Guidebook for New York

James
Guidebook for New York

Food Scene

Great, chill place for coffee and lunch. Live Jazz on Sunday starts at 8pm.
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Epistrophy
200 Mott St
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Great, chill place for coffee and lunch. Live Jazz on Sunday starts at 8pm.
Upscale, very cool bar and Michelin star restaurant.
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PUBLIC
210 Elizabeth Street
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Upscale, very cool bar and Michelin star restaurant.
Vegetarian menu, but good food and very friendly, shabby chic, slightly pricey place. Excellent people watching.
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The Butcher's Daughter
19 Kenmare St
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Vegetarian menu, but good food and very friendly, shabby chic, slightly pricey place. Excellent people watching.
Famous for their tomato soup, this modern, trendy spot is always a solid choice for lunch, dinner and drinks. One of my personal favorites.
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Bread
40 Kenmare Street
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Famous for their tomato soup, this modern, trendy spot is always a solid choice for lunch, dinner and drinks. One of my personal favorites.
Yes, a touristy hotspot, but still one of the best restaurants in Soho.
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Balthazar
80 Spring St
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Yes, a touristy hotspot, but still one of the best restaurants in Soho.
Good luck getting in for dinner, but dress well and smile, and you'll usually be allowed downstairs for drinks. Beautiful crowd.
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La Esquina - SoHo
114 Kenmare St
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Good luck getting in for dinner, but dress well and smile, and you'll usually be allowed downstairs for drinks. Beautiful crowd.
Very cool neighborhood spot, with typical gorgeous Soho yuppies propping up the bar.
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Cafe Select
212 Lafayette St
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Very cool neighborhood spot, with typical gorgeous Soho yuppies propping up the bar.
Well managed restaurant / bar with excellent food set in a very trendy room. Good value.
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Delicatessen
54 Prince St
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Well managed restaurant / bar with excellent food set in a very trendy room. Good value.
Reservations required, or wait to be seated at the bar. Food is exceptional, and yes, you will pay for the privilege.
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il Buco
47 Bond St
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Reservations required, or wait to be seated at the bar. Food is exceptional, and yes, you will pay for the privilege.
Excellent food in rather upscale, famous New York restaurant. It's fun to pop next door to the Bowery Hotel after dinner for a night cap.
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DBGB Kitchen & Bar
299 Bowery
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Excellent food in rather upscale, famous New York restaurant. It's fun to pop next door to the Bowery Hotel after dinner for a night cap.
This is the best restaurant in Manhattan. Simply exquisite. Dinner for two will cost about $500.
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La Grenouille
3 E 52nd St
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This is the best restaurant in Manhattan. Simply exquisite. Dinner for two will cost about $500.
Delicious Turkish cuisine, and a wonderful selection of wines and beer. The owner is there every night, and runs an excellent business.
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Little Rascal
163 Elizabeth St
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Delicious Turkish cuisine, and a wonderful selection of wines and beer. The owner is there every night, and runs an excellent business.
Top-notch coffee made to order on your doorstep. Also, a very convenient shop.
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Nolita Mart & Espresso Bar
156 Mott St
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Top-notch coffee made to order on your doorstep. Also, a very convenient shop.
Great coffee on Broome Street.
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Oro Bakery and Bar
375 Broome St
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Great coffee on Broome Street.
Expensive, but very good French restaurant. They have a bottle of St Emilion worth drinking.
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Raoul's
180 Prince St
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Expensive, but very good French restaurant. They have a bottle of St Emilion worth drinking.
Excellent Mexican food and not too pricey.
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Cafe El Portal
174 Elizabeth Street
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Excellent Mexican food and not too pricey.
Trendy, and hard to get a table. But the food is very good.
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Café Habana
17 Prince St
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Trendy, and hard to get a table. But the food is very good.
An independent book shop serving great coffee. What's not to love?
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Goods for the Study Mulberry
234 Mulberry St
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An independent book shop serving great coffee. What's not to love?

Drinks & Nightlife

A dive bar, but a bloody good one. Bring ID. The door is challenged on the imagination front.
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Sweet and Vicious
5 Spring St
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A dive bar, but a bloody good one. Bring ID. The door is challenged on the imagination front.
Sometimes booked by private parties, but this is one of those places you must at least check out. It's a famous NYC underground club.
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Pravda
281 Lafayette St
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Sometimes booked by private parties, but this is one of those places you must at least check out. It's a famous NYC underground club.
Go downstairs to the cavernous wine bar. It's candlelit and very cozy. The food is overrated.
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Peasant
194 Elizabeth St
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Go downstairs to the cavernous wine bar. It's candlelit and very cozy. The food is overrated.
The bartender, Bob Bozak, used to be a heavy-weight boxer. He's also the funniest bartender in New York. Go for a drink.
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Fanelli's Cafe
94 Prince St
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The bartender, Bob Bozak, used to be a heavy-weight boxer. He's also the funniest bartender in New York. Go for a drink.
Good East Village hotspot, but can be hard to find a seat. Great room, and lighting.
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The Bourgeois Pig
111 East 7th Street
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Good East Village hotspot, but can be hard to find a seat. Great room, and lighting.
Quite possibly the hardest door in Manhattan, but if you go before 8pm, it won't be an issue. It's inside the Gramercy Hotel.
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Rose Bar
2 Lexington Ave
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Quite possibly the hardest door in Manhattan, but if you go before 8pm, it won't be an issue. It's inside the Gramercy Hotel.

Sightseeing

Obviously. But remember, the price is a SUGGESTED donation. $1 will get you in the door.
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Metropolitní muzeum umění
1000 5th Ave
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Obviously. But remember, the price is a SUGGESTED donation. $1 will get you in the door.
One of the best museums in NYC.
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Frickova sbírka
1 E 70th St
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One of the best museums in NYC.
Modern Art... of course.
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The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
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Modern Art... of course.
So much better, and less crowded than the Empire State Building.
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Top of the Rock
30 Rockefeller Plaza
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So much better, and less crowded than the Empire State Building.