Guidebook for New York

Elyse
Guidebook for New York

Food Scene

Amazing tiny restaurant around the corner with fantastic Japanese food and an extensive sake selection!
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Azasu
49 Clinton Street
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Amazing tiny restaurant around the corner with fantastic Japanese food and an extensive sake selection!
Salty DELICIOUS asian fushion!
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Pig and Khao
68 Clinton St
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Salty DELICIOUS asian fushion!
Japanese food is great in NYC!
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SakaMai
157 Ludlow St
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Japanese food is great in NYC!
Great Ramen! Yum!
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Ivan Ramen
25 Clinton St
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Great Ramen! Yum!
The new Russ & Daughter's restaurant is beautiful and fabulous and nearby! Lox heaven!
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Russ & Daughters Cafe
127 Orchard St
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The new Russ & Daughter's restaurant is beautiful and fabulous and nearby! Lox heaven!
Arguably the best doughnuts in the northern hemisphere.
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Doughnut Plant
379 Grand St
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Arguably the best doughnuts in the northern hemisphere.
Amazing gluten free doughnuts!
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Erin McKenna's Bakery NYC
248 Broome St
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Amazing gluten free doughnuts!
Great, meaty food, although a little heavy! Trendy place, but worth it!
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The Meatball Shop
64 Greenwich Ave
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Great, meaty food, although a little heavy! Trendy place, but worth it!
Good cappuccino down the block, plus nice little avocado toasts and other snacks.
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Rosella Coffee Shop
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Good cappuccino down the block, plus nice little avocado toasts and other snacks.
This place put Clinton Street on the map- for good reason, but get ready to wait in line! It's just down the street!
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Clinton St. Baking Company
4 Clinton St
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This place put Clinton Street on the map- for good reason, but get ready to wait in line! It's just down the street!
Really fantastic, local, mind blowing cuisine. You'll wait on weekends for brunch, but it's with it!
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Prune
54 E 1st St
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Really fantastic, local, mind blowing cuisine. You'll wait on weekends for brunch, but it's with it!
One of my very favorite Japanese restaurants in NYC. Famous for tempura fried sweet potato. It's very understated, not cheap, but absolutely fantastic. Hidden bathroom sanctuaries! So beautiful!
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Kyo Ya
94 E 7th St
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One of my very favorite Japanese restaurants in NYC. Famous for tempura fried sweet potato. It's very understated, not cheap, but absolutely fantastic. Hidden bathroom sanctuaries! So beautiful!
GREAT coffee! Tiny little place. And amazing pastries made locally every morning (get em early- they sell out).
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Abraço
81 E 7th St
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GREAT coffee! Tiny little place. And amazing pastries made locally every morning (get em early- they sell out).
One of the best coffee spots in NYC!
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Ninth Street Espresso
700 E 9th St
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One of the best coffee spots in NYC!
THE BEST ICE CREAM IN THE WORLD.
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Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream
2 Rivington St
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THE BEST ICE CREAM IN THE WORLD.
Super friendly, delicious, healthy restaurant with a weird, "Aliens eat free" slogan...?
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Siggy's Good Food
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Super friendly, delicious, healthy restaurant with a weird, "Aliens eat free" slogan...?
If you love food, please go! They don't take reservations, and it's loud and crowded. But AMAZING! Try the 'Penicillin' cocktail.
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Momofuku Ssäm Bar
89 South Street
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If you love food, please go! They don't take reservations, and it's loud and crowded. But AMAZING! Try the 'Penicillin' cocktail.
Great food, trendy, chic and popular. Good raw bar, good cocktails, pretty interior with lots of deer antlers and distressed walls.
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Freeman Alley
Freeman Alley
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Great food, trendy, chic and popular. Good raw bar, good cocktails, pretty interior with lots of deer antlers and distressed walls.
Great, tiny, gem of a healthy, yummy, super hip little restaurant.
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Dimes
49 Canal St
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Great, tiny, gem of a healthy, yummy, super hip little restaurant.
Japanese macrobiotic yum!
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Souen at East Village
326 East 6th Street
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Japanese macrobiotic yum!
Cool little restaurant inside the Essex Street Market. Great food, but weird hours (check before you go).
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Shopsin's
88 Essex St
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Cool little restaurant inside the Essex Street Market. Great food, but weird hours (check before you go).
Good food, drinks, ambience and people watching!
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Schiller's Liquor Bar
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Good food, drinks, ambience and people watching!
Super hip little Soho frenchy restaurant- food is great, coffee is good, pretty people watching and possible celebrity sitings.
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Cafe Gitane
242 Mott St
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Super hip little Soho frenchy restaurant- food is great, coffee is good, pretty people watching and possible celebrity sitings.
Great Cuban food, super hip. There's a quick take out space next to the restaurant which is just as good.
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Café Habana
17 Prince St
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Great Cuban food, super hip. There's a quick take out space next to the restaurant which is just as good.
The Shroomtown pizza is so delicious!
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Gruppo Thin Crust Pizza
98 Avenue B
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The Shroomtown pizza is so delicious!
Delicious, absolutely cheap, authentic Indian food. Cabbies love this place. If you're feeling like NYC is pricy, hit this satisfying dive! The chai tea is great too.
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Punjabi Deli
114 E 1st St
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Delicious, absolutely cheap, authentic Indian food. Cabbies love this place. If you're feeling like NYC is pricy, hit this satisfying dive! The chai tea is great too.
Healthy, quick, juices and smoothies- there are several around town- yummy (but not cheap).
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Juice Press
70 E 1st St
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Healthy, quick, juices and smoothies- there are several around town- yummy (but not cheap).
Small Jamaican bar/restaurant with good music and dancing upstairs.
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Spur Tree
76 Orchard St
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Small Jamaican bar/restaurant with good music and dancing upstairs.

