Time Out NYC

8.6

114 Kenmare St (at Lafayette St), New York, NY

Mexican Restaurant · SoHo · 723 tips and reviews

Time Out New York: Try the Pescado a las Brasas taco, available at the sit-down café and takeout taqueria. It's one of NYC's 26 best tacos! Read more.

2. Death & Co.

8.8

433 E 6th St (btwn 1st Ave & Ave A), New York, NY

Speakeasy · East Village · 395 tips and reviews

Time Out New York: Try the Sweet Hereafter. Swapping in pisco for gin, barkeep Joachim Simo takes the straightlaced martini for a sultry Latin American spin. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.

American Museum of Natural History is one of Time Out NYC.

3. American Museum of Natural History

9.2

200 Central Park W (btwn W 77th & W 81st St), New York, NY

Science Museum · Upper West Side · 1398 tips and reviews

Time Out New York: Last year, to add more realism to the Hall of North American Mammals, curators added actual pronghorn freeze-dried doo-doo collected by park rangers at the real-life Elkhorn Ranch in Montana.  Read more.

4. Museum of Sex

7.4

233 5th Ave (at E 27th St), New York, NY

Erotic Museum · NoMad · 196 tips and reviews

Time Out New York: 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.  Read more.

5. Brooklyn Museum

9.4

200 Eastern Pkwy (at Washington Ave), Brooklyn, NY

Art Museum · 423 tips and reviews

Time Out New York: The fifth floor contains at least 2,000 paintings, sculptures, furniture, and Native American and Spanish colonial artifacts Read more.