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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 Gugge
nheim
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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