Guidebook for New York

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Guidebook for New York

Food Scene

French food. Best for breakfast and lunch. Has outdoor seating. Also the walk-in cafe has the best croissants (banana, chocolate, almond, and coconut!)
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Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery
380 Lafayette St
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French food. Best for breakfast and lunch. Has outdoor seating. Also the walk-in cafe has the best croissants (banana, chocolate, almond, and coconut!)
Great drip coffee! Also an upscale convenience store.
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Nolita Mart & Espresso Bar
156 Mott St
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Great drip coffee! Also an upscale convenience store.
Great coffee!
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Happy Bones
394 Broome St
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Great coffee!
The taco stand is great for a quick bite late-night. But the real gem is hidden through a back door... a chic restaurant and lounge. Dress to impress!
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La Esquina - SoHo
114 Kenmare St
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The taco stand is great for a quick bite late-night. But the real gem is hidden through a back door... a chic restaurant and lounge. Dress to impress!
Eat like a New Yorker with some of the best bagels in town! Try the Baz Sandwich which is big enough for two.
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Baz Bagel
181 Grand St
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Eat like a New Yorker with some of the best bagels in town! Try the Baz Sandwich which is big enough for two.
Part grocery store, part restaurant... enjoy the unique store and grab a bite to eat!
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Eataly NYC Flatiron
200 5th Ave
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Part grocery store, part restaurant... enjoy the unique store and grab a