The best cheap dining option after a day of LES art-hunting. Once you have the savory cumin lamb hand-pulled noodles, spiked with hot chili oil, you will never want to eat anything else ever again.
Daniel Boulud hangs works from his private collection, including Valdés, Genoves, and Conroy. There is also a suite of photographs from Weingarten's 6:30 AM series featured in the Bellecour Room.
The annual DanceNOW fest highlights the hippest and smartest contemporary dance, but you can’t go wrong year-round.
Go just for the elevator ride, where Marco Brambilla's video artwork, "Civilization," is major Hieronymus Bosch.
Go spend the day on Roosevelt Island, make sure to visit the old hospital and other historic sites. Does not feel like NYC, despite being surrounded by it.
This expansive subway stop features an effervescent, multicolored wall piece by Minimalist artist Sol LeWitt — and cell phone service near its upper level to let you "check in."
View models from 40+ years of the iconic architect’s career, including the Getty Center and his proposal for the WTC site. The museum is open during the summer months, and an appointment is required.
Every fish served is connected directly to a fisherman known by name. The wait staff is knowledgeable and the food lovely. Enjoy the Crudo and Thresher Shark if you can get it. Read more.
Tasty and inexpensive. Good variety of onigiri, bento boxes, sandwiches and baked goods. The spicy chicken sandwich and beef croquette are my personal favorites. Read more.
This jewel of a museum sports a 9,335-square-foot model of New York called the Panorama, making its choice art exhibitions icing on its curatorial cake.
Now in a beautiful, light-flooded new loft, this venerable SoHo nonprofit has hosted vital shows and performances by artists from Adrian Piper to Laurie Anderson.
This SoHo institution serves the best steak au poivre in New York. Near the back-left booth, check out the photo of art dealer Leo Castelli posing in the restaurant’s kitchen.
After a long renovation, this under-appreciated museum is once again showing off its trove of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American art.
A stone's throw from the High Line and the Sperone Westwater Gallery, this is the ultimate Mexican restaurant in New York. Sunday nights are devoted to trivia. Rowdy!
Try the super traditional yakitori—it’s made the way it should be. The flavors are intense and you will walk out of there with a big smile on your face! -Candice Kumai, Top Chef
Taxter and Spengemann sits casually outside of New York's main gallery districts, in the former studio of Minimalist painter Frank Stella. Consistently unusual and excellent.
Splendid artisanal chocolate, setting a standard since 1923. -Andy Cohen, Watch What Happens Live!
This former church is a temple to the late, great sculptor whose works are made of nothing more than fluorescent lights.
An art professor told Kelly he'd make a better dealer than artist. Today he shows superstars like Marina Abramovic and Gavin Turk.
