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NYC.
Coffee Shops:
Yannis
Blue Bottle
Felix Roasting Co.
Aime Leon Dore Cafe
Birch Coffee
La Colombe
Maman
Ground Support (Soho)
The ELK
Ralph's
New York Coffee Project
Irving Farm
Happy Bones
Cha Cha Matcha
Brunch:
Dudleys
Jack's Wife Freda
Buvette
The East Pole
Sant Ambroeus
Balthazar
The Crosby Bar
Bubby's
Sunday In Brooklyn
Sadelle's
12 Chairs Cafe
Good Thanks Cafe
Malibu Farm Cafe
Bagels:
Russ and Daughters
Murray's Bagels
Blackseed Bagels
Tompkins Square Bagels
Dinner: {Michelin Star: *}
French:
Le Cou Cou * $$$$
Frenchette $$$
Raouls $$$
Lucien $$
Claudette $$
La Mercerie Cafe $$$
Italian:
Cipriani Downtown $$$
Lure Bar $$
Piccola Cucina $$
ABC Kitchen $$$
Carbone * $$$$
I Sodi $$$
Via Carota $$$
Rubirosa $$
Lil Frankies $$
Rezdora * $$$
Il Buco $$$
Cafe Altro Paradiso $$$
Bar Primi $$$
Don Angie * $$$
Il Mulino (Original Location Greenwich) $$$$
Serafina $$
Sola Pasta Bar $$$
Bar Pitti $$ (cash only)
Lilia Ristorante $$$
Mamo $$$
Misi $$$
Malatesta $
Ci Siamo $$
Lupa $$
Pizza:
Joes
John's on Bleeker Street
Rubirosa
Song E' Napule
Latin:
Despana $$
Boqueria $$
La Esquina $$
Oxomoco * $$$
Asian:
Joe's Shanghai $
Chinese Tuxedo $$$
Ippudo $
Bond ST $$$$
Nami Nori $$$
Mokyo NYC $$
Thursday Kitchen $
JEJU Noodle Bar * $$
Thep Thai $$
The Tyger $$$
Mokyo $$
Wayan $$
Tokyo Record Bar $$
Fish Cheeks $$
American:
4 Charles Prime Rib $$$$
Minetta Tavern $$$
Polo Bar $$$$
Mercer Kitchen $$$
Blue Hill at Stone Barns ** $$$$
Market Table $$
American Bar $$$
Quality Eats $$$
Charlie Bird $$$
Fish:
Catch $$
Indian:
The Masawalla $$
Tamarind $$$
Mediterantian:
Lola Taverna $$
Kiki's $
Balaboosta $$
Pylos $$$
Estiatorio Milos $$$$
Avra Estiatorio $$$$
Shoo Shoo $$
Balzem $$
Ilili $$
12 Chairs $$
Il Buco $$$
Other:
Cafe Select $$
Llama San $$$
Baby Brasa $$
Drinks:
Cocktail Bar:
Dear Irving (Gramercy)
LB (Little Branch)
The Up & Up
Raines Law Room (Chelsea)
Apotheke
The Standard Boom Boom Room
Please Don't Tell
Employees Only
Analogue
Bar Pisellino
Bacaro
Wine Bar:
La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels
Anfora
Aldo Sohm Wine Bar
Despana (Spanish Wines)
Going out:
Paul's Casablanca
Gospel
The Blond
Soho Grand
The Butterfly
Kind Regards
Make Believe
Boom Boom Room
Public Rooftop
Kind Regards
La Esquina
The Butterfly
205 Club
310 Bowery
Bakeries:
Bakeri
Fabrique
Ceci Cela Patisserie
Frenchette Bakery
Aux Marveilleux de Fred
Sweets:
Lady M
Levain
Van Leuween
Petee's Pie Shop
Twenty Four Blackbird
Boba Guys
Maribelle Hot Chocolate
LA Burdick
Mochidoki
The Donut Plant
Dough
Bon Bon - Swedish Candy Co
Culture Yogurt Company
Hotels:
The Nomad $$$
The Plaza $$$$
11 Howard $$$
The Williamsburg Hotel $$
Bowery Hotel $$$
Arlo Soho $$
Hotel 1 $$$
Things to do:
Touristy:
Ice Skating in central park or Rockefeller center (seasonal)
Non Touristy:
Take a Citi Bike for a ride
Brooklyn Flea Market
Greenpoint Market
Chelsea Flea
The Strand Bookstore
Sunday Hotdogs at Bon Bon- A Swedish Candy Co.
Walk/Bike Central Park
(Don't miss Bethedsa Terrace)
Museums: (In order of my favorite)
The MET
The Frick Gallery
Museum of Modern Art/MOMA
Neue Galerie
Whitney Museum
The Guggenheim
The Brooklyn Museum
Museum of Art and Design
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
The Met Breuer
Farther Away:
New York Botanical Garden
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Dia Beacon
Dia Bridgehampton
Dan Flavin Museum
The Met Cloisters
Weekend/day Trips from NYC:
Hudson
Hike Bear Mountain Storm King Art Center
Shopping:
Isalis
Corso Como
Home Stores:
Coming Soon
Clic
Matter
Cursive Home
Beam BK
ABC Home
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