice
663 locals recommend
Coney Island
663 locals recommend
It's an hour trip on the F train but worth seeing but only if the weather is nice
No a high priority since it's a day's trip but a very interesting wildlife preserve a subway ride away. You can rent a boat and go fishing while airplanes fly above from JFK airport.
53 locals recommend
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
175-10 Cross Bay Blvd
53 locals recommend
No a high priority since it's a day's trip but a very interesting wildlife preserve a subway ride away. You can rent a boat and go fishing while airplanes fly above from JFK airport.
If you can only go to one museum go to the Museum of Modern Art
2114 locals recommend
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
2114 locals recommend
If you can only go to one museum go to the Museum of Modern Art
I've never done this but on Sunday they have tours that go to the largest Afro-Amerian church in NYC up in Harlem. Might be interesting
94 locals recommend
Abyssinian Baptist Church
132 W 138th St
94 locals recommend
I've never done this but on Sunday they have tours that go to the largest Afro-Amerian church in NYC up in Harlem. Might be interesting
I don't know why all the tourists go here? Not much to see or do
759 locals recommend
Rockefeller Center
45 Rockefeller Plaza
759 locals recommend
I don't know why all the tourists go here? Not much to see or do
Absolute stunning example of Art Deco in New York. Really worth taking the tour.
230 locals recommend
Radio City Music Hall
1260 6th Ave
230 locals recommend
Absolute stunning example of Art Deco in New York. Really worth taking the tour.
Enormous Sports and Concert venue
452 locals recommend
Madison Square Garden
4 Pennsylvania Plaza
452 locals recommend
Enormous Sports and Concert venue
Boat trip around the island.
107 locals recommend
Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
12th Avenue
107 locals recommend
Boat trip around the island.
Low rents and lots of artist live here
29 locals recommend
Gowanus
29 locals recommend
Low rents and lots of artist live here
Sports venue, with bowling, swimming pools, hockey, golf range, if you are into sports
232 locals recommend
Chelsea Piers
Chelsea Piers
232 locals recommend
Sports venue, with bowling, swimming pools, hockey, golf range, if you are into sports
It's out of the way but interesting monastery/museum that was transported piece by piece to NYC.
707 locals recommend
The Met Cloisters
99 Margaret Corbin Dr
707 locals recommend
It's out of the way but interesting monastery/museum that was transported piece by piece to NYC.
Most expensive hotel in NYC with a nice place to have tea.
137 locals recommend
The Plaza Food Hall USA
768 Central Park S
137 locals recommend
Most expensive hotel in NYC with a nice place to have tea.
Another expensive hotel with a very nice bar.
7 locals recommend
The St. Regis New York
Two E 55th St
7 locals recommend
Another expensive hotel with a very nice bar.
Some nice shops and you can take a tour of CNN
112 locals recommend
Time Warner Center
10 Columbus Cir
112 locals recommend
Some nice shops and you can take a tour of CNN
OK. The view.
1787 locals recommend
Empire State Building
20 W 34th St
1787 locals recommend
OK. The view.
Hotel for the Fashion Industry. Lots of models and designers.
294 locals recommend
The Standard Biergarten
848 Washington St
294 locals recommend
Hotel for the Fashion Industry. Lots of models and designers.
Architectural seminar's and tours
AIA New York | Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Pl
Architectural seminar's and tours
If you want to see the utter devastation of Hurricane Sandy go here. Almost entire town destroyed including 100 homes leveled with a fire.You need to rent a car to go but worth it.
Breezy Point
If you want to see the utter devastation of Hurricane Sandy go here. Almost entire town destroyed including 100 homes leveled with a fire.You need to rent a car to go but worth it.
Hipster territory Lots of interesting art galleries, bars and music venues. Easy to get to on the L train. Stop is Bedford Avenue
997 locals recommend
Williamsburg
997 locals recommend
Hipster territory Lots of interesting art galleries, bars and music venues. Easy to get to on the L train. Stop is Bedford Avenue
Modern Art...nice collection and coffee shop on lower level.
884 locals recommend
Salmagundi Museum of American Art
884 locals recommend
Modern Art...nice collection and coffee shop on lower level.
Donald Trumps Golden Residential Tower that started the Empire. It's amusing as an example of over the top bad taste unless you like everything in marble and gold and consider that opulent.
27 locals recommend
Trump Tower
725 5th Avenue
27 locals recommend
Donald Trumps Golden Residential Tower that started the Empire. It's amusing as an example of over the top bad taste unless you like everything in marble and gold and consider that opulent.
Avoid Times Square at All Costs Times Square is meant exclusively for tourists, and therefore, it should be avoided whenever possible.
2037 locals recommend
Times Square
2037 locals recommend
Avoid Times Square at All Costs Times Square is meant exclusively for tourists, and therefore, it should be avoided whenever possible.

