Manhattan Favorites

1. Alidoro

8.7
105 Sullivan St (btwn Spring & Prince St), New York, NY
Sandwich Spot · SoHo · 230 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: Huge, delicious, expensive sandwiches from grumpy staff.

2. Big Gay Ice Cream Shop

125 E 7th St (btwn 1st Ave & Ave A), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · East Village · 416 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: The Salty Pimp is my favorite, but the Nutella-lined cone in the Monday Sundae is pretty hard to pass up.

3. Momofuku Ssäm Bar

207 2nd Ave (at E 13th St), New York, NY
Asian Restaurant · East Village · 523 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: Spicy pork sausage with rice cakes is unreal and huge.

4. Milk Bar

8.0
251 E 13th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 711 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: Get the crack pie + cereal milk soft serve twist.

5. C&C Prosperity Dumplings

69 Clinton St (btwn Rivington & Stanton), New York, NY
Dumpling Restaurant · Lower East Side · 56 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: They might as well be giving their pork and chive dumplings away.

6. Taïm Falafel and Smoothie Bar

8.9
45 Spring St (at Mulberry St), New York, NY
Falafel Restaurant · NoLita · 243 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: Throw a hard-boiled egg and feta on whatever you're eating. And don't ignore the smoothies.

7. Soto

357 Avenue of the Americas (btwn 4th St & Washington Pl), New York, NY
Sushi Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 85 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: Get a seat at the bar, and order one of the omakase options and/or any/everything with "uni" in the name (even if you usually hate uni!)

8. Upstate Craft Beer & Oyster Bar

9.1
95 1st Ave (at 6th St), New York, NY
Seafood Restaurant · East Village · 229 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: Sit at the bar for amazing service. Every night between 5 and 7, $12 will get you half a dozen oysters and a great beer.

9. Holyland Market

122 Saint Marks Pl (btw Avenue A and 1st Ave), New York, NY
Deli · East Village · 15 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: The best place to buy Israeli shampoo in New York. But more likely bets are Milky pudding, Pesek Zman candy bars, crunchy Bisli snacks, and the Israeli spices.

Shake Shack is one of Manhattan Favorites.

10. Shake Shack

9.0
Madison Ave (at E 23rd St), New York, NY
Burger Joint · NoMad · 1233 tips and reviews
Dos Toros Taquería is one of Manhattan Favorites.

11. Dos Toros Taquería

8.1
137 4th Ave (btwn E 13th & E 14th St), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 349 tips and reviews
Bleecker Street Pizza is one of Manhattan Favorites.

12. Bleecker Street Pizza

8.3
69 7th Ave S (at Bleecker St), New York, NY
Pizzeria · West Village · 180 tips and reviews
Momofuku Noodle Bar is one of Manhattan Favorites.

13. Momofuku Noodle Bar

8.6
171 1st Ave (btwn E 10th & E 11th St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · East Village · 849 tips and reviews
Booker and Dax at Ssäm is one of Manhattan Favorites.

14. Booker and Dax at Ssäm

207 2nd Ave (at E 13th St), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · East Village · 150 tips and reviews
UCB Theatre East is one of Manhattan Favorites.

15. UCB Theatre East

153 E 3rd St (at Ave A), New York, NY
Comedy Club · Alphabet City · 56 tips and reviews

16. Foursquare Coffeerator

568 Broadway Fl 10 (at Prince St), New York, NY
Corporate Coffee Shop · SoHo · 2 tips and reviews

Simon F.Simon Favreau-Lessard: Make sure to cut it with milk or water, that stuff is strong and will leave you jittery all day otherwise

17. Teado

8.2
145D Hester St (btwn Chrystie St & Bowery), New York, NY
Bubble Tea Shop · Lower East Side · 66 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: Try the baby octopus onigiri. It comes with a glove to keep your hands clean.

18. Spiegel

26 1st Ave (at E 2nd St), New York, NY
Café · East Village · 61 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: Israeli food and amazing espresso drinks from Verve in Santa Cruz.

19. Minca

8.1
536 E 5th St (btwn Ave A & B), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Alphabet City · 301 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: The cold spicy miso ramen was confusing but as delicious as the hot one.

20. Punjabi Grocery & Deli

9.0
114 E 1st St (btwn 1st Ave & Ave A), New York, NY
Deli · East Village · 113 tips and reviews

Omer Z.Omer Zach: $3.50 gets you a bowl of rice with a huge pile of your choice of 2 vegetables: spinach, lentils, and more. Enough for a small meal but you can opt for a bigger bowl or throw in a $1.25 samosa.

Sushi Dojo NYC is one of Manhattan Favorites.

21. Sushi Dojo NYC

110 1st Ave (btwn E 6th & E 7th St), New York, NY
Sushi Restaurant · East Village · 87 tips and reviews
Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream is one of Manhattan Favorites.

22. Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream

2 Rivington St (at Bowery), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Lower East Side · 421 tips and reviews
Two Hands is one of Manhattan Favorites.

23. Two Hands

8.4
164 Mott St (btwn Broome St & Grand St), New York, NY
Café · Little Italy · 313 tips and reviews