Friday, July 16, 2010

NYC Hotels List

Midtown/Village/Gramercy/Flatiron
- Ace Hotel
- Gramercy Park Hotel
- Eventi Hotel
- W Union Square
- Marcel Hotel

Soho
- 60 Thompson
- Crosby Street Hotel
- Soho Grand
- Trump Soho
- Mercer Hotel

Lower East Side
- Thompson Lower East Side
- Hotel on Rivington
- Bowery Hotel

Meatpacking
- Standard Hotel
- Gansevoort Hotel
- The Jane

Tribeca
- Tribeca Grand
- Smyth
- The James

Manhattan User Guide Hotels recommended hotels under $200

NYC Shopping List

Uptown
- Columbus Circle
- FAO Schwartz
- Uggs

Midtown
- Fifth Avenue
- Department Stores (Henri Bendels, Bloomingdales, Macys, Saks, Bergdorf Goodman, Barneys)
- Abercrombie

Downtown
- Union Square
- Soho
- Vintage stores (Stanton and Rivington, Bedford St (Williamsburg))

NYC Bars List

Uptown
- Boat Basin (79th and West)

Midtown
- Me Bar (32nd and 5th)
- Ace Hotel (29th and Broadway)
- 230 Fifth (27th and 5th)
- Frying Pan (26th and West)
- Rose Bar (in Gramercy Park Hotel, 21st and Lex)

West Village/Meatpacking
- Spotted Pig (11th and Greenwich St)
- Employees Only (Christopher and Hudson)
- Jane Hotel (Jane and Washington)
- Kingswood (10th and 6th)
- Gottino (Perry St and Greenwich Ave)
- Standard Hotel (13th and Washington)
- Gansevoort Hotel (13th and 9th Ave)
- STK (12th and Washington)
- Ten June (12th and Washington)
- Brass Monkey (Little W 12th and 10th)

East Village
- Terroir Wine Bar (12th and 1st)
- Desnuda (7th and 1st)
- The Bourgois Pig (7th and 1st)
- Ten Degrees (St Marks and Ave A)
- Bua (St Marks and Ave A)
- Summit Bar (8th and Ave C)
- Porch (8th and Ave C)
- PDT (St Marks and A)
- Bowery Hotel (Bowery and 3rd st)

Soho
- MercBar (Prince and Mercer)
- Pravda (Prince and Lafayette)

Lower East Side
- Milk and Honey (Broome and Eldridge)
- Rivington Hotel (Rivington and Ludlow)
- Back Room (Delancy and Norfolk)
- Chloe 81 (Broome and Ludlow)

NYC Restaurants List

Uptown
- Beyoglu (80th and 3rd)
- 3 Guys Diner (75th and Mad)

Midtown
- Nobu (57th and 6th)
- Norma's in the Parker Meridien hotel (56th and 6th)

Gramercy
- Maialino (21st and Lexington)
- Gramercy Tavern (20th and Broadway)
- Friend of a Farmer (19th St and Irving Pl)

West Village/Meatpacking
- Gotham Bar and Grill (12th and 5th)
- Morandi (Waverly and 7th Ave South)
- Joseph Leonard (Christopher and Waverly)
- Corner Bistro (Jane St and West 4th)
- The Little Owl (Grove and Bedford)
- Cafe Cluny (12th and W4th)
- The Mermaid Oyster Bar (Bleecker and MacDougal)
- Minetta Tavern (Minetta Lane and MacDougal)
- Bar Pitti (Bleecker and 6th)
- The Lion (9th and 6th)
- Hotel Griffou (9th and 6th)
- Babbo (Waverly and 6th)
- Faustina (5th and Bowery)
- Yerba Buena (Perry St and Greenwich Ave)
- Waverly Inn (Bank St and Waverly)

Meatpacking
- Buddakan (16th and 9th)
- Tia Pol (22nd and 10th)
- Cookshop (20th and 10th)
- Matsuri (16th and 9th)
- Sarabeth's (16th and 9th)
- Pastis (Little W 12th St and 9th Ave)
- Bagatelle (13th and 9th)
- Barbuto (12th and Washington Street)
- Scarpetta (14th and 9th)

