This is a die-for sushi! K-mac sliders & spicy tuna sandwich are absolutely mind blowing!
Taylor Warren votes this bakery the best place in the city for cupcakes. She recommends the red velvet variety, and for $1.50 a pop it’s easy to stock up on seconds, and thirds!
Love comes in bite sizes (literally) at Little Cupcake Bakeshop which specializes in baking traditional American desserts, using only the freshest ingredients. Independence is a state of mind.
Good spot on the UES when your sweet tooth is craving some red velvet. Can't go wrong with any dessert here but you should definitely try the pumpkin cupcake.
Frozen margaritas ($9) are served year-round, and heat lamps can keep you toasty.
Make use of your competitive side: indulge yourself in some drinking games, capture the sausage crown, or “do work” in one of three boxed in courts at this massive garden of beer and bocce. Read more.
This resting ground for such 19th-century titans as jeweler Charles Tiffany and pianist Louis Gottschalk, is running out of burial plots, so the cemetery is turning to alternative revenue streams. Read more.
Try making a call here because the tunnel has the best cellphone service in New York. Read more.
The ricotta sandwich had “the right ratio of bread (Runner & Stone sesame seed) to filling, and the vegetables successfully stood up to the oozing and abundant ricotta.” Read more.
The lost and found in this once glorious transit hub took in more than fifteen hundred umbrellas in 1947, according to a Talk of the Town story. Read more.
Winner of Best View in the 2011 Village Voice Best of issue! Visit at dusk for the most breathtaking visage of NYC.
“Dinner at Skál…can feel surreal. The owner, Oli Bjorn Stephensen, designed the place to evoke a baðstofa, the communal living-and-sleeping room in the grass-covered cottages of his native Iceland.” Read more.
Seersucker walks a perfect line between Southern comfort food and clean, modern fare. Their chicken and dumpling soup is heaven in a bowl.
Diners have great things to say about the noodles and rice bowls at the Ivan Ramen Slurp Shop, the tapas from Mullen's El Colmado, and the terrines and sausages from The Cannibal.
One of the best privately owned museums in DC, especially for journalism junkies like me.
It's not easy for a Jewish guy to open a ramen joint in Tokyo. It's even harder to get Japanese people to say it's good. Ivan did both and now he's here in New York, home of the Jews, to feed us.
Awesome neighborhood hangout. The coffee, food, and craft beer selection is top notch. This place doesn't cut any corners with quality.
Never have I ever had a better cookie in my life!!!!!! Try the red velvet, peanut butter, and maple-bacon-- you won't regret it! The best staff and an owner of any bakery in New York City!
Did you know? Twenty-one elephants walked across the Brooklyn Bridge in 1884 proving its stability. Bestselling author David McCullough illustrates the bridge’s history in his book, THE GREAT BRIDGE. Read more.
No pretense; just some good ol' fashioned ice cream with a great view. Featured on our list of Top 10 Ice Creams in NYC, this is the quintessential experience that every New Yorker should have.
Even the most seasoned Manhattan Bridge commuters will vouch for its awe-factor. The oversized carnival ride doubles as a feel-like-a-kid-again landmark and a truly unique Brooklyn draw.
Hanging out on the Met steps is a New York tradition, and billionaire David Koch has pledged "at least $10 million" to renovate the fountains outside the museum. Read more.
simply the best pastrami sandwich on the planet, pair it with a dr browns cel ray soda and see god
They roast their coffee on location and know how to make a great brew. Must try if you love coffee. Plus the baristas are super-nice and know their shit. Good casual meeting place too.
The Museum is the only cultural institution in the United States dedicated to the exploration and interpretation of film, television, and digital media.
The normally sloppy ingredients for a Reuben neatly tucked into a delicious Rye croissant. What more could you ask for? Makes for a great, if not indulgent, breakfast.
