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!
15 residents recomanen
Azasu
49 Clinton Street
15 residents recomanen
Amazing tiny restaurant around the corner with fantastic Japanese food and an extensive sake selection!
Salty DELICIOUS asian fushion!
98 residents recomanen
Pig and Khao
68 Clinton St
98 residents recomanen
Salty DELICIOUS asian fushion!
Japanese food is great in NYC!
14 residents recomanen
SakaMai
157 Ludlow St
14 residents recomanen
Japanese food is great in NYC!
Great Ramen! Yum!
124 residents recomanen
Ivan Ramen
25 Clinton St
124 residents recomanen
Great Ramen! Yum!
The new Russ & Daughter's restaurant is beautiful and fabulous and nearby! Lox heaven!
181 residents recomanen
Russ & Daughters Cafe
127 Orchard St
181 residents recomanen
The new Russ & Daughter's restaurant is beautiful and fabulous and nearby! Lox heaven!
Arguably the best doughnuts in the northern hemisphere.
313 residents recomanen
Doughnut Plant
379 Grand St
313 residents recomanen
Arguably the best doughnuts in the northern hemisphere.
Amazing gluten free doughnuts!
48 residents recomanen
Erin McKenna's Bakery NYC
248 Broome St
48 residents recomanen
Amazing gluten free doughnuts!
Great, meaty food, although a little heavy! Trendy place, but worth it!
580 residents recomanen
The Meatball Shop
64 Greenwich Ave
580 residents recomanen
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.
13 residents recomanen
Rosella Coffee Shop
13 residents recomanen
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!
365 residents recomanen
Clinton St. Baking Company
4 Clinton St
365 residents recomanen
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!
99 residents recomanen
Prune
54 E 1st St
99 residents recomanen
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!
14 residents recomanen
Kyo Ya
94 E 7th St
14 residents recomanen
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).
127 residents recomanen
Abraço
81 E 7th St
127 residents recomanen
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!
236 residents recomanen
Ninth Street Espresso
700 E 9th St
236 residents recomanen
One of the best coffee spots in NYC!
THE BEST ICE CREAM IN THE WORLD.
79 residents recomanen
Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream
2 Rivington St
79 residents recomanen
THE BEST ICE CREAM IN THE WORLD.
Super friendly, delicious, healthy restaurant with a weird, "Aliens eat free" slogan...?
24 residents recomanen
Siggy's Good Food
24 residents recomanen
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.
112 residents recomanen
Momofuku Ssäm Bar
89 South Street
112 residents recomanen
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.
60 residents recomanen
Freeman Alley
Freeman Alley
60 residents recomanen
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.
212 residents recomanen
Dimes
49 Canal St
212 residents recomanen
Great, tiny, gem of a healthy, yummy, super hip little restaurant.
Japanese macrobiotic yum!
27 residents recomanen
Souen at East Village
326 East 6th Street
27 residents recomanen
Japanese macrobiotic yum!
Cool little restaurant inside the Essex Street Market. Great food, but weird hours (check before you go).
20 residents recomanen
Shopsin's
88 Essex St
20 residents recomanen
Cool little restaurant inside the Essex Street Market. Great food, but weird hours (check before you go).
Good food, drinks, ambience and people watching!
127 residents recomanen
Schiller's Liquor Bar
127 residents recomanen
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.
219 residents recomanen
Cafe Gitane
242 Mott St
219 residents recomanen
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.
218 residents recomanen
Café Habana
17 Prince St
218 residents recomanen
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!
60 residents recomanen
Gruppo Thin Crust Pizza
98 Avenue B
60 residents recomanen
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.
34 residents recomanen
Punjabi Deli
114 E 1st St
34 residents recomanen
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).
178 residents recomanen
Juice Press
70 E 1st St
178 residents recomanen
Healthy, quick, juices and smoothies- there are several around town- yummy (but not cheap).
Small Jamaican bar/restaurant with good music and dancing upstairs.
9 residents recomanen
Spur Tree
76 Orchard St
9 residents recomanen
Small Jamaican bar/restaurant with good music and dancing upstairs.

Drinks & Nightlife

Can't get this kind of place in Kansas!
25 residents recomanen
Nurse Bettie
106 Norfolk St
25 residents recomanen
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.
88 residents recomanen
Sake Bar Decibel
240 E 9th St
88 residents recomanen
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!
35 residents recomanen
Anyway Cafe
1602 E 2nd St
35 residents recomanen
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....
287 residents recomanen
Please Don't Tell
113 St Marks Pl
287 residents recomanen
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.
44 residents recomanen
Welcome To The Johnsons
123 Rivington St
44 residents recomanen
Dive bar with plastic coated couches and Ms. Pacman tables.
Good late night dance club- try Sunday late for reggae night. Beautiful interior.
24 residents recomanen
Louie and Chan
292-310 Broome St
24 residents recomanen
Good late night dance club- try Sunday late for reggae night. Beautiful interior.

Essentials

Try the chocolate covered glanced apricots! Totally mind blowing!
251 residents recomanen
Russ & Daughters
179 E Houston St
251 residents recomanen
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.
341 residents recomanen
Mercat d'Essex
88 Essex St
341 residents recomanen
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.
1895 residents recomanen
Whole Foods Market
95 E Houston St
1895 residents recomanen
Pricey, but healthy and an amazing variety of good food.

Arts & Culture

Great indie films and one of NYC's oldest theaters.
246 residents recomanen
Sunshine Cinema
246 residents recomanen
Great indie films and one of NYC's oldest theaters.
Super close, very New York, modern museum with a great gift shop!
629 residents recomanen
Nou Museu d'Art Contemporani
235 Bowery
629 residents recomanen
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.
14 residents recomanen
Top Hat
245 Broome St
14 residents recomanen
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.
52 residents recomanen
Tokio 7
83 E 7th St
52 residents recomanen
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. :[
15 residents recomanen
INA
21 Prince St
15 residents recomanen
High end second hand clothing shop. Good finds, but sometimes there are annoying people inside the store. :[
SUCH A CLASSIC!
42 residents recomanen
Housing Works Used Book Cafe
126 Crosby St
42 residents recomanen
SUCH A CLASSIC!
Cool museum design store- walking distance to the apartment.
39 residents recomanen
MoMA Design Store
81 Spring St
39 residents recomanen
Cool museum design store- walking distance to the apartment.

Everything Else

Total classic!
538 residents recomanen
Tompkins Square Park
East 10th Street
538 residents recomanen
Total classic!
Peaceful respite from the crazy city. They have a "water lounge" and a great steam room & sauna. Good treatments.
21 residents recomanen
Great Jones Spa
29 Great Jones St
21 residents recomanen
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....
497 residents recomanen
Chinatown
497 residents recomanen
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.
603 residents recomanen
Tenement Museum
103 Orchard St
603 residents recomanen
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!
987 residents recomanen
Union Square
987 residents recomanen
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!
2114 residents recomanen
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
2114 residents recomanen
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.
2653 residents recomanen
El Museu Metropolità d'Art
1000 5th Ave
2653 residents recomanen
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.
884 residents recomanen
Salmagundi Museum of American Art
884 residents recomanen
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!
2323 residents recomanen
Parc High Line
2323 residents recomanen
A great high up walking tour of New York's west side from what was once an elevated train track. Beautiful!