Essentials

Large Grocery Store
522 locals recommend
Union Market
240 E Houston St
522 locals recommend
Large Grocery Store
Must see. Might just be the largest grocery store in the world
1895 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
95 E Houston St
1895 locals recommend
Must see. Might just be the largest grocery store in the world
Famous for their fish
251 locals recommend
Russ & Daughters
179 E Houston St
251 locals recommend
Famous for their fish
Deli open 24 Hours
Stop 1 Gourmet Deli & Grocery
172 Allen St
Deli open 24 Hours
Very interesting actually. And there is a restaurant there that has 100 types of soup.
341 locals recommend
Essex Market
88 Essex St
341 locals recommend
Very interesting actually. And there is a restaurant there that has 100 types of soup.
Nearest wine store
29 locals recommend
September Wines and Spirits
100 Stanton St
29 locals recommend
Nearest wine store
Nearest liquor store
Gary's Liquor
141 Essex St
Nearest liquor store
Small grocery store. Stays open late. Good place for salads and sandwiches
Your Wholesome Foods
159 Essex St
Small grocery store. Stays open late. Good place for salads and sandwiches

Drinks & Nightlife

Dive bar - to be avoided.
36 locals recommend
The Library
7 Avenue A
36 locals recommend
Dive bar - to be avoided.
Sports bar, mainly college students and fraternity crowd, AVOID
27 locals recommend
Hair Of The Dog
168 Orchard St
27 locals recommend
Sports bar, mainly college students and fraternity crowd, AVOID
Kind of a college bar, with lots of football players and New York University students
15 locals recommend
Epstein's Bar
82 Stanton St
15 locals recommend
Kind of a college bar, with lots of football players and New York University students
Social scene for young upwardly mobile
Essex Bar & Lounge Inc
49 Essex St
Social scene for young upwardly mobile
I don't lik this bar... dark and depressing
200 Orchard St
200 Orchard Street
I don't lik this bar... dark and depressing
Only reason to go to Brooklyn aside from Coney Island. Burlesque and Absinth. Bizarre lives up to its name
194 locals recommend
Bizarre
12 Jefferson St
194 locals recommend
Only reason to go to Brooklyn aside from Coney Island. Burlesque and Absinth. Bizarre lives up to its name
Dive bar. Do not recommend
44 locals recommend
Welcome To The Johnsons
123 Rivington St
44 locals recommend
Dive bar. Do not recommend
Tourist trap. Avoid
Espn Zone
1472 Broadway
Tourist trap. Avoid
Tourist Trap - Aovid
6 locals recommend
Planet Hollywood
1540 Broadway
6 locals recommend
Tourist Trap - Aovid
Where young Wall Street types hang out
Bubble Lounge
Where young Wall Street types hang out
Designer cocktails...worth a visit...interesting concept
Cocktail Bodega
205 Chrystie St
Designer cocktails...worth a visit...interesting concept
Dive bar, boring crowd. Avoid
11 locals recommend
Fat Baby
112 Rivington St
11 locals recommend
Dive bar, boring crowd. Avoid
More a bar than a restaurants Fanelli's has been around for years, long before Soho was chic
46 locals recommend
Fanelli's Cafe
94 Prince St
46 locals recommend
More a bar than a restaurants Fanelli's has been around for years, long before Soho was chic
No experience with this bar but it looks cool
28 locals recommend
No Fun
161 Ludlow St
28 locals recommend
No experience with this bar but it looks cool
If you want to go to only one bar in NYC go to this one. Enter through the telephone booth:-)
287 locals recommend
Please Don't Tell
113 St Marks Pl
287 locals recommend
If you want to go to only one bar in NYC go to this one. Enter through the telephone booth:-)
YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT THIS PLACE. Go down the stairs. Entrance up the stairs. If you are confused look for the sign Toy Company
127 locals recommend
The Back Room
102 Norfolk St
127 locals recommend
YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT THIS PLACE. Go down the stairs. Entrance up the stairs. If you are confused look for the sign Toy Company
The best dive bar in NYC, a classic. 3-5 dollar drinks, including $5 dollar spirits and free hotdogs, all you can eat. A NYC Classic hangout.
56 locals recommend
Rudy's Bar & Grill
627 9th Ave
56 locals recommend
The best dive bar in NYC, a classic. 3-5 dollar drinks, including $5 dollar spirits and free hotdogs, all you can eat. A NYC Classic hangout.
The Indigo Hotel is one of New York's newest hotel and a great place to take in the view on the 14th floor lobby, have a coffee, then go up one flight to the bar, which is very popular on the weekend
Hotel Indigo Lower East Side New York
171 Ludlow St
The Indigo Hotel is one of New York's newest hotel and a great place to take in the view on the 14th floor lobby, have a coffee, then go up one flight to the bar, which is very popular on the weekend

