Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
BIKINIS
56 Loisaida AveBecause it is delicious!
Casa Adela
66 Loisaida AvePuerto Rican home food, a neighborhood staple.
Wafels & Dinges
15 Avenue BDelicious Belgian waffles!
This is a hidden gem with wonderful Italian food and excellent coffee. Prices are unreasonably low!
57 locals recommend
Gaia Italian Cafè
226 East 3rd StreetThis is a hidden gem with wonderful Italian food and excellent coffee. Prices are unreasonably low!
Bluebird Coffee Shop
Excellent coffee.
Ninth Street Espresso
700 E 9th StWonderful coffee. (Cash only)
Esperanto
145 Loisaida AveCheap mojitos and caipirinhas and really great Brazilian food.
Trendy and fun Italian food. There's a bar next door where you can wait for a table. Cash only!
156 locals recommend
Supper
156 E 2nd StTrendy and fun Italian food. There's a bar next door where you can wait for a table. Cash only!
Cienfuegos
95 Avenue AGreat Cuban bar and restaurant with live music on Monday evenings!
Cafe Mogador
133 Wythe AveBest brunch in the city! North African style.
Everything Else
A beautiful little pocket garden that must be visited. You can also bring food and have a nice picnic.
39 locals recommend
6BC Botanical Garden
630 E 6th StA beautiful little pocket garden that must be visited. You can also bring food and have a nice picnic.
Great grocery store with lots of organic choices, great cheese selection, and butcher. Also nice fish market.
522 locals recommend
Union Market
240 E Houston StGreat grocery store with lots of organic choices, great cheese selection, and butcher. Also nice fish market.
Interesting music venue. As the New York Times put it, "Nublu is a place where you can find Brazilian hillbilly music and Puerto Rican boogaloo under the same roof as acid jazz."
57 locals recommend
Nublu Classic
62 Loisaida AveInteresting music venue. As the New York Times put it, "Nublu is a place where you can find Brazilian hillbilly music and Puerto Rican boogaloo under the same roof as acid jazz."
The Stone
55 West 13th StreetThe best experimental jazz club in the world.
Essentials
Essex Market
88 Essex StGreat indoor market and cheap, too!