A Moveable Feast: The Best of New York Street Food

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Hot dogs, pizza, tacos… in New York City you can find food trucks and stands selling some of the most emblematic budget meals in the world. Wandering the streets means discovering new flavors and ways of enjoying food like a local. But aside from that, New York is famous for its street food and the […]

The Best Cocktail Bars in NYC: 11 Places with Unforgettable Drinks

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New York City is a drinking town. There are bars of every stripe here: dive bars, generic Irish pubs, wine bars, craft breweries, sake bars, and drinking dens that specialize in specific spirits such as mezcal, gin, or absinthe. But what about the best cocktail bars in NYC? Indeed, New York has some of the […]

6 Classic Restaurants in NYC Not to Miss on Your Next Trip

A brick building housing one of the classic restaurants in New York City, P.J. Clarke's

There are certain New York City bars and restaurants that instantly transport you to a bygone era. Whether it’s through the architecture, decor, menu or all of the above, these classic restaurants in NYC harken back to past generations. Scattered throughout the city, this list of vintage beauties has stood the test of time and […]

The 12 Best Coffee Shops in NYC (By Neighborhood)

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The coffee scene in New York City is, you could say, fully brewed. There are organically grown hipster coffee spots, small companies from California and Australia, and iconic brands from Colombia—all serving freshly roasted, high-quality coffee that will put to shame any ubiquitous corporate coffee chains. Skip the blue-and-white Greek-themed paper cups of bodega coffee […]

The 10 Best Luxury Hotels in NYC 

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New York City and luxury are pretty much synonymous. If you’re in this city of nearly nine million denizens and you have a chunk of money to burn, the Big Apple will hand you a torch.   And there is nowhere better to throw some money at a swanky posh hotel room than Gotham City. This […]

Our Favorite NYC Restaurants by Neighborhood: Alphabet City

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Alphabet City is a unique sub section of Manhattan’s East Village. The neighborhood that spans North of Houston to 14th Street gets its name from its alphabetically lettered, east-to-west avenues marked A through D.  Alphabet City is an artistic and cultural melting pot. Loisaida, Spanish word play on “Lower East Side,” is how many of […]

Guide to the Best Museums in NYC

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New York City is the financial center of the United States. It’s the mecca for theater. It’s one of the best restaurant cities on the planet. It’s the cultural capital of the United States. And it is home to a large collection of the world’s greatest museums.   You could spend a year of weekends visiting […]

Best Bakeries in NYC: Our 13 Favorite Sweet Spots

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The stereotype of police officers eating donuts with coffee inside their cars probably started in New York. After all, it’s hard to say no when you see the glaze on sweet fried goods, chocolate and pistachio filings in crispy croissants, and muffins topped with powdered sugar. Some of the best bakeries in the world are […]

Our Favorite NYC Restaurants by Neighborhood: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

View towards Manhattan from an urban street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

If there’s one patch of Brooklyn respected for a thriving culinary scene, it’s Williamsburg.   This hot neighborhood situated in the northern section of the borough wasn’t always a destination for some of the best restaurants in Brooklyn, though. In the 1970s and ‘80s, Williamsburg was an industrial site marked by factories and warehouses. Then, starting […]

Our Favorite NYC Restaurants by Neighborhood: South Street Seaport

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Many of the historic swaths of New York City, particularly in Manhattan, have been razed, replaced by soulless high-rise glass towers. But there’s one underrated neighborhood that still oozes with Big Apple historical ambience: the South Street Seaport.   Of course, like all those other erstwhile atmospheric districts that are now literally history, the South Street […]