The pop-up minigolf course offers food like moon-pie sundaes, pimento grilled cheeses and Southern fried chicken, plus drinks for a sober game or a tipsy one, depending on your mood.
The swanky, nautically inflected lounge atop the 29-story Viceroy features a 1,200-square-foot terrace with postcardworthy vistas of midtown and Central Park.
The enclosed greenhouse and the outdoor terrace are both ideal perches for sipping luxurious $15 cocktails and enjoying the multimillion-dollar view of midtown’s soaring skyscrapers.
Starting in May, Serene revives its open-air yoga sessions on the roof deck of the James hotel in Soho. Instructor Brigitte Bourdeau leads each hour-long Thursday class.
This year French conceptualist artist Pierre Huyghe brings an exciting site-specific installation to the garden. The project itself is a surprise.
Order the duck fat hash brown ($8). The lardy puck tosses shoestring-thin russet potatoes with onions in silky duck fat, pressed until the edges are golden brown and exceptionally crunchy. Read more.
Have you tried the steak-and-eggs sandwich ($15)? It's a shaved tenderloin & a sunny-side-up egg. Tucked inside a French baguette, are pickled jalapeños, caramelized-onion aioli & chimi-chili relish. Read more.
Vienna-inspired bar dispatches small plates (oysters with caviar) and family-style mains (plum-wasabi tuna ceviche, blackberry-mushroom venison), matched with Austrian wines by the glass or bottle. Read more.
The sprawling, glassed-in bazaar houses seven food purveyors, including the Cannibal, Court Street Grocers and Blue Bottle Coffee. Read more.
The 2014 Food & Drink Award Winner for Best New Restaurant, Carbone has turned the traditional Italian supper club on its head. We recommend the rigatoni alla vodka, veal Parmesan, and tiramisu. Read more.
2014’s Best New Cocktail Bar, The Dead Rabbit hearkens back to the saloons of New York’s Industrial Age. First floor for pints & whiskey, cocktails upstairs. Try the Byrrh Wine Daisy. Read more.
The ingredients of the Late Night Burger counterbalance the luscious patty, made from a Pat LaFrieda mix of short rib, brisket and chuck and seared à la plancha. Read more.
This multiroom Billyburg boîte plays host to NYC’s top party crews. Enjoy the killer sound system and stunning view. And be sure to note the strict no-photos policy. Read more.
Head down for Bad, a Thursday party where DJ Lily Vanilli spins an eclectic array of funky tunes and remixes. Read more.
Nothing beats On Top, a Tuesday soiree atop the Standard Hotel. Susanne Bartsch and her nightlife circus take over the club with house music and queer performance acts—planned and impromptu. Read more.
For a law-abiding buzz, we suggest day drinking at Terroir at the Porch, which features a casual vibe & lovely views of the Hudson. Nab a picnic table & down drafts from NY breweries or sample wines. Read more.
The fourth floor served as the home and work space for four Irish maids and still contains its original furnishings, including clothesline hooks over the doors, the call bell and a coal stove. Read more.
Barbecue is a cornerstone of cheap eatin’, and there’s no better spot for carnivorous feasting on a budget than Hugh Mangum’s packed East Village smokehouse (TONY’s pick for best new 2013 BBQ joint). Read more.
On top of a 19th-century townhouse sits this German-inspired beer garden. You’ll have to journey through two floors of crowds and thumping music to get there, but it’s worth the fresh air and steins.
Ippudo was brought to NYC by Shigemi Kawahara, who is known as "the Ramen King" in Japan; his rich, cloudy tonkotsu broths draw the longest lines the city's ramen-ya, and they're well worth the wait. Read more.
Totto's special spicy sauce is not lip-singeing, but the steaming broth coats your mouth and throat in chili, creating a slow burn that builds up as you work your way through the bowl. Read more.
High Line visitors will find red-blooded beauts like the top-notch brisket, an exemplar of sweet, no-sauce-needed meat and expertly charred peppercorn crust stuffed between butter-grilled rolls. Read more.
Though it’s not quite the same as it was when F. Scott Fitzgerald hung out here (along with contemporaries like Ernest Hemingway), you can soak in the old-timey ambience—assuming you can get a table. Read more.
Eat this: Sweetbread tacos, skirt steak tacos, lamb on naan, kimchi posole, Jacob’s Ladder Feast. Drink this: 5 Island Horchata spiked with dark rum and Fernet Vallet, excellent tart house margarita. Read more.
Like a boozy remake of Weird Science, a trio of cocktail geeks have forged their own fantasy babe from scratch. Drink this: Evelyn Rose—gin, hibiscus tea, rose water, Lillet syrup and lemon. Read more.
Eat this: Octopus “salami,” house-cured capocollo, eggplant caponata, focaccia with stracchino, cavatelli with peas and ricotta, carne misti, acqua pazza Read more.
This lively eatery pulls in Brooklynites looking for both homey abuela standbys (rich, cilantro-nipped guac; fragrant pozole verde) and palate-expanding fare (tongue tacos, duck-leg tamales). Read more.
This new-world delicatessen, a Noho spin-off of the Brooklyn flagship, won the title of Best Sandwich Shop in 2013. Read more.
Each theater has paired seats and tables where twosomes can nosh while taking in indie and retro flicks. Split the Nitehawk Queso, with melted cheese, black beans, spicy chorizo and cooling guac. Read more.
Get close to your date in the corner banquette at Spotted Pig alum Nate Smith’s tavern. Sample dishes from the roating menu, and pair them with a craft beer or market-driven cocktail. Read more.
Celeb chef Marcus Samuelsson’s eatery offers his take on soul-food classics. Come for Renaissance on Thursdays (7:30pm), a weekly DJ night devoted to jazz and soul tunes from across the globe. Read more.
Get cozy in a velvet booth at this mescal bar adorned with folk art, statuettes, masks and other mementos of the co-owners’ travels. Taste the namesake spirit in a flight of three one-ounce pours. Read more.
Win major points with a beer lover at this subterranean gastropub: A selection of 12 stellar craft and microbrews is always on tap. Read more.
This charming French patisserie serves eye-catching treats. Seating is limited to five tables and a breakfast bar, so arrive early—you may be able to score an almond croissant before they run out. Read more.
Fed up with the lines for the Holiday Train Show? Get a year’s membership ($75) to get access to special members-only days for the garden’s big exhibits. Read more.
Come here for Gameshow Speakeasy, the best game night in NYC, featuring wisecracking panelists from NYC’s nightlife circuit and a famous mystery guest. Read more.
The best theater to catch your favorite old movie has exquisite repertory and revival programming such as pre-Code oldies, ’70s NYC crime thrillers and French classics —plus gourmet snacks! Read more.
Arrive early at this best bar for birthdays to claim to prime barside real estate, and order a round of original cocktails mixed by rascally, white-jacketed gents. Read more.
