Enter Bemelmans in the Carlyle Hotel through an unassuming door off the lobby. Expensive drinks but one of the finest atmospheres in the city, complete with dim lighting and a piano player.
The 21 Club is a world famous New York restaurant that started out as a Prohibition-era speakeasy.
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.
Try the Earl’s Eggo waffle, drizzled with maple syrup and stacked with aged Cabot cheddar, coffee-cured bacon and rich slabs of grilled foie gras. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
This Japanese tea house does an excellent afternoon tea service, and offers a peaceful respite from the city in the East Village.
A sand floor, giant fish tanks, surfer memorabilia and big plastic tiki cups full of dangerous, tasty, libations. Next time you crave a zombie or a genuine OB vibe, go here. -Jacqueline Lombard, Top C
1) This is some of the best pizza in the city. 2) Jay-Z and Beyonce drop in regularly. 3) There is no need for 3.
“The owners, Keavy Blueher and Allison Kave, are straight out of your indie-movie dreams—drunken pixie dream ladies serving up s’mores pie and jello shots.” Read more.
It used to host luminaries such as William Burroughs and Alan Ginsberg. And punks. And drunks and junkies and college kids and down on their luck drinkers who came for 50 cent beers.
The owners of Raines Law Room created a new speakeasy twice the size, with reservations, with many French themed rooms. It's still the perfect date spot, but just bright enough to go with friends.
Perfect for visitors and locals alike. Learn about the rich history of NYC through photos, film, and actual living spaces.
Go after 7 on Friday for free admission & use the $ you saved to buy a very pretty cocktail in the cafe, then enjoy the art, artifacts, and opulent, spacious setting
For the minimal $5 per 30 minute price tag it's hard to beat the experience. Definitely make a reservation at least once to check it out for yourself!
Good coffee & what a great idea: pay $15, pet some cats & if you bond with one adopt it! They were all saved from euthanasia. Cat space is separated so the café is suitable for allergic people too :)
Instead of waiting in an hour-long line for grumpy service at Di Fara, enjoy Brooklyn’s actual best pizza (maybe) with a square slice here.
A totally vegan restaurant that offers a peaceful respite from the busy street of Koreatown. A Korean destination for everyone, vegan and otherwise.
MatchaBar brings fine-ground Japanese green tea to Williamsburg. Try the Matchaccino, a matcha "cappuccino" made with almond milk & vanilla powder that tastes remarkably creamy. Read more.
Go see "The Fly in the Fridge" brunch theatre @ Smoke! Fantastic show with a three course brunch for $20, can't beat it. Great way to spend a Sunday morning.
A date spot with ambiance. If its nice out, ask for seating in the garden. If it's happy hour, take advantage of $6 craft cocktails and $1 oysters (aphrodisiacs!).
Delicious lunch spesh which includes a sandwich/salad, French fries, a pickle and a beer for $10. Not to mention the interesting folk rooting for their favorite games. The decor rocks.
Go through the Japanese restaurant and to the unmarked door that faces you as you get to the hostess stand. No parties more than 4. The specialty cocktails are impressive here.
Underground sake bar and Japanese tapas (izakaya). Dark and intimate. Love this place. Claire and my first date. -Francine, The Real L Word
Came in to use bathroom - stayed for the speakeasy bar behind the coffee shop
There are at least five waterfalls in Central Park, all completely man-made. The water that flows here is actually New York City drinking water that comes from a 48-inch pipe on West 100th Street. Read more.
This area of the park was designed by Calvert & Vaux to replicate the beautiful Adirondacks in upstate NY! Where to find it: Mid Park from 101nd – 110nd Streets. Read more.
UD: Free short cruises around the Hudson. Four times a day, it’ll weigh anchor and float out for 45 minutes before returning to shore.
Did you know there's still a section of the High Line that's still abandoned? We can't officially tell you how to break in but you can read about it and see photos here: Read more.
What's better than patio drinking? Boat drinking. Board this seasonal vessel and toss back oysters with cocktails before moving on to lobster rolls and beer. Read more.
Head to Pier 1 to see Gotham in its full majesty. Enticing treats abound, especially at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory. You can even drop in to hear first-rate chamber music at the floating barge.
A retractable roof, 13 Central European beers on tap (try Czech Krusovice Imperial), and great food. What's not to love about this spacious beer garden named for the West Slavic god of hospitality? Read more.
NYC’s best collective backyard boasts prime people-watching spots such as the Long Meadow and Nethermead The woodland expanse of the Ravine is a towering forest within bustling Brooklyn. Read more.
Before it housed transportation artifacts, this institution was a functioning IND stop. Built in 1936, it was part of a three-block shuttle to Hoyt-Schermerhorn, but was decommissioned in 1946. Read more.
Modeled after the Calais-Mediterranée Express, a luxury train famous for transporting wealthy passengers to the French Riviera in the ’20s and ’30s, the narrow space replicates a refined dining car.
NYC [Eat] We love when this pop-up market makes an appearance a few blocks from our NYC office. Sigmund's, Roberta's, Calexico, oh my!
When you enter the lobby of The Public Theater, hang a left and go up the stairs. At the end of the staircase you'll find this hidden Andrew Carmellini restaurant.
