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Guidebook for New York

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A curated range of one-off clothing, as well as a private collection of jewelry, apparel and accessories designed by founder, Szeki Chan
7115 by SZEKI
157 Rivington St
A curated range of one-off clothing, as well as a private collection of jewelry, apparel and accessories designed by founder, Szeki Chan
2nd closest wine shop, big slection
22 locals recommend
Discovery Wines
16 Avenue B
22 locals recommend
2nd closest wine shop, big slection

Food Scene

Put your name in around 10:30 if you want a table before 12:30 for brunch. A little over-hyped, but if you've never been, very worth the visit. Winner best pancakes NY and I love their veggie sandwich
365 locals recommend
Clinton St. Baking Company
4 Clinton St
365 locals recommend
Put your name in around 10:30 if you want a table before 12:30 for brunch. A little over-hyped, but if you've never been, very worth the visit. Winner best pancakes NY and I love their veggie sandwich
One of the best inexpensive all around italian spots in the city. Pizza great, fresh pastas better. Great ambiance, good bar, great location, and big games on a projector.
149 locals recommend
Lil Charlie's NYC
19 Kenmare St
149 locals recommend
One of the best inexpensive all around italian spots in the city. Pizza great, fresh pastas better. Great ambiance, good bar, great location, and big games on a projector.
If you like great mexican, terrific margaritas, and a lively vibe, you have to eat at Barrio Chino. Head's up, there are long waits at dinner rush. Go early, late, or daytime.
222 locals recommend
Barrio Chino
253 Broome St
222 locals recommend
If you like great mexican, terrific margaritas, and a lively vibe, you have to eat at Barrio Chino. Head's up, there are long waits at dinner rush. Go early, late, or daytime.
If you're a coffee snob, this has to be your 1st stop. Straight out of Seattle, long time crew, tiny spot with the best (and expensive) brew. Great pastries by Dough. Fantastic cortados + cold brew
45 locals recommend
Caffè Vita
124 Ludlow St
45 locals recommend
If you're a coffee snob, this has to be your 1st stop. Straight out of Seattle, long time crew, tiny spot with the best (and expensive) brew. Great pastries by Dough. Fantastic cortados + cold brew
Insane fresh custom donuts. Tres leches. Enough said.
313 locals recommend
Doughnut Plant
379 Grand St
313 locals recommend
Insane fresh custom donuts. Tres leches. Enough said.
$2 dinner. Does that not blow your mind? Try the steamed pork and chive.
56 locals recommend
Prosperity Dumpling
56 locals recommend
$2 dinner. Does that not blow your mind? Try the steamed pork and chive.
Want to do a super nice dinner in a foodie bohemian way? The Fat Radish will not fail. Great space, great service, usually outstanding food in rare combinations.
193 locals recommend
The Fat Radish
17 Orchard St
193 locals recommend
Want to do a super nice dinner in a foodie bohemian way? The Fat Radish will not fail. Great space, great service, usually outstanding food in rare combinations.
If you're here on a Saturday in the Summer, this is a nice outdoor food and crafts market to check out.
35 locals recommend
Hester Street Fair
26 Essex St
35 locals recommend
If you're here on a Saturday in the Summer, this is a nice outdoor food and crafts market to check out.
Vegetarian Vietnamese. I didn't really know what to think either. Until I tried the summer rolls and the seitan curry. Amazing. Lan and Kai are the old buddhist couple who own and run the joint.
14 locals recommend
Lan Cafe
342 E 6th St
14 locals recommend
Vegetarian Vietnamese. I didn't really know what to think either. Until I tried the summer rolls and the seitan curry. Amazing. Lan and Kai are the old buddhist couple who own and run the joint.
Can't go wromg mid range dinner with some South american flair.
7 locals recommend
Erika Rojas Photography
152 Stanton Street
7 locals recommend
Can't go wromg mid range dinner with some South american flair.
Schillers is the Pastis of the LES
127 locals recommend
Schiller's Liquor Bar
127 locals recommend
Schillers is the Pastis of the LES
A restaurant based on Meatballs? YES. With some of the best salads, sides, and homemade cookies and ice cream sandwich desserts. Try it and you'll understand. Really much nicer than you'd imagine.
580 locals recommend
The Meatball Shop
64 Greenwich Ave
580 locals recommend
A restaurant based on Meatballs? YES. With some of the best salads, sides, and homemade cookies and ice cream sandwich desserts. Try it and you'll understand. Really much nicer than you'd imagine.
Classy newcomer to the hood with solid sandwiches and entres. A good alternative to the meatball shop.
87 locals recommend
Sauce
