Guidebook for New York

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Guidebook for New York

Food Scene

Amazing French brunch restaurant. Make a reservation!
99 locals recommend
Prune
54 E 1st St
99 locals recommend
Amazing French brunch restaurant. Make a reservation!
FANTASTIC French/Seafood restaurant with an amazing cocktail menu. Go for Happy Hour!
6 locals recommend
Prima
58 E 1st St
6 locals recommend
FANTASTIC French/Seafood restaurant with an amazing cocktail menu. Go for Happy Hour!
Hands down best Thai in NY. They Deliver. $8 lunch special is amazing!
21 locals recommend
One More Thai
6 Clinton Street
21 locals recommend
Hands down best Thai in NY. They Deliver. $8 lunch special is amazing!
One of the best brunch spots in the city- normally a 2 hour wait!
365 locals recommend
Clinton St. Baking Company
4 Clinton St
365 locals recommend
One of the best brunch spots in the city- normally a 2 hour wait!
Best Mexican downtown
Mole Mexican Bar and Grill
205 Allen Street
Best Mexican downtown
Amazing and cheap italian, great bar at night as well
87 locals recommend
Sauce
78 Rivington St
87 locals recommend
Amazing and cheap italian, great bar at night as well
Killer Israeli food!
45 locals recommend
Hummus Place
305 Amsterdam Ave
45 locals recommend
Killer Israeli food!
Amazing Korean/Japanese BBQ. Has a great happy hour for food.
63 locals recommend
Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ
321 W 44th St
63 locals recommend
Amazing Korean/Japanese BBQ. Has a great happy hour for food.
Best Vietnamese downtown- NOTHING FANCY, that's for sure. Super cheap and delicious.
15 locals recommend
Pho Bang
157 Mott St
15 locals recommend
Best Vietnamese downtown- NOTHING FANCY, that's for sure. Super cheap and delicious.
Fantastic EV Italian
156 locals recommend
Supper
156 E 2nd St
156 locals recommend
Fantastic EV Italian
Famous noodle bar, delicious!
271 locals recommend
Momofuku Noodle Bar
171 1st Ave.
271 locals recommend
Famous noodle bar, delicious!
If you want ramen, this is where to go. Be prepared to wait an hour..
226 locals recommend
Ippudo NY
65 4th Ave
226 locals recommend
If you want ramen, this is where to go. Be prepared to wait an hour..
Alleged to be some of the best coffee in the city.
43 locals recommend
Bluebird Coffee Shop
43 locals recommend
Alleged to be some of the best coffee in the city.
Best French bakery in NY
52 locals recommend
Ceci Cela Patisserie
14 Delancey St
52 locals recommend
Best French bakery in NY
It's a scene. Great for beautiful girl hunting ;)
119 locals recommend
Cafe Select
212 Lafayette St
119 locals recommend
It's a scene. Great for beautiful girl hunting ;)
Fantastic Indian. They deliver. The restaurant isn't so pretty...
6 locals recommend
Banjara
97 1st Ave.
6 locals recommend
Fantastic Indian. They deliver. The restaurant isn't so pretty...
Great Sushi, pricy.
33 locals recommend
BONDST
6 Bond St
33 locals recommend
Great Sushi, pricy.
Delicious Thai Nouveau takeout/delivery!
16 locals recommend
Pok Pok Phat Thai
137 Rivington St
16 locals recommend
Delicious Thai Nouveau takeout/delivery!
French/American diner style. Great spot for brunch.
127 locals recommend
Schiller's Liquor Bar
127 locals recommend
French/American diner style. Great spot for brunch.
Great American Nouveau- fantastic brunch menu
8 locals recommend
Five Points
31 Great Jones Street
8 locals recommend
Great American Nouveau- fantastic brunch menu

