A cozy French cafe with chocolate chip cookies and a great Toby's Estate cappuccino. If you're hungry, get their toast with garlic scramble eggs. Free wifi, mamannyc is the password.
Here they serve up Blue Bottle Coffee and Dough doughnuts in the cutest little flower shop with tiny little cacti and succulents among other things. Make sure you pick up a stamp card.
You are near the heart of the city beautiful. Indulge in a Scotch egg, some potpie, a salad, the room. Read more.
The peach beancake is amazing. This is a great place for mini deserts. First of all the display is feast for the eye and the taste remains for a long time which is amazing.
Streamlined, classic, and utterly French. Count on this line for a slim-cut trench, a cotton smock, or detail-free jeans.
Start with a cappuccino and croissant and then go for the smoked salmon frittata with goat cheese or the pappardelle with duck ragu, shaved chocolate and orange -- a dish that sounds odd but works. Read more.
Great spot-- no WiFi, just great hardwood floors, exposed brick walls, & an amazing coffee selection. Gem in the area.
My favorite hotel in NY. Between the Riverside Park and the Central Park. Amazing neighbourhood.
Dough is perhaps my favorite donut place in manhattan. The plain glazed is simply perfect, all are delicious, but some very rich. However, the service is sooooo slowwww.
Fried chicken, absolutely and do not, I repeat, do not leave without trying the pecan butter crunch donut
Regular curry with potato and carrot, then a side of the chicken katsu for a warm, homey meal.
Of all the macaron sellers in New York City, this spot has the biggest array of flavors. They've got the classics like salted caramel and black currant, but also some funky flavors like rose-lychee!
It's not quite Paris, but the macarons here are some of the city's finest. Try the jasmine green tea or the salted caramel.
The pistachio macarons are amazing and the way this place celebrates is adorable. Example: SuperBowl Macarons? Yes please!
Go to the Demel dessert place in the underground shopping area - great selection of beautiful Austrian desserts
Sit at one of the eight white-marble "bars" and watch roasted-chicken pizza ($12) being made in the wood-burning oven or chat with the chefs who assemble Mr. English's prime-rib sliders ($18). Read more.
“This is a fancy food court, and it fulfills its function with gusto.” Indeed, it’s hard to go wrong with most of the selection, including their “startlingly delicious take on the ubiquitous cupcake.” Read more.
Upscale French sweets and the best mille crepe cake, a stack of delicate crepes layered with custard, in town.
Gorgeous new upmarket store from H&M. Selection looks good and they have an Iris Apfel collection. The beauty dept is impressive.
Their fresh pastas are amazing. I also come here to buy dry pastas (great variety here), olive oils, pesto and a few other Italian specials. The pistachio pesto is simply delish!
Fried chicken and grits filled with cornbread crumbles...true southern sweet tea #heavenly
The pancakes, coffee, eggs with grits, and the mural of presidents who have eaten in the renovated house are what makes the wait worth it
most brunch mains $15-16. french toast is awesome. super packed, get a reservation. brunch starts at 9:30am. indoor only.
Lines wind out the door at 2013's Best New Bakery winner for skillfully balanced bites like fudgy date-cocoa Montego Bay bars and a killer chocolate-chip cookie teeming with gooey nubs. Read more.
Have to go back and try on outfits when not as crowded. Very cool, trend forward clothes (reminds me of a budget Yamamoto. One caveat: fabrics don't feel very good.
Owner Loriann Smoak brings worldly finds to this Nolita boutique. The bright, white, marble-detailed shop is loaded with garb from local and international designers. Read more.
Owner Urte Tylaite has curated a diverse collection of gifts, home goods and personal accessories that are well-made and wallet-friendly. Read more.
Dining at Cafe Lalo is like being in a true Parisian bistro; tables are squeezed together, conversations are loud, and the coffee is brewed well. Credit card minimum of $10.
The deco is very European. the Kaiser pancake is what Ido came for after having had it in Vienna. But the apple strudel with whipped cream and coffee, Wonderful service, and such a delightful setting.
Could this be the best brunch in NYC? Expect a long, but worth it, wait. Then devour an order of the Pear Waffles – a seasonal special!
Sweet mother of Baby Jesus, the fried chicken & waffles is everything it's cracked up to be. Don't fear the sweet honey syrup -- put it on the chicken!
