The best waterfront in NYC offers a unique view of the lower Manhattan skyline, aquatic features, such as a salt marsh filled with native cordgrass, and Jane’s Carousel, a restored ride from 1922. Read more.
The best place to remember why you love Manhattan takes you above the city while keeping you rooted in urban life. Walk through a field of wildflowers as cabs zoom along the street beneath you. Read more.
Eggs Rothko w/ candied bacon on the side. Toasty, buttery brioche hugging a not-too-cooked egg, smothered in Vermont cheddar. Oh, and BACON.
Chef April Bloomfield holds her own and then some at New York's top gastropub. Arguably the best restaurant burger in New York is served here, and the gnudi needs no introduction. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
As tempting as it is to get the burger or mac & cheese, you can get those down the street at Dumont Burger, so try the rest of their wonderful menu, and be sure to start with the artichoke salad.
Cool, cozy spot with great cocktails and a solid bourbon and rye selection. Eat the deviled eggs and pulled pork on a seeded brioche roll.
The Sweetwater Burger with bacon might be the best burger in the city, but if you're looking for something a little lighter, try the Watermelon Salad, a refreshing take on the greek salad
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.
Lean against the railing on one of the raised areas on the right side and look ultra moody. Bonus: the spot has the best cell reception in the joint, so you can instagram to your heart's content.
Saw a soul band play here last night. It was just so fucking amazing and they had a great wine and cocktail list. This is literally the bar of my dreams!
We recommend you order the “North Garden,” an-off-the-menu concoction - aromatic bitters, Scotch, bourbon, apple brandy, sugar - that tastes like Scotch on MDMA. Also at Death & Company this summer. Read more.
The Lechon Asado is some of the best slow roasted pork I've ever tasted, served with avocados topped w/ lime juice and chili powder, two eggs, beans, and toast.
Dan Delaney learned from the best in Texas, drove a smoker and fire wood from Austin to Brooklyn and tested recipes for months to serve you the perfect brisket in his beautiful restaurant.
Start with some olives to nibble on, then I highly recommend the squid ink pasta with cuttlefish, shrimp, seafood ragù and pepper.
Make a full meal for 2 out of just appetizers:: Arugula salad with olives, fried artichokes and lemon. Wood fired mussels. And last but not least, the pork and beef meatballs in a spicy marinara
Go to PDT and get the bacon flavored bourbon. They use Momofuku bacon fat to flavor it. The tater tots are an excellent companion.
The tap selection is small, but what it lacks in quantity it makes up for in quality. The beers here are hard-to-find, one-of-a-kind imports and American craft brews. Plus, there's a great backyard!
This beer bar, from the brewer of Denmark's Evil Twin and the chef of Noma, features 21 beers on tap, each individually managed by a "flux capacitor" to perfect temperature, compression, and CO2 Read more.
Ladies and gentlemen, no way is this a hotel. It’s a bar. An enchanting speakeasy oozing period charm in Williamsburg. Belly up to the bar at sundown or snag a little table and name your poison.
Cocktails change often, but if the Zelda is on the menu (gin, cynar, and herbsaint) snatch it up. Cheese plates are lovely too and the bread served with is perfect. While away a hazy Saturday here.
Find a diverse range of world-class DJs and musicians at Warm Up, the popular daytime wingding in MoMA PS1’s concrete-walled school yard. Pro tip: Avoid the long lines by snagging advance tickets. Read more.
If you love nature, add this to your bucket list. If you love modernism or abstraction, go soon. And, if you love sculpture go NOW. Pack a lunch & head out to Maya Lin's rolling fields for a picnic.
One of the best day trips from the city. Take Metro-North along the Hudson Walk slowly through one of the Serra 'torqued ellipses' and watch it get dark...twice!
