Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
Great breakfast, but always a very long wait. The best way to do it is to put down your name and then do something else or wait at the apartment until they're ready. Definitely try the pancakes.
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Clinton St. Baking Company
4 Clinton StGreat breakfast, but always a very long wait. The best way to do it is to put down your name and then do something else or wait at the apartment until they're ready. Definitely try the pancakes.
Excellent french toast and pretty tasty baked eggs. An easy alternative when Clinton Street is too busy.
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Cornerstone Cafe
Excellent french toast and pretty tasty baked eggs. An easy alternative when Clinton Street is too busy.
Great bagels nearby the apartment. Lox is overpriced but pretty tasty.
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Tompkins Square Bagels
165 Avenue AGreat bagels nearby the apartment. Lox is overpriced but pretty tasty.
One of our favorite places in the city. The tagines are amazing and the hot cider with brandy is worth every penny on a cold day.
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Cafe Mogador
133 Wythe AveOne of our favorite places in the city. The tagines are amazing and the hot cider with brandy is worth every penny on a cold day.
Boqueria
1460 2nd AveNice tapas joint with pretty tasty sangria.
Great arepas but normally a long line. Generally it's best to order carry-out and take them home.
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Caracas Arepa Bar
291 Grand StGreat arepas but normally a long line. Generally it's best to order carry-out and take them home.
A great and affordable French restaurant--definitely worth the trek to Brooklyn. Particularly good in winter months--they have a wood burning stove in the back with couches--great for drinks.
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Le Barricou
533 Grand StA great and affordable French restaurant--definitely worth the trek to Brooklyn. Particularly good in winter months--they have a wood burning stove in the back with couches--great for drinks.
Meats by the pound and beer by the growler--the way a good BBQ joint should be. Definitely worth the trip.
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Fette Sau
354 Metropolitan AveMeats by the pound and beer by the growler--the way a good BBQ joint should be. Definitely worth the trip.
Minca
536 E 5th StTasty ramen shop right near the apartment.
A temple to bacon and all other things banned by Jewish dietary law. It's a very trendy spot in Brooklyn and has pretty tasty bacon donuts (it's a weird combination but somehow it works).
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Traif
229 S 4th StA temple to bacon and all other things banned by Jewish dietary law. It's a very trendy spot in Brooklyn and has pretty tasty bacon donuts (it's a weird combination but somehow it works).
A yummy dumpling bar about a block away from the apartment. The dumplings are pretty cheap and the curry sauce is quite tasty--who could want more?
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Dumpling Man
100 St Marks PlA yummy dumpling bar about a block away from the apartment. The dumplings are pretty cheap and the curry sauce is quite tasty--who could want more?
Right across the street and despite the cold, it's worth checking out. The Monday Sunday is our favorite but all the flavors are quite tasty.
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Big Gay Ice Cream Shop
125 E 7th StRight across the street and despite the cold, it's worth checking out. The Monday Sunday is our favorite but all the flavors are quite tasty.
The other desert place right across the street. They sell simply but tasty cupcakes. The banana with cream cheese is awesome. On Wednesdays they have a buy one get one deal for students (with ID).
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Butter Lane
123 E 7th StThe other desert place right across the street. They sell simply but tasty cupcakes. The banana with cream cheese is awesome. On Wednesdays they have a buy one get one deal for students (with ID).
Best cupcakes in NYC, hands-down. They have amazing cupcakes that are filled with sweet goodies. Amazing way to get a little sugar coma.
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Molly's Cupcakes
228 Bleecker StBest cupcakes in NYC, hands-down. They have amazing cupcakes that are filled with sweet goodies. Amazing way to get a little sugar coma.
I love a good cup of coffee and blue bottle does not disappoint. Most phenomenal coffee in the city. They also have locations on 15th street, in Chelsea, and near grand central station.
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Blue Bottle Coffee
76 N 4th StI love a good cup of coffee and blue bottle does not disappoint. Most phenomenal coffee in the city. They also have locations on 15th street, in Chelsea, and near grand central station.
Top notch coffee about a block away. The downside is that there's nowhere to sit.
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Abraço
81 E 7th StTop notch coffee about a block away. The downside is that there's nowhere to sit.
Good coffee a few blocks away from the apartment and a nice place to sit and relax.
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La Colombe Coffee Roasters
270 Lafayette StGood coffee a few blocks away from the apartment and a nice place to sit and relax.
Great coffee shop to hang out at and work. They have free wifi and pretty decent coffee. It's also open late.
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The Bean
31 3rd AveGreat coffee shop to hang out at and work. They have free wifi and pretty decent coffee. It's also open late.
Drinks & Nightlife
A quirky little bar reminiscent of a speakeasy with fantastic cocktails. It's tucked away in a japanese shop on 9th street. Best to go early if you want a seat, it get's packed.
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Angel's Share
45 Stuyvesant StA quirky little bar reminiscent of a speakeasy with fantastic cocktails. It's tucked away in a japanese shop on 9th street. Best to go early if you want a seat, it get's packed.
A fun little bar on our block. Very sweet drinks with lots of cheeses and other "french" things. The champagne cocktails are pretty tasty.
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The Bourgeois Pig
111 East 7th StreetA fun little bar on our block. Very sweet drinks with lots of cheeses and other "french" things. The champagne cocktails are pretty tasty.
A nice little bar a few blocks away that has tasty cocktails. It's a little pricey and always gets crowded.
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Elsa
136 Atlantic AveA nice little bar a few blocks away that has tasty cocktails. It's a little pricey and always gets crowded.
A darker, nightclub type bar about a block away that features all things gin.
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Gin Palace
95 Avenue AA darker, nightclub type bar about a block away that features all things gin.
A fun beer bar in the lower east side with a wide variety of beers on tap. They also have pretty good bar food.
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Spitzer's Corner
A fun beer bar in the lower east side with a wide variety of beers on tap. They also have pretty good bar food.
Fun place to dance with great retro music but it always gets super crowded.
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Lobby Bar
247 Eldridge StFun place to dance with great retro music but it always gets super crowded.
Everything Else
Efficient and cheap wash & fold laundry place. It's rough 80-90 cents per pound and normally done within 4 hours.
97 Avenue A
97 Avenue AEfficient and cheap wash & fold laundry place. It's rough 80-90 cents per pound and normally done within 4 hours.
Another wash & fold laundromat. Not quite as close or as fast as the one on A btwn 6 & 7 but still quite good.
They also do dry cleaning, which the one on A does not.
286 E 10th St
286 East 10th StreetAnother wash & fold laundromat. Not quite as close or as fast as the one on A btwn 6 & 7 but still quite good.
They also do dry cleaning, which the one on A does not.
Cheap(ish) neighborhood supermarket. Good for most things, although their produce is only so-so.
52 Avenue A
52 Avenue ACheap(ish) neighborhood supermarket. Good for most things, although their produce is only so-so.
95 E Houston St
95 East Houston StreetGood grocery store, but on the expensive side.
Great cheap grocery store (but produce often is hit or miss). Not very walkable from the apartment but right by the F train which goes to 2nd Avenue (only a few blocks from the apartment).
675 E 6th St
Great cheap grocery store (but produce often is hit or miss). Not very walkable from the apartment but right by the F train which goes to 2nd Avenue (only a few blocks from the apartment).