78 Rivington St
87 locals recommend
Classy newcomer to the hood with solid sandwiches and entres. A good alternative to the meatball shop.
If you know what an arepa is, and you eat them, you have to go here. Best in the city right here.
355 locals recommend
Caracas Arepa Bar
291 Grand St
355 locals recommend
If you know what an arepa is, and you eat them, you have to go here. Best in the city right here.
Hideaway gem of a restaurant. Farmhouse feel. Downstairs. Feels like you travelled somewhere.
64 locals recommend
The Smile
26 Bond St
64 locals recommend
Hideaway gem of a restaurant. Farmhouse feel. Downstairs. Feels like you travelled somewhere.
Fresh homemade bread style pretzels and pretzel sandwiches. Good stuff!
8 locals recommend
Sigmund's
8 locals recommend
Fresh homemade bread style pretzels and pretzel sandwiches. Good stuff!
Skip Lombardi's. This is the best pizza, and a better restaurant all around. By the son of the best O.G. pizzeria from Staten Island.
133 locals recommend
RubiRosa Restaurant & Bar
235 Mulberry St
133 locals recommend
Skip Lombardi's. This is the best pizza, and a better restaurant all around. By the son of the best O.G. pizzeria from Staten Island.
Excellent hidden away restaurant at the end of an alley. Their signature drink is made with fire. Lots of taxidermy, in a hip kind of way. Won't disappoint.
199 locals recommend
Freemans
Freeman Alley
199 locals recommend
Excellent hidden away restaurant at the end of an alley. Their signature drink is made with fire. Lots of taxidermy, in a hip kind of way. Won't disappoint.
This is our go to delivery spot for sushi. Ok to eat at, but great for takeaway.
Yoshi Sushi
131 Avenue A
This is our go to delivery spot for sushi. Ok to eat at, but great for takeaway.
If you're into that whole cupcake thing, this is my choice for the best.
42 locals recommend
Butter Lane
123 E 7th St
42 locals recommend
If you're into that whole cupcake thing, this is my choice for the best.
Awesome pan-asian tapas style restaurant, hidden upstairs off the street. You feel like you're doing something sneaky. Call for a reservation, or try your hand at a walk-in of you're only 2. BYOB
26 locals recommend
Kuma Inn
113 Ludlow St
26 locals recommend
Awesome pan-asian tapas style restaurant, hidden upstairs off the street. You feel like you're doing something sneaky. Call for a reservation, or try your hand at a walk-in of you're only 2. BYOB
Another tiny spot easily in the running for best coffee and cortados. Not a cafe to sit at.
127 locals recommend
Abraço
81 E 7th St
127 locals recommend
Another tiny spot easily in the running for best coffee and cortados. Not a cafe to sit at.
Including purely for the historical, tourist significance
690 locals recommend
Katz's Delicatessen
205 E Houston St
690 locals recommend
Including purely for the historical, tourist significance
Pretty solid coffee and good wifi and a hot croissant sandwich with avocado, tomato, and cheese. Go here t o get some work done and grab a bite.
36 locals recommend
88 Orchard St
88 Orchard Street
36 locals recommend
Pretty solid coffee and good wifi and a hot croissant sandwich with avocado, tomato, and cheese. Go here t o get some work done and grab a bite.
Great Aussie spot for coffee, brunch, lunch, dinner. A little pricey, but very good. This block has a lot of winners. I like their cold brew and cortados.
210 locals recommend
Dudley's
85 Orchard St
210 locals recommend
Great Aussie spot for coffee, brunch, lunch, dinner. A little pricey, but very good. This block has a lot of winners. I like their cold brew and cortados.
Great spacious, bright cafe with wifi, good cold brew, teas, espresso drinks, and a very good granola salad with yogurt and fresh fruit. This is my current go to cafe.
39 locals recommend
Whynot Coffee
39 locals recommend
Great spacious, bright cafe with wifi, good cold brew, teas, espresso drinks, and a very good granola salad with yogurt and fresh fruit. This is my current go to cafe.
Neighborhood favorite cafe with good healthy food, too.
82 locals recommend
El Rey
82 locals recommend
Neighborhood favorite cafe with good healthy food, too.
Super authentic and inexpensive dumplings and fresh noodles. Not a nice interior, so take out is a safer bet.
50 locals recommend
88 Lan Zhou Handmade Noodles
40 Bowery
50 locals recommend
Super authentic and inexpensive dumplings and fresh noodles. Not a nice interior, so take out is a safer bet.
Great place to have a coffee meeting or to work over coffee. Upscale new spot with down to earth staff. Bright, pleasant, solid coffee and serves food.
18 locals recommend
Café Henrie
116 Forsyth Street
18 locals recommend
Great place to have a coffee meeting or to work over coffee. Upscale new spot with down to earth staff. Bright, pleasant, solid coffee and serves food.

