Guidebook for New York

Michael
Guidebook for New York

Everything Else

Home to the world famous Metropolitan Opera House, The New York City Ballet, and The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
621 locals recommend
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center Plaza
621 locals recommend
Home to the world famous Metropolitan Opera House, The New York City Ballet, and The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
The BEST chocolate chip cookies in the world!
215 locals recommend
Levain Bakery - 74th Street
167 W 74th St
215 locals recommend
The BEST chocolate chip cookies in the world!
Yummy, yummy cupcakes - actually everything there is good, and they have a nice place to sit and hang out while you eat dessert.
401 locals recommend
Magnolia Bakery
401 Bleecker St
401 locals recommend
Yummy, yummy cupcakes - actually everything there is good, and they have a nice place to sit and hang out while you eat dessert.
Wonderful museum, especially for kids and younger teenagers.
1623 locals recommend
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
1623 locals recommend
Wonderful museum, especially for kids and younger teenagers.

Food Scene

Amazing Colombian food! Cheap prices! Excellent value!
115 locals recommend
Empanada Mama
765 9th Ave
115 locals recommend
Amazing Colombian food! Cheap prices! Excellent value!
Great Italian food
41 locals recommend
Bocca di Bacco
836 9th Ave
41 locals recommend
Great Italian food
One of my favorite Italian restaurants
13 locals recommend
Cara Mia
13 locals recommend
One of my favorite Italian restaurants
Wonderful Brazilian restaurant; a little bit pricey.
Brasilina
836 9th Ave
Wonderful Brazilian restaurant; a little bit pricey.
Good sandwiches and milkshakes; cheap; they deliver.
Olympic Flame Diner
200 W 60th St
Good sandwiches and milkshakes; cheap; they deliver.
One of my favorite Indian restaurants
6 locals recommend
Aaheli
6 locals recommend
One of my favorite Indian restaurants
My favorite Mexican restaurant - not touristy at all.
59 locals recommend
Añejo
668 10th Ave
59 locals recommend
My favorite Mexican restaurant - not touristy at all.
My favorite wine bar; the most hospitable staff of any restaurant in NYC (probably because they're Italian!)
Il Baretto
My favorite wine bar; the most hospitable staff of any restaurant in NYC (probably because they're Italian!)
One of my favorite Thai restaurants - they deliver (but it takes them about an hour).
101 locals recommend
Room Service
690 9th Ave
101 locals recommend
One of my favorite Thai restaurants - they deliver (but it takes them about an hour).
Wonderful Turkish restaurant - they deliver quite promptly.
12 locals recommend
Aba
325 W 57th St
12 locals recommend
Wonderful Turkish restaurant - they deliver quite promptly.
Fantastic hamburgers and milkshakes
Jackson Hole
517 Columbus Avenue
Fantastic hamburgers and milkshakes
Good old fashioned Jewish-style New York Deli/Diner, with great Jewish cooking (blintzes, matzoh brei, Rubin sandwich, etc.)
10 locals recommend
Artie's Delicatessen
2290 Broadway
10 locals recommend
Good old fashioned Jewish-style New York Deli/Diner, with great Jewish cooking (blintzes, matzoh brei, Rubin sandwich, etc.)
Quick, cheap and cheerful. It's sort of like "Gourmet Fast Food;" it's very fast and not very healthy, but the quality of the ingredients is very good - no mystery meat!
6 locals recommend
Boston Market
885 10th Ave
6 locals recommend
Quick, cheap and cheerful. It's sort of like "Gourmet Fast Food;" it's very fast and not very healthy, but the quality of the ingredients is very good - no mystery meat!

Shopping

Good location; great supermarket (Whole Foods); good transportation hub
377 locals recommend
Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle
377 locals recommend
Good location; great supermarket (Whole Foods); good transportation hub