The best museum to spend the day in boasts unparalleled holdings in 20th- and 21st-century art, the Sette MoMA restaurant, a plush movie theater and the MoMA Design Store. 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.
Visit the ice rink before Thanksgiving and Christmas to avoid the crowds. On Thanksgiving go between 9am and noon or expect a one- to two-hour wait.
The best view of NYC offers a stunning panorama. From the midpoint of the massive suspension bridge, there are spectacular sight lines of Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo and lower Manhattan. Read more.
The best place to remember why you love Manhattan takes you above the city while keeping you rooted in urban life. Walk through a field of wildflowers as cabs zoom along the street beneath you. Read more.
The best theater to see a movie that will change your life hosts new art-house titles (at its Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center), rep series and beaucoup festival offerings. Read more.
The best theater to catch your favorite old movie has exquisite repertory and revival programming such as pre-Code oldies, ’70s NYC crime thrillers and French classics —plus gourmet snacks! Read more.
Known as Victrola on Gossip Girl, have a few drinks and enjoy the burlesque show a la Chuck Bass.
Live a day in the life of Chuck Bass, and make some calls in the courtyard of your hotel.
Enjoy all of the luxe accessories, knowing that this is a favorite shopping spot of Serena Van Der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf.
Dan and Vanessa currently go to NYU, so why not make a stop at the favorite hangout of many NYU students?
Spotted: Serena Van Der Woodsen's first scene was shot here for Gossip Girl.
Chuck Bass sure picks his hotels in style, so enjoy the rooftop bar like any Bass should.
Social ostracism can taste a lot like Bellinisat an empty table. Don't have a dinner for one like Blair Waldorf.
Your request for a book used to be shot throughout the building via giant brass pneumatic tubes. Now obsolete, the pipes can still be viewed at the clerk’s desk in the third-floor catalog room. Read more.
When the New York Times moved into offices at Broadway and 42nd Street on Dec 31, 1904, it threw a party so legendary that New Yorkers started to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square every year. Read more.
Originally, the Dakota had sixty-five apartments with four to twenty rooms, no two being alike. It was the setting for 'Rosemary's Baby' as well as the shooting death of John Lennon on Dec 8, 1980.
Movie "Journey To The Stars". Full dome screen makes you feel like your flying in outer space.
Italian restaurant with fantastic espresso bar. Cappucino’s are excellent. Best tasting coffee in Midtown East and great gelato in the summer time.
Take a trip to France without leaving NYC. What they lack in service, they make up for with delicious bistro food and fresh baked goods. Get the almond croissant or the brioche.
Veniero’s Café, with its stamped copper ceilings, Italian marble floors, and stained glass ceilings, is an old world style Italian café.
The WORLDS best sandwich is the cold lamb sandwich with garlic herb mayonaise on rye at E.A.T. It may not be cheap but it's worth it.
This East Village dessert institution has been around for more than two decades selling cakes and truffles—despite not having any seats.
Legendary cupcakes, absolutely get the Red Velvets! Well worth standing in line for this New York classic.
You really can’t go wrong in this classic French bistro transplanted in SoHo. Reservations are definitely a must as the restaurant is typically packed at all hours of the day.
Great ambiance and amazing staff. You can stop in for a delicious coffee or Gelato or have a posh meal – the Crab Salad is delicious as are ALL of the desserts.
This is one of our favorite coffee houses in all of Manhattan – don’t know if it’s the stir brew, but the brew is excellent. As is the Chai Tea Latte and all their baked goods…homemade Oreo!
Feel like your stepping into the Pacific Northwest in this wood-lined coffee shop! It’s a great place to study and enjoy cup of joe. It’s cash only and gets pretty crowded.
Smooth, rich and flavorful coffee that's best paired with any of the pastries (delivered daily from Balthazar). Never as crowded as that 'other' coffee shop.
Besides the delicious Macarons (we love the Rose & Lychee), we also love the strong Coffee, the delicious Salad Nicoise and the Siciliano Baguette. Check out the daily specials.
Go right when they open to avoid the crowds and get the best selection. Otherwise, you’ll be forced to wait in line outside.
Chill, cute and unpretentious coffee shop – eerily similar to the one on Friends. Get a standard Iced Coffee or go a little fancier and get a Double Chocolate Mocha Espresso Freeze.
Can’t find the Mud Truck, but are craving an Iced Almond Latte or a Mint Mochaccino, then grab a seat at their café – especially in the outdoor patio.
A favorite of Upper East Side society, this café is where Avery Carlyle began her ascent to reign as Queen Bee of Constance Billard. (The Carlyles: Love the One You’re With) Read more.
