The problem with a city that never sleeps is that it can feel intimidating. Our mostly New York-based editorial team can help with that. We recommend seeing the city one neighborhood at a time. Have a cheeseburger at JG Melon after visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side. Spend the morning in the Upper West Side by trying smoked salmon (and maybe sturgeon) at Barney Greengrass and going to the Hayden Planetarium inside the Museum of Natural History. If you have time, make your way downtown to explore the art galleries of Chelsea, and stop by the newly renovated Hotel Chelsea, once home to Jackson Pollock and Bob Dylan, for a cappuccino. Take a break from shopping in SoHo by eating a plate of pasta at St. Ambroeus on Lafayette Street. Make sure to walk through Chinatown and the Lower East Side, where you will find fashionable clothing stores like Bode and popular restaurants like Cervo’s. If you need a break from the Manhattan noise, we recommend heading to Brooklyn Heights. Walk along the Promenade for a wonderful skyline view, have a drink at the Long Island Bar, and shop for homeware at Salter House. If you prefer the calmness of uptown Manhattan, consider staying at the Mark Hotel. If downtown chaos is more up your alley, try the Greenwich Hotel.
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Hotels
Restaurants
- Antica Pizzeria da Michele
- Antonucci Cafe
- Astoria Seafood
- Atomix
- Barney Greengrass
- Bar Pitti
- Bemelmans Bar
- Burger Joint
- Buvette
- Cafe Luxembourg
- Café Sabarsky
- Caputo's
- Cervo's
- Corner Bar
- Corner Bistro
- Cosme
- COTE Korean Steakhouse
- Diner
- Ear Inn
- Elio's
- Emilio's Ballato
- Estela
- Estiatorio Milos
- Gene's
- Grand Central Oyster Bar
- Hamburger America
- Harry Cipriani
- Hoexters
- Hwa Yuan Szechuan
- Il Posto Accanto
- Indochine
- I Sodi
- King
- La Grenouille
- Le Bernardin
- Le Crocodile
- Le Rock
- Lucali
- Lucien
- Mari
- Nōksu
- Nom Wah Tea Parlor
- Omen Azen
- Overstory
- Pangea
- Peter Luger Steak House
- Raf's
- Rao's
- Raoul's
- Revelie
- Roberta's
- Roscioli
- Russ & Daughters
- Sant Ambroeus Soho
- Sobaya
- S&P Lunch
- Sushi Yasuda
- Tanoshi Sushi Sake Bar
- The Four Horsemen
- The Long Island Bar
- The Lost Draft
- The Odeon
- The Waverly Inn
- Tolo
Venues
- 77 E 77 st
- Almine Rech
- Amant
- American Museum of Natural History
- August Wilson Theatre
- Barrymore Theatre
- Booth Theatre
- Brooklyn Museum
- Brooklyn Public Library
- Circle in the Square Theatre
- Danspace Project
- Didier Aaron Inc.
- El Museo del Barrio
- Film at Lincoln Center - Walter Reade Theater
- Film Forum
- Film Forum
- Flushing Meadows Park
- Frick Collection
- Gagosian 24th Street
- Gagosian Madison Avenue
- Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
- Gladstone Gallery
- Golden Theatre
- Harkawik
- Hauser & Wirth, 22nd Street
- Helen Hayes Theater
- IFC Center
- Imperial Theatre
- James Earl Jones Theatre
- Jewish Museum
- Joyce Theater
- L'Alliance New York
- La MaMa
- Lévy Gorvy Dayan
- Lincoln Center Theater
- Little Island
- Luhring Augustine Gallery Tribeca
- Luxembourg + Co.
- Lyceum Theatre
- Majestic Theatre
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
- Minetta Lane Theatre
- Morgan Library and Museum
- Museum of Arts and Design
- Museum of Modern Art
- Museum of the City of New York
- Music Box Theatre
- New York Botanical Garden
- New York Theatre Workshop
- Pace Gallery
- Palace Theatre
- Park Avenue Armory
- Paula Cooper Gallery
- Peter Jay Sharp Theater
- Poster House
- Public Theater
- R & Company
- Red Bull Theater
- Robilant + Voena
- Shubert Theatre
- Signature Theatre
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Spyscape
- Staley-Wise Gallery
- Studio 54
- Studio Seaview
- Templon Gallery
- The New York Historical
- The Pershing Square Signature Center
- The Shed
- The Space at Irondale
- The Town Hall
- Various venues
- Village East by Angelika
- Vineyard Theater
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre