Head down a dark alley for a dimly-lit scene with creative and consistently clever food. The tartare with potato chips and the Bananas Foster are must-dos.
Really cute and cosy spot with a nicely worn look and feel. Lunch menu entrees for $15 and under. Small but filling. Poached salmon infused with herbs. Yum!
Order a Sixth Street cocktail, which calls on the complex spices used at the Indian restaurants lining E 6th St. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Pearl & Ash, our 2014 winner for Best Restaurant Bar Program, offers punk-rock wine with its creative dishes. Start with togarashi-rubbed octopus and finish with Fernet-Branca ice cream sandwiches.
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.
Garnished with lavender and served in an antique teacup, ZZ’s coffee cocktail was one of 2013’s best drinks. Crème de cacao, aged rum, and Campari offer a coffeelike balance of sweet and bitter Read more.
The cheeseburger, a thin Black Angus patty—charred on the griddle—is draped in oozing American cheese, then nestled into a squishy roll with chopped onions, pickles, mustard and ketchup. Read more.
The Pat LaFrieda patty, cloaked with American cheese and a slathering of mayo, stands up to the salad-like toppings; and a soft Martin’s potato bun pinned with a drink ties everything together. (CP) Read more.
Run by the team behind Beekman Beer Garden, this waterfront club at Governors Island has a beautiful view of the lower-Manhattan skyline. Read more.
There are few better ways to spend a Sunday than on the banks of the Gowanus Canal at Mister Sunday in the company of DJs Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter. Come to dance, play, chill and drink! Read more.
Cycling up this Hudson-adjacent path, which runs five miles along the western edge of Manhattan, makes a lovely escape from the bustle of the city. Read more.
This Victorian Gothic cottage was home to photographer and noted badass Alice Austen, who was known for her gritty street photography—and for being the first woman on Staten Island to own a car. Read more.
The Shaft Space was created from leftover space between the third and fourth floors, after the architects realized they could carve out more gallery space by moving building ducts. Read more.
Hidden behind the wall at the first bay near the rotunda is a ceramic tile mural done by Joan Miró. The work was commissioned by museum trustee Harry F. Guggenheim in 1963 to honor his late wife. Read more.
A full three-page transcript of Facebook messages between then-Representative Anthony Weiner and blackjack dealer Lisa Weiss is on display in the “Universe of Desire” exhibition.
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