Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
Perfect coffee, tiny place, ideal to just pop in and grab a coffee and a pastry
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Irving Farm Coffee Roasters
71 Irving PlPerfect coffee, tiny place, ideal to just pop in and grab a coffee and a pastry
Round K
78 Canal StEclectic Japanese cafe with seating in the back
Super affordable and incredibly delicious luxe sandwiches from this Rome-based shop that just came to the neighborhood
Trapizzino
144 Orchard StSuper affordable and incredibly delicious luxe sandwiches from this Rome-based shop that just came to the neighborhood
You might have to wait a while, but it's a super cool tiny little hole in the wall that really feels like the Lower East Side. Fried chicken sandwiches, muffalettas, po' boys and other New Orleans style small bites
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Cheeky Sandwiches
88 Orchard StYou might have to wait a while, but it's a super cool tiny little hole in the wall that really feels like the Lower East Side. Fried chicken sandwiches, muffalettas, po' boys and other New Orleans style small bites
Cozy place for a hearty dinner at this charming German bar/restaurant. Emmentaler sausage with cabbage and dumplings, or goulash and spatzle and a stein of beer... and then back home to sleep it off
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Cafe Katja
79 Orchard StCozy place for a hearty dinner at this charming German bar/restaurant. Emmentaler sausage with cabbage and dumplings, or goulash and spatzle and a stein of beer... and then back home to sleep it off
An Choi
85 Orchard StFun, convivial, stylish Vietnamese joint with great food
Upscale high-concept vegan destination; many guests have stayed here because they wanted to hit this spot again and again. Amazing food, high prices
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Dirt Candy
86 Allen StUpscale high-concept vegan destination; many guests have stayed here because they wanted to hit this spot again and again. Amazing food, high prices
The essayist Geoff Dyer loved this place so much, his career-making essay is about it. Donuts like you've never had, a million kinds of 'em, go crazy and get one filled with rose cream
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Doughnut Plant
379 Grand StThe essayist Geoff Dyer loved this place so much, his career-making essay is about it. Donuts like you've never had, a million kinds of 'em, go crazy and get one filled with rose cream
'Barrio Chino' means Chinatown in Spanish. Excellent Mexican food and killer cocktails – habanero vanilla margaritas from heaven. It's a bit of a scene so go early; relatively well priced for such a fashionable place
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Barrio Chino
253 Broome St'Barrio Chino' means Chinatown in Spanish. Excellent Mexican food and killer cocktails – habanero vanilla margaritas from heaven. It's a bit of a scene so go early; relatively well priced for such a fashionable place
The first place that did rolled ice cream in the neighborhood, and still the best. If you don't get the egg waffle with your ice cream, you might have to come back to NYC
Minus Celsius Ice Cream
302 Grand StThe first place that did rolled ice cream in the neighborhood, and still the best. If you don't get the egg waffle with your ice cream, you might have to come back to NYC
They only do a few flavors at this soft serve place but that's fine because they're always excellent. Get a black cone with ube purple yam for five bucks and then go back and get another one
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Soft Swerve Ice Cream
85B Allen StThey only do a few flavors at this soft serve place but that's fine because they're always excellent. Get a black cone with ube purple yam for five bucks and then go back and get another one
There are a million places to eat nearby, and a good handful of 24-hour diners, but this is a classic. Get yourself some 4am pirogies and some borscht, it's good for the soul
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Veselka
144 2nd AveThere are a million places to eat nearby, and a good handful of 24-hour diners, but this is a classic. Get yourself some 4am pirogies and some borscht, it's good for the soul
Drinks & Nightlife
It may be the closest bar to the house (across the street) but it's a friendly neighborhood spot, and it has shuffleboard
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M&R Bar
266 Broome StIt may be the closest bar to the house (across the street) but it's a friendly neighborhood spot, and it has shuffleboard
Fun surf-themed local's bar with quite good food and small front-outdoor seating in the summer
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Forgtmenot