Drinks & Nightlife

Amazing tapas and wine, best for the money in the city. Oysters happy hour. Intimate, candlelit, but with community seating. Try the fresh crab and avocado, and the beet salad with pistachios.
111 locals recommend
The Ten Bells
247 Broome St
111 locals recommend
Amazing tapas and wine, best for the money in the city. Oysters happy hour. Intimate, candlelit, but with community seating. Try the fresh crab and avocado, and the beet salad with pistachios.
Some of the best mixology and some of the cheapest prices in the city. You're welcome.
102 locals recommend
The Summit Bar
133 Loisaida Ave
102 locals recommend
Some of the best mixology and some of the cheapest prices in the city. You're welcome.
Great hole in the wall bar with excellent burlesque on thursday nights.
25 locals recommend
Nurse Bettie
106 Norfolk St
25 locals recommend
Great hole in the wall bar with excellent burlesque on thursday nights.
Raucous solid neighborhood bar, great bartenders
10 locals recommend
Barramundi Bar
67 Clinton Street
10 locals recommend
Raucous solid neighborhood bar, great bartenders
Great little gem for fancy, tasty, well made cocktails in a romantic atmosphere.
45 locals recommend
Nitecap
151 Rivington St
45 locals recommend
Great little gem for fancy, tasty, well made cocktails in a romantic atmosphere.

Sightseeing

Head down to the waterfront to chill and catch some views. Bike down around the southern tip of Manhattan to the West side.
451 locals recommend
East River State Park
90 Kent Ave
451 locals recommend
Head down to the waterfront to chill and catch some views. Bike down around the southern tip of Manhattan to the West side.
Do not miss this little wonderland garden hidden deep in the LES - where you're staying! Head all the way to the back for the sunken stonework.
39 locals recommend
6BC Botanical Garden
630 E 6th St
39 locals recommend
Do not miss this little wonderland garden hidden deep in the LES - where you're staying! Head all the way to the back for the sunken stonework.
Take a walk, ride, or run over the bridge. It's right here, and it's a got a sweet pedestrian path above the fray.
387 locals recommend
Williamsburg Bridge
70 Williamsburg Bridge Bicycle Path
387 locals recommend
Take a walk, ride, or run over the bridge. It's right here, and it's a got a sweet pedestrian path above the fray.
Of course you should see Tompkins Sq park. Farmers Market on weekends.
538 locals recommend
Tompkins Square Park
East 10th Street
538 locals recommend
Of course you should see Tompkins Sq park. Farmers Market on weekends.

Essentials

Local market with a hidden gem - Brooklyn taco - and most everything else you might need produce, meat, and cheese-wise.
341 locals recommend
Essex Market
88 Essex St
341 locals recommend
Local market with a hidden gem - Brooklyn taco - and most everything else you might need produce, meat, and cheese-wise.
The nearest Whole Foods
1895 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
95 E Houston St
1895 locals recommend
The nearest Whole Foods

Everything Else

Hungry for a tasty hot wrap? This spot will take care of you. If you're a carnivore, I recommend Brothers Grim on whole wheat.
32 locals recommend
Wolfnights
99 Rivington St
32 locals recommend
Hungry for a tasty hot wrap? This spot will take care of you. If you're a carnivore, I recommend Brothers Grim on whole wheat.