Drinks & Nightlife

Can't get this kind of place in Kansas!
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Nurse Bettie
106 Norfolk St
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Can't get this kind of place in Kansas!
This is one of the most amazing sake bars you'll find outside of Japan. It's hard to find- no sign- look for the 'On Air' red light on 9th street. Look for the kitty shrine inside.
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Sake Bar Decibel
240 E 9th St
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This is one of the most amazing sake bars you'll find outside of Japan. It's hard to find- no sign- look for the 'On Air' red light on 9th street. Look for the kitty shrine inside.
One of my oldest favorite places in NYC. French-Russian with a non-trendy, eccentric clientele and the most beautiful green, glittering, palm leaf ceiling. Live music, flavored vodka and borsht!
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Anyway Cafe
1602 E 2nd St
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One of my oldest favorite places in NYC. French-Russian with a non-trendy, eccentric clientele and the most beautiful green, glittering, palm leaf ceiling. Live music, flavored vodka and borsht!
The entrance to this "secret" speak easy bar is through a phone booth inside the Grif Dogs hot dog space. Go early or at an off time, or else you WAIT! Zzzzzzzzzz....
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Please Don't Tell
113 St Marks Pl
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The entrance to this "secret" speak easy bar is through a phone booth inside the Grif Dogs hot dog space. Go early or at an off time, or else you WAIT! Zzzzzzzzzz....
Dive bar with plastic coated couches and Ms. Pacman tables.
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Welcome To The Johnsons
123 Rivington St
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Dive bar with plastic coated couches and Ms. Pacman tables.
Good late night dance club- try Sunday late for reggae night. Beautiful interior.
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Louie and Chan
292-310 Broome St
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Good late night dance club- try Sunday late for reggae night. Beautiful interior.

Essentials

Try the chocolate covered glanced apricots! Totally mind blowing!
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Russ & Daughters
179 E Houston St
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Try the chocolate covered glanced apricots! Totally mind blowing!
Old, lower east side big grocery with a few restaurants (and good ones), weird shops, local ice cream and old New York character.
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Essex Market
88 Essex St
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Old, lower east side big grocery with a few restaurants (and good ones), weird shops, local ice cream and old New York character.
Pricey, but healthy and an amazing variety of good food.
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Whole Foods Market
95 E Houston St
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Pricey, but healthy and an amazing variety of good food.

Arts & Culture

Great indie films and one of NYC's oldest theaters.
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Sunshine Cinema
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Great indie films and one of NYC's oldest theaters.
Super close, very New York, modern museum with a great gift shop!
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Nové muzeum současného umění
235 Bowery
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Super close, very New York, modern museum with a great gift shop!

Shopping

I love this kooky little store. I buy my Japanese wash tape here, Danish lighting and other great little objects. Beautifully curated store- the staff is pretty aloof- don't take it personally.
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Top Hat
245 Broome St
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I love this kooky little store. I buy my Japanese wash tape here, Danish lighting and other great little objects. Beautifully curated store- the staff is pretty aloof- don't take it personally.
Second hand, high end clothing shop- Japanese run & curated. Good couture finds.
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Tokio 7
83 E 7th St
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Second hand, high end clothing shop- Japanese run & curated. Good couture finds.
High end second hand clothing shop. Good finds, but sometimes there are annoying people inside the store. :[
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INA
21 Prince St
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High end second hand clothing shop. Good finds, but sometimes there are annoying people inside the store. :[
SUCH A CLASSIC!
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Housing Works Used Book Cafe
126 Crosby St
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SUCH A CLASSIC!
Cool museum design store- walking distance to the apartment.
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MoMA Design Store
81 Spring St
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Cool museum design store- walking distance to the apartment.

Everything Else

Total classic!
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Tompkins Square Park
East 10th Street
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Total classic!
Peaceful respite from the crazy city. They have a "water lounge" and a great steam room & sauna. Good treatments.
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Great Jones Spa
29 Great Jones St
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Peaceful respite from the crazy city. They have a "water lounge" and a great steam room & sauna. Good treatments.
A neighborhood so different from the LES, and yet, so close! Check it out! Try some bubble tea....
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Chinatown
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A neighborhood so different from the LES, and yet, so close! Check it out! Try some bubble tea....
Amazing little museum with tours of a house in a lower east side tenement that shows what immigrant life was like 100 years ago- so cool.
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Tenement Museum
103 Orchard St
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Amazing little museum with tours of a house in a lower east side tenement that shows what immigrant life was like 100 years ago- so cool.
Fantastic and huge NYC greenmarket/farmers market with all local NY State grown farm fresh food, flowers, wines, and great stuff! They are open M, W, F & Sat- classic NYC!
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Union Square
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Fantastic and huge NYC greenmarket/farmers market with all local NY State grown farm fresh food, flowers, wines, and great stuff! They are open M, W, F & Sat- classic NYC!
World class!
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The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
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World class!
One of New York's most amazing places. Try to visit on a weekday if you want to avoid the crowds. Have a cocktail on the roof and take a picture as a momento! One of the best views of the city.
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Metropolitní muzeum umění
1000 5th Ave
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One of New York's most amazing places. Try to visit on a weekday if you want to avoid the crowds. Have a cocktail on the roof and take a picture as a momento! One of the best views of the city.
Check out the Whitney's new location, then take a walking tour on the highline.
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Salmagundi Museum of American Art
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Check out the Whitney's new location, then take a walking tour on the highline.
A great high up walking tour of New York's west side from what was once an elevated train track. Beautiful!
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Park High Line
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A great high up walking tour of New York's west side from what was once an elevated train track. Beautiful!