Places to Take Your Grandparents

1. Imperial Theatre

249 W 45th St (at 8th Ave.), New York, NY

Theater · Theater District · 33 tips and reviews

2. Tenement Museum

9.1

103 Orchard St (at Delancey St), New York, NY

History Museum · Lower East Side · 153 tips and reviews

Lombardi's Pizza is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

3. Lombardi's Pizza

8.1

32 Spring St (at Mott St), New York, NY

Pizzeria · NoLita · 534 tips and reviews

McSorley's Old Ale House is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

4. McSorley's Old Ale House

8.9

15 E 7th St (btwn Cooper Sq & 3rd Ave), New York, NY

Pub · East Village · 467 tips and reviews

Katz's Delicatessen is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

5. Katz's Delicatessen

9.0

205 E Houston St (at Ludlow St), New York, NY

Sandwich Spot · Lower East Side · 1449 tips and reviews

Italian American Museum Of New York is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

6. Italian American Museum Of New York

155 Mulberry St (at Grand St), New York, NY

History Museum · Little Italy · 11 tips and reviews

Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

7. Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral

8.6

263 Mulberry St (btwn Mott & Prince St), New York, NY

Church · NoLita · 22 tips and reviews

National September 11 Memorial is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

8. National September 11 Memorial

9.3

180 Greenwich St (btwn Liberty & Fulton St), New York, NY

Memorial Site · Financial District · 868 tips and reviews

9. Shake Shack

9.0

Madison Ave (at E 23rd St), New York, NY

Burger Joint · NoMad · 1233 tips and reviews

Museum of Arts & Design (MAD) is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

10. Museum of Arts & Design (MAD)

8.3

2 Columbus Cir (btwn 8th Ave & Broadway), New York, NY

Art Museum · Theater District · 81 tips and reviews

High Line is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

11. High Line

9.5

btwn Gansevoort & W 34th St (btwn 10th & 12th Ave), New York, NY

Park · Chelsea · 1495 tips and reviews

Brooklyn Bridge Park is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

12. Brooklyn Bridge Park

9.6

Furman St (Plymouth St), Brooklyn, NY

Park · DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY · 415 tips and reviews

Murray's Bagels is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

13. Murray's Bagels

8.4

500 Avenue of the Americas (btwn W 12th & W 13th St), New York, NY

Bagel Shop · West Village · 298 tips and reviews

Noah Weiss: Everyone says get the lox, and they're not wrong. But Russ & Daughters has as good lox, so you should really get what Murray's does best: whitefish salad on a bagel. They'll put a 1/2 pound on, too.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

14. Brooklyn Botanic Garden

9.4

990 Washington Ave (btwn President St & Empire Blvd), Brooklyn, NY

Botanical Garden · Prospect Park · 321 tips and reviews

Five Points is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

15. Five Points

31 Great Jones St (btwn Lafayette St. & Bowery), New York, NY

New American Restaurant · NoHo · 178 tips and reviews

Noah Weiss: Any baked egg dish beats any other brunch dish in the city.

Merchant's House Museum is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

16. Merchant's House Museum

9.1

29 E 4th St (at Lafayette Street), New York, NY

History Museum · NoHo · 25 tips and reviews

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

17. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

8.0

28 E 20th St, New York, NY

Historic and Protected Site · Flatiron District · 32 tips and reviews

Colleen Quinn: This was one of my Dad's favorite things to do, mine too. SUPER cool.

Maialino is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

18. Maialino

2 Lexington Ave (at Gramercy Park N), New York, NY

Italian Restaurant · Gramercy Park · 459 tips and reviews

Colleen Quinn: They are open for breakfast so you can send them here early, meet them there for a quick coffee closer to 9 or 10am and then take them over to the Teddy Roosevelt Birthplace house...

Grand Central Oyster Bar is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

19. Grand Central Oyster Bar

7.7

89 E 42nd St (Grand Central Terminal), New York, NY

Seafood Restaurant · Midtown East · 401 tips and reviews

Dens: Holy cow, the oysters are delicious here! Don't miss the clams casino w/ thick slab bacon.

Flex Mussels is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

20. Flex Mussels

154 W 13th St (btwn 6th & 7th Ave), New York, NY

Seafood Restaurant · West Village · 177 tips and reviews

Otto Enoteca Pizzeria is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

21. Otto Enoteca Pizzeria

1 5th Ave (at E 8th St), New York, NY

Pizzeria · Greenwich Village · 480 tips and reviews

Eataly Flatiron is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

22. Eataly Flatiron

9.2

200 5th Ave (at W 23rd St), New York, NY

Gourmet Store · Flatiron · 1478 tips and reviews

Doughnut Plant is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

23. Doughnut Plant

9.1

379 Grand St (at Norfolk St), New York, NY

Donut Shop · Lower East Side · 428 tips and reviews

Russ & Daughters is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

24. Russ & Daughters

9.3

179 E Houston St (btwn Allen & Orchard St), New York, NY

Gourmet Store · Lower East Side · 419 tips and reviews

Bond 45 is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

25. Bond 45

154 W 45th St (btwn 6th & 7th Ave.), New York, NY

Italian Restaurant · Theater District · 106 tips and reviews

Moldy Fig is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

26. Moldy Fig

178 Stanton St (Attorney & Clinton), New York, NY

Jazz and Blues Venue · Lower East Side · 8 tips and reviews

Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar is one of Places to Take Your Grandparents.

27. Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar

34 Downing Street (Bedford Street), New York, NY

Wine Bar · West Village · 70 tips and reviews

28. Veniero’s Pasticceria & Caffe

9.2

342 E 11th St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY

Bakery · East Village · 318 tips and reviews

Buford Barnes: Established 1894. Continuously family owned and operated. Mostly original decor, extra room added in 1984 and the oven changed to gas. Famous for traditional Italian confections. Appears in TV shows.