Drinks & Nightlife

Great EV bar with a bohemian vibe and classic rock/new wave jams
14 locals recommend
Cabin Down Below
14 locals recommend
Great EV bar with a bohemian vibe and classic rock/new wave jams
50+ beers on tap, fantastic food.
95 locals recommend
Spitzer's Corner
95 locals recommend
50+ beers on tap, fantastic food.
RIP :(
14 locals recommend
John Varvatos
315 Bowery
14 locals recommend
RIP :(
Same as in Paris...well...
30 locals recommend
Le Baron NYC
32 Mulberry Street
30 locals recommend
Same as in Paris...well...
Speak Easy, delicious drinks.
287 locals recommend
Please Don't Tell
113 St Marks Pl
287 locals recommend
Speak Easy, delicious drinks.
German Beer hall with great food
36 locals recommend
Loreley Beer Garden
7 Rivington St
36 locals recommend
German Beer hall with great food
Hipster Mecca dive bar extraordinaire
29 locals recommend
Max Fish
120 Orchard St
29 locals recommend
Hipster Mecca dive bar extraordinaire
Great place for live music. Gets crazy on the weekends.
257 locals recommend
Pianos
158 Ludlow St
257 locals recommend
Great place for live music. Gets crazy on the weekends.
The music venue that helped forge the thriving music scene on the Lower East Side
73 locals recommend
Arlene Grocery
95 Stanton St
73 locals recommend
The music venue that helped forge the thriving music scene on the Lower East Side
With drinks in teacups and a hidden entrance, this hideaway boasts all the glamour of a 20s-era speakeasy.
127 locals recommend
The Back Room
102 Norfolk St
127 locals recommend
With drinks in teacups and a hidden entrance, this hideaway boasts all the glamour of a 20s-era speakeasy.
Former massage parlor specializing in manual release is now a lounge hosting the latest indie record releases.
37 locals recommend
Happy Ending
37 locals recommend
Former massage parlor specializing in manual release is now a lounge hosting the latest indie record releases.

Everything Else

Dessert! Oh my!
102 locals recommend
Milk Bar East Village
251 E 13th St
102 locals recommend
Dessert! Oh my!
Good quiet dark bar, albeit snobby as hell.
76 locals recommend
The Bowery Hotel
335 Bowery
76 locals recommend
Good quiet dark bar, albeit snobby as hell.
Aspirations of drag queening? Go here. This is the stylist who did all of Carrie's wardrobe in Sex and the City. Pretty awesome.
Patricia Field
306 Bowery
Aspirations of drag queening? Go here. This is the stylist who did all of Carrie's wardrobe in Sex and the City. Pretty awesome.
Amazing coffee, gorgeous male staff and great back outdoor patio. Go and drool.
56 locals recommend
Saturdays NYC Crosby St
31 Crosby St
56 locals recommend
Amazing coffee, gorgeous male staff and great back outdoor patio. Go and drool.
Hybrid pastry cafe/record store/bar/music venue has everything a Lower East Sider needs to make it through another day of unemployment.
30 locals recommend
Cake Shop NYC
152 Ludlow Street
30 locals recommend
Hybrid pastry cafe/record store/bar/music venue has everything a Lower East Sider needs to make it through another day of unemployment.
This is a fantastic museum on the history of the LES.
603 locals recommend
Tenement Museum
103 Orchard St
603 locals recommend
This is a fantastic museum on the history of the LES.
Best place to find the widest selection of beer.
New Beer Distributors
167 Chrystie St
Best place to find the widest selection of beer.

Shopping

Most beautiful (and pricy) vintage couture in NY. I die every time I enter.
Allan & Suzi
237 Centre Street
Most beautiful (and pricy) vintage couture in NY. I die every time I enter.
Delicious little chocolate shop!
8 locals recommend
Bespoke Chocolates
6 Extra Pl
8 locals recommend
Delicious little chocolate shop!
Beautiful beautiful beautiful perfumery.
Bond No. 9 New York
9 Bond St
Beautiful beautiful beautiful perfumery.

Essentials

Whole paycheck.
1895 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
95 E Houston St
1895 locals recommend
Whole paycheck.
Our favorite! This is where you will pick up/drop off keys, and buy all your late night treats :)
First & First Finest Deli
Our favorite! This is where you will pick up/drop off keys, and buy all your late night treats :)
Just go.
47 locals recommend
Economy Candy
108 Rivington St
47 locals recommend
Just go.
Fantastic new grocery store!
341 locals recommend
Essex Market
88 Essex St
341 locals recommend
Fantastic new grocery store!