Dining
Want a New York City pizza experience to remember? Order a coal-oven baked pie at Arturo’s and enjoy the kitschy vibe of the restaurant, along with a fantastic bar and live jazz. This Greenwich Vil...
Atomix offers a Korean 10-course meal, starring dishes like parsley rice, grilled mackerel, and peas with caviar, at two different seating times: one at 6pm, the other at 9pm. Every dish is accompa...
There are more than 200 restaurants in New York’s Chinatown. Here you can revel in all kinds of Chinese specialties. Pick one with a recent Time Out or Zagat rating sticker in the window for qualit...
At this restaurant, you will be served food prepared by refugee chefs. Emma's Torch provides three-month-long paid apprenticeships that help their students find a place in society, all while giving...
Feel the motion of travel while enjoying fantastic seafood. At Grand Central Oyster Bar, businessmen rub shoulders with tourists and lone travelers. You can choose to sit in the dining area or at o...
This stylish restaurant is a favorite among New Yorkers and travelers. It has been around since 1984 and serves delicious and exotic French-Vietnamese cuisine. They also offer a pre-theatre menu ev...
Bars & Nightlife
Step into the pulsating heart of New York City's nightlife at Avant Gardner, a sprawling indoor-outdoor events complex nestled in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Formerly a warehouse turned rave haven...
This historic venue still hosts live shows nearly a century after its inauguration, and has appeared in a couple of well-know cultural productions.
This Williamsburg brewery has filled a gap in the Brooklyn beer scene. The taproom always has eight to ten options, including Local 1, a Belgian-inspired lager, and several seasonal brews. Free sho...
Elsewhere is a colossal live music venue in Brooklyn that has been a cornerstone of New York City's nightlife for years. Split into three main rooms (and during the summer, The Rooftop), Elsewhere ...
Escape the hectic city streets at the swanky rooftop lounge of Hotel Chantelle, or the basement space where dance parties are regularly hosted.
SOB’s, aka "Sounds of Brazil," is a live music venue in SoHo that aims to introduce guests to (and supply old-timers with ever-increasing servings of) music other than tired pop hits, which ranges ...
Cafés
Abraço Espresso is renowned for its olive oil cake as well as their bakery offerings, that feature the freshest ingredients from the local farmers' markets. Breakfast begins at 8am, and small plate...
Founded in 1927, by Domenico Parisi, the first to introduce Italian cappuccino to America, Caffe Reggio is the oldest and most historic café in New York. You can still see the original machine afte...
This establishment is American diner food at its finest. Many cheesecake fanatics claim Junior’s hand-mixed, kosher recipe is the best – it’s worth ordering a slice (or two) to determine for yourse...
A Lower East Side institution immortalized in several films, Katz’s has been serving piping hot pastrami sandwiches and kosher pickles since 1888, which makes it New York City's oldest deli. Order ...
This small cafe focusing on serving Malaysian and Singaporean food is one of the most talked-about recent openings in Lower East Side – it even made lists of America's best. Among delights you can ...
Though much of the area formerly known as Little Italy has been consumed by rapidly expanding Chinatown, the decorative Mulberry Street and Mott Street still offer a variety of authentic Italian fa...