The best spot to discover your new favorite hobby gives you an up-close view of its artisans-in-residence during its daily open studio. Interactive workshops offer hands-on training from the experts. Read more.
Best grilled salmon, best scallops, best oysters to be found in the East Village. Killer $12 oysters & beers happy hour too. Nothing on the menu disappoints.
One of the best vegetarian restaurants in the city. Definitely get the avocado stone bowl and the ssam bab.
If you need an inexpensive lunch or just an amazing pita sandwich, Taboonette's got ya covered. Their pita sandwich version of shakshuka (eggs and tomato sauce) is deeply flavorful and satisfying.
An indie park, an anti-campus. Chelsea boys, JDaters, and pretty women, dressed in rompers, promenade in front of people-watchers, perched like fashion editors on wooden benches. Read more.
As the name suggests, the Earth Room is a room full of dirt. Rich, dark dirt, knee deep, housed in a 3600 square foot room in Soho, intriguing viewers for the past 30 years.
Described as “last meal”-worthy, it’s the perfect place to take your confessor to show your appreciation for his dexterity with a cheese cutter. Quoted from Zagat.
My favorite steakhouse in the city so far. Canadian bacon, porterhouse for two, German potatoes and creamed spinach. Need I say more???
Motorino is one of the NYT restaurant critic Sam Sifton’s 50 favorite NYC restaurants. To see the full list, get The Scoop iPhone app, an inside guide to New York: NYTimes.com/thescoop
Food is good, but I'd come back here for one thing and one thing alone: Korean pop music vids. Sit by the t.v., you won't regret it.
It’s not only the best place to catch the ‘vegetables are the new meat’ trend, it’s one of our favorite restaurants of the year. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
Had half almond cookie, half zen butter and was in heaven.
middle eastern eggs (poached) were splendid. every element I need in a great breakfast: great poach, good bread for yolk soaking, some yummy greens and a good spread option to combine the elements.
Amanda Cohen's fun and whimsical temple to vegetables without pretense. Don't miss the hush puppies and save room for dessert.
Even Chef René Redzepi of famed Noma loves this intimate, four-table taqueria in the East Village. Standouts include tongue tacos and house-made tortillas folded around soft beef suadero.
As many food writers and pizza nerds have noted over the last few decades, Joe's Pizza serves the quintessential NY slice. The crust is thin and crisp, with even layers of cheese and tomato sauce. Read more.
Our pick for the best falafel sandwich in New York. Clean, crisp, and grease-free, with great hummus and salads.
Best tacos in the city - and they're about to be on seamless! AL PASTOR IS MEXICO CITY STYLE AND DELISHHHHHH! Do it. And the chips and salsa are epic. Can't say enough good things.
Recommended: Cereal-milk soft-serve ice cream, chocolate-chocolate cookie, candy-bar pie, chocolate cake with yellow-cake icing, banana cake with hazelnut crunch, Chinese-sausage focaccia. Read more.
Their rice pudding is made daily in their super high-tech kitchen. Try the original flavor which is always good, or mix it up with their unconventional flavors and toppings.
UCBT is the best place to laugh at funny people before they end up on TV. Nearly every sitcom on NBC’s Thursday-night lineup features performers who honed their craft at the Chelsea venue. Read more.
Have a drink on the 9th Floor at Robert and enjoy the spectacular view of Central Park. Check out all the exhibits and let us know what your new hobby is going to be!
The best museum to spend the day in boasts unparalleled holdings in 20th- and 21st-century art, the Sette MoMA restaurant, a plush movie theater and the MoMA Design Store. Read more.
The founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, often bought not the best work of the artist, which the artist might hope to be able to sell elsewhere, but the second best, which nobody else would have. Read more.
Right near the water, this place has great coffee in Brooklyn's Dumbo area. Try a doughnut and one of their three blends of espresso and enjoy it at the nearby Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Order a mug of straight up Mud coffee. Brunch here is actually very tasty, but sit on the back patio if you can or you'll smell like a kitchen for the remainder of the day.
Excellent, EXCELLENT falafels!!! (GET THE DELUXE!) you will thank me... (And like this tip on @foursquare)
Fun spot for sharing a few plates. The beets are roasted on a rotisserie and super delicious!
Most interesting, most interactive, and most fun museum I have ever visited. Their new digital pen system is awesome. If you're on the fence about going, just go - you won't regret it!
Easily one of the best store concepts on the Upper East Side and the staff is the greatest! Get the banana pudding, chocolate chunk, or Thai tea ice creams provided by Oddfellows.
This the best of the rolled ice cream spots that's cropped up in NYC. The space is smaller than its competitors but the ice cream is a lot tastier. Toppings are unlilited. Thai tea is my favorite!
"No other square can compare," claims Prince Street Pizza, and who are we to argue? The Sicilian slice here—deemed the "Prince Perfection"—is crunchy, chewy, and surprisingly light and airy. Read more.
Such a fun restaurant!! Love the speakeasy feel of walking through the kitchen to get to the bar and restaurant. The food, service and drinks were all fantastic! Get your reservations in early!
Gorgeous bookstore with a wonderful selection of books in French and French books in English translation. Awesome cultural events in the evening.
Oh my goodness- this is my favorite tapas restaurant in NYC. I always make it a point to come on my birthday and anniversaries. Their red sangria is DELICIOUS and sneaky!! ALL of the food is amazing.
Love the art nouveau ambience. The food is great. Absolutely get the winter sangria.
Riverside Park boasts bike and pedestrian paths along the Hudson river, plus tennis, basketball, and volleyball courts. Read more.
A beautiful and relaxing place to visit. Noguchi's sculptures are both minimalistic and emotive. It's even nice in the winter time even though part of the museum is outdoors.
A Leventine palace with ethereal hummus and baba ghanouj, eggplant napoleon, fattoush to change your world. Worth a detour.
A hidden gem. Great architecture (open air spaces, peaceful sculpture garden) and beautiful pieces thoughtfully laid out, showcasing Noguchi as a subtle master of material and texture.