East Village
- Motorino (12th and 1st)
- Mercadito (11th and Ave B)
- Veloce Pizzeria (7th and 1st)
- Momofuku (10th and 1st)
- Esperanto (9th and Ave C)
- Cafe Mogador (St Marks and A)
- Pylos (7th and A)
- Casimir (7th and Ave B)
- Perbacco (4th and B)
- Gemma in the Bowery Hotel (3rd and Bowery)
- DBGB Bistro (1st and Bowery)
- Prune (1st St and 1st Ave)
- Pulino's (Bowery and Houston)
- Hecho en Dumbo (Bowery and Great Jones)
- Lil' Frankie (1st and 1st)

Soho
- Mercer Kitchen (Prince and Mercer)
- Delicatessen (Prince and LaFayette)

Lower East Side
- Clinton Street Bakery (E Houston and Clinton)
- Freeman's (Rivington and Bowery)
- Inoteca (Rivington and Ludlow)
- Kuma Inn (Rivington and Ludlow)
- Sorella (Rivington and Allen)
- Essex Restaurant (Rivington and Essex)
- Schillers (Rivington and Norfolk)
- L'Esquina (Kenmare and Lafayette)
- The Meatball Shop (Stanton and Allen)
- Le French Diner (Houston and Orchard)
- Kenmare (Kenmare and Layfayette)

Tribeca
- Matsugen (Leonard and Church)
- Tribeca Grill (Greenwich and N Moore)
- Megu (Thomas and Church)

Brooklyn
- Peter Lugers (Broadway and Driggs, Brooklyn)
- Egg (Williamsburg)

NYC Sights List

Uptown
- Bronx Zoo (2,300 Southern Boulevard)
- Gospel Choir (138th and 7th)
- Central Park (SW corner is 59th and 5th)

Midtown
- Rockefeller Centre (50th and 5th)
- Top of the Rock (50th and 5th)
- The UN (45th and 2nd)
- Chrysler Building (42nd and Lex)
- Times Square (42nd and Broadway)
- Broadway Show (42nd and Broadway)
- Grand Central Station (42nd and Park)
- Empire State Building (34th and 5th)

Downtown
- Statue of Liberty (Liberty Island)
- Ellis Island (From Battery Park)
- Brooklyn Bridge (From City Hall)
- South Street Seaport (South St and Fulton)
- Chinatown (Canal and Bowery)
- Battery Park (State St and Battery Place)
- High Line (13th and 10th)
- Staten Island ferry (South St)
- DUMBO area of Brooklyn (Brooklyn side of Manhattan bridge)
- Brooklyn Flea Market (Lafayette and Vanderbilt (Sat) or Flatbush and Hanson (Sun))
- Coney Island (Brooklyn)
- Governor's Island (Governor's Island)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Prospect Park
- Sandy Hook beach

Sports (Knicks, Yankees, Mets, Rangers, Islanders, Jets, Giants, Flushing Meadow)
Tour (Gossip Girl, Sopranos, Sex in the City, Seinfeld)
Restaurants (Serendipity, Katz, Magnolia Bakery)

NYC Culture List

Uptown
- Cloisters annex of Met Museum (Fort Tryon Park)
- The Jewish Museum (92nd and 5th)
- Cooper Hewitt Design Museum (91st and 5th)
- Guggenheim (89th and 5th)
- Neue Galerie (86th and 5th)
- The Met (82nd and 5th)
- Natural History Museum (81st and CPW)
- The Whitney Museum (75th and Madison)
- The Frick Collection (70th and 5th)
- Lincoln Center (64th and Broadway)
- Museum of Art and Design (Columbus Circle)

Midtown
- Carnegie Hall (57th and 7th)
- MOMA (53rd and 6th)

Downtown
- Chelsea Art galleries (24-26th St between 10th-11th Ave)
- Chelsea Art Museum (22nd and 11th)
- New Museum (Stanton and Bowery)
- Tenement Museum (Orchard and Broome)
- Museum of Jewish History (36 Battery Place)
- Soho and Lower East Side galleries