Alexandra's Guidebook
Restaurants around
Tanoreen is probably the best Middle Eastern restaurant in New York City, and it’s just a a few blocks away!
32 locals recommend
Tanoreen
7523 3rd AveTanoreen is probably the best Middle Eastern restaurant in New York City, and it’s just a a few blocks away!
Gino's
7414 5th AveUpscale Italian restaurant with amazing food and great ambiance!
Blue Agave
7215 3rd AveMexican restaurant/bar with amazing food, cocktails and ambience!
Las Margaritas
7206 3rd AveMexican restaurant with great food, and cocktails!
Bay Ridge Pizza
7704 5th AveAwarded the best pizza in Brooklyn for several years!!! You must try it!
Amazing food and cocktails, and great atmosphere. Also, just a couple of blocks from the water front where you can take amazing pictures of the city, and the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
41 locals recommend
GRAN ELÉCTRICA
5 Front StAmazing food and cocktails, and great atmosphere. Also, just a couple of blocks from the water front where you can take amazing pictures of the city, and the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
One of the best, if not the best, Mediterranean restaurants in NYC! The food and cocktails are AMAZING, as well as the atmosphere. A must go!
73 locals recommend
Shuka
38 MacDougal StOne of the best, if not the best, Mediterranean restaurants in NYC! The food and cocktails are AMAZING, as well as the atmosphere. A must go!
Ignazio's
4 Water St
Celestine
1 John StSightseeing
Owl's Head Park
Shore RoadNeighborhoods
Dumbo
65 Plymouth StThere are many nice landmarks around Chelsea. Including the Chelsea Market, the Vessel, the High Line, and the Chelsea Piers. Also many great restaurants, bars and retail stores in the area.
192 locals recommend
Chelsea
There are many nice landmarks around Chelsea. Including the Chelsea Market, the Vessel, the High Line, and the Chelsea Piers. Also many great restaurants, bars and retail stores in the area.
Very hipster neighborhood with lists of great restaurants, coffee shops, art galleries and boutiques.
The Smorgasbord Festival by the East River is an open-air food market, highly recommended! Hopefully they’ll reopen this year!
997 locals recommend
Williamsburg
Very hipster neighborhood with lists of great restaurants, coffee shops, art galleries and boutiques.
The Smorgasbord Festival by the East River is an open-air food market, highly recommended! Hopefully they’ll reopen this year!
Greenwich Village is a hub of popular cafes, bars and restaurants. Jazz clubs and Off-Broadway Theaters can also be found amid the brownstones and New York University buildings. At its heart is Washington Square Park, where people mingle around the central plaza. Rainbow flags attest to the neighborhood's LGBT-friendly vibe.
Here you can enjoy a great coffee snd the best banana pudding ever st Magnolia Bakery, and then visit Kerry Bradshaw’s famous apartment in the Sex and the City series and movie. The apartment is located at 66 Perry St.
180 locals recommend
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village is a hub of popular cafes, bars and restaurants. Jazz clubs and Off-Broadway Theaters can also be found amid the brownstones and New York University buildings. At its heart is Washington Square Park, where people mingle around the central plaza. Rainbow flags attest to the neighborhood's LGBT-friendly vibe.
Here you can enjoy a great coffee snd the best banana pudding ever st Magnolia Bakery, and then visit Kerry Bradshaw’s famous apartment in the Sex and the City series and movie. The apartment is located at 66 Perry St.
Bars & Lounges
Salty Dog
7509 3rd AvenueAlways packed and fun to watch sport games. Their food is great!
A secret bar inside an ice cream shop! . Head straight to the attendant behind the counter and say, “I’d like to see the storage room, please.” You’ll be shown a door lined with 180 empty ice cream cartons that swings open to reveal a neon “I scream, you scream” sign. The rest... you have to be there!!!
7 locals recommend
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1707 2nd AveA secret bar inside an ice cream shop! . Head straight to the attendant behind the counter and say, “I’d like to see the storage room, please.” You’ll be shown a door lined with 180 empty ice cream cartons that swings open to reveal a neon “I scream, you scream” sign. The rest... you have to be there!!!
Great food and drinks, and fun atmosphere. Their chicken fingers are the best!!!
7 locals recommend
Skinflints
7902 5th AveGreat food and drinks, and fun atmosphere. Their chicken fingers are the best!!!
The Wicked Monk
9510 3rd AveBakeries, Bagels and Coffee
Paneantico
9124 3rd AveAsal Yemen
7616 5th AveThis is one of the most famous bakeries in NYC, and most known for their famous banana pudding! They have a few locations, but the one in The Village is the original, and you’ll enjoy walk around the neighborhood.
401 locals recommend
Magnolia Bakery
401 Bleecker StThis is one of the most famous bakeries in NYC, and most known for their famous banana pudding! They have a few locations, but the one in The Village is the original, and you’ll enjoy walk around the neighborhood.
Murray’s Bagels is recognized as one of the best bagel shops in the nation! It’s a must try!!!
70 locals recommend
Murray's Bagels
500 6th AveMurray’s Bagels is recognized as one of the best bagel shops in the nation! It’s a must try!!!
Great coffee and light food!
It’s right by the pier, which has amazing views of the Hudson River and you can see the Statue of Liberty and the One World Trade Center!
Pier 69 Market
10 Bay Ridge AveGreat coffee and light food!
It’s right by the pier, which has amazing views of the Hudson River and you can see the Statue of Liberty and the One World Trade Center!
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