Shopping

Where all the designer stores are
48 locals recommend
5th Avenue
5th Avenue
48 locals recommend
Where all the designer stores are
Best place in New York City to buy camera and electronic equipment
47 locals recommend
B&H Photo Video - Electronics and Camera Store
420 9th Ave
47 locals recommend
Best place in New York City to buy camera and electronic equipment
Amazing collection of X boxes and new cameras. Also there is an exhibition for kids that is fun.
Sony Store
550 Madison Ave
Amazing collection of X boxes and new cameras. Also there is an exhibition for kids that is fun.
Enormous Apple Store
174 locals recommend
Apple
767 5th Ave
174 locals recommend
Enormous Apple Store
Largest toy store in the world. Really fun to see all the toys.
53 locals recommend
FAO Schwarz
30 Rockefeller Plaza
53 locals recommend
Largest toy store in the world. Really fun to see all the toys.
Nearest Apple store, about a five minute walk from my apartment
87 locals recommend
Apple SoHo
103 Prince St
87 locals recommend
Nearest Apple store, about a five minute walk from my apartment
Store with every kind of candy. Established in 1931 - A neighborhood landmark
47 locals recommend
Economy Candy
108 Rivington St
47 locals recommend
Store with every kind of candy. Established in 1931 - A neighborhood landmark
Nearet Dry Cleaning and Laundromat
11 locals recommend
Bright Laundry Land
108 Stanton St
11 locals recommend
Nearet Dry Cleaning and Laundromat
Nearest pharmacy to my apartment
455 locals recommend
Duane Reade
110 Newark Ave
455 locals recommend
Nearest pharmacy to my apartment
Nearest Hardware Store
H Brickman & Sons
55 1st Ave.
Nearest Hardware Store
Nearest Locksmith, 24 hour service. Hopefully you will never have to use them. Always lock the apartment door with the key and do not change the lock settings on the side of the door
17 1st Ave
17 1st Avenue
Nearest Locksmith, 24 hour service. Hopefully you will never have to use them. Always lock the apartment door with the key and do not change the lock settings on the side of the door
Nearest location of Fedex Service for printing and mailing packages
27 locals recommend
FedEx Office Print & Ship Center
250 E Houston St
27 locals recommend
Nearest location of Fedex Service for printing and mailing packages
Discount Electronic but B & H has a greater selection and better prices
96 locals recommend
Best Buy
1280 Lexington Ave
96 locals recommend
Discount Electronic but B & H has a greater selection and better prices

Everything Else

Nearest Hostel. See what a hostel is like in NYC.
The Bowery House
220 Bowery
Nearest Hostel. See what a hostel is like in NYC.
Known also as THOR its trendy boutique hotel and restaurant for people on an expense account
11 locals recommend
Hotel on Rivington
107 Rivington St
11 locals recommend
Known also as THOR its trendy boutique hotel and restaurant for people on an expense account
New Hotel. Doesn't seem to have any features for non-guests Rooms are so small that you can touch both walls while in bed.
Orchard Street Hotel
163 Orchard St
New Hotel. Doesn't seem to have any features for non-guests Rooms are so small that you can touch both walls while in bed.