138 Division StFun surf-themed local's bar with quite good food and small front-outdoor seating in the summer
Cool neighborhood beer-and-wine bar that plays vinyl, has Kombucha on draft, and you can order fish tacos from the place next door though a window in the wall
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Eastwood
200 Clinton StCool neighborhood beer-and-wine bar that plays vinyl, has Kombucha on draft, and you can order fish tacos from the place next door though a window in the wall
It's properly an arcade with classic games and great pinball machines. How much fun you have here depends on how good your Tetris game is
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Two-Bit's Retro Arcade
153 Essex StIt's properly an arcade with classic games and great pinball machines. How much fun you have here depends on how good your Tetris game is
You can treat this place like a fun loud bar/restaurant, or you can head upstairs and dance all night, there's pretty much always a danceable live show or a decent DJ. Classic neighborhood spot that's also a destination for out-of-towners – an eclectic mix of people
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Pianos
158 Ludlow StYou can treat this place like a fun loud bar/restaurant, or you can head upstairs and dance all night, there's pretty much always a danceable live show or a decent DJ. Classic neighborhood spot that's also a destination for out-of-towners – an eclectic mix of people
It's called the Gypsy bar – Gogol Bordello used to DJ here and the flavor still skews a bit Balkan, and some Latin, which is pretty awesome because everyone dances to it like it's Rihanna. Typically there's a $10 cover, but you're guaranteed a good night of dancing, music that caters to wide tastes, and good mixing with a wide range of friendly people
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Mehanata - The Bulgarian Bar
113 Ludlow StIt's called the Gypsy bar – Gogol Bordello used to DJ here and the flavor still skews a bit Balkan, and some Latin, which is pretty awesome because everyone dances to it like it's Rihanna. Typically there's a $10 cover, but you're guaranteed a good night of dancing, music that caters to wide tastes, and good mixing with a wide range of friendly people
Margaritas on tap, and a big outdoor back patio you can smoke in. Gets insane on the weekends, but fairly chill throughout the week
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Sweet and Vicious
5 Spring StMargaritas on tap, and a big outdoor back patio you can smoke in. Gets insane on the weekends, but fairly chill throughout the week
It's a bar/restaurant all day, but at night on weekends this place packs out as a dance club, mostly spillover from The DL, the big nightclub on Delancey and Ludlow (get it, D + L?)
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Grey Lady
77 Delancey StIt's a bar/restaurant all day, but at night on weekends this place packs out as a dance club, mostly spillover from The DL, the big nightclub on Delancey and Ludlow (get it, D + L?)
Opens late, all dancing, all the time. Music and scene is more on the discriminating hipster end of the spectrum, check their schedule as the range of DJs/styles is wide
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Home Sweet Home
131 Chrystie StOpens late, all dancing, all the time. Music and scene is more on the discriminating hipster end of the spectrum, check their schedule as the range of DJs/styles is wide
Arts & Culture
Independent, foreign and classic film theater – a destination for film fans
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Metrograph
7 Ludlow StIndependent, foreign and classic film theater – a destination for film fans
Essentials
This is a well-stocked convenience store and deli that serves pretty much as a grocery store, the closest place to the apartment to get anything you might need, 24 hours a day
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Green Star Foods
95 Delancey StThis is a well-stocked convenience store and deli that serves pretty much as a grocery store, the closest place to the apartment to get anything you might need, 24 hours a day
This is the closest "grocery store" to the apartment, and the most affordable. It's an old-school indoor pavilion with two grocers (a Latin grocer and an Asian grocer each with different specialties), a cheese shop, a bakery, two butchers', and a lot of other interesting things besides.
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Essex-Markt
88 Essex StThis is the closest "grocery store" to the apartment, and the most affordable. It's an old-school indoor pavilion with two grocers (a Latin grocer and an Asian grocer each with different specialties), a cheese shop, a bakery, two butchers', and a lot of other interesting things besides.