The crew from Vinegar Hill have added a cafe next door called Hillside, where they serve fresh doughnuts for breakfast, sandwiches with cured meats for lunch and pork pate en croute for dinner. Read more.
The pork ramen here comes with an impressive pedigree -- the owner runs five other restaurants in Japan, where they've been hip to this whole ramen craze long before Bostonians. Slurp away. Read more.
Not so much the Parliament's US information office as its liaison office with the US Congress. Read more.
While quenching your thirst with an ice-cold beer, you can satisfy your appetite with deep-fried macaroni & cheese balls, fried ravioli and rockin’ nachos. Read more.
The New York World Building was the tallest building from 1890 to 1894. It was demolished in 1955 to accommodate the expanded Brooklyn Bridge entrance Ramp. Read more.
The best touristy venue, this 80-year-old landmark is simply stunning. Check out the Art Deco flourishes in the lobby, restored to its original gilded splendor in 2009. Read more.
Originally called Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse, this landmark earned its nickname in 1942 with the publication of Hildegarde H. Swift’s The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge. Read more.
The swimming area was constructed atop a retired barge that bobs in the East River; the seven-lane, 20,000-square-foot pool is so popular that swimmers line up at the gate to be admitted in shifts. Read more.
President Obama and the First Lady along with former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, paused at the North Memorial Pool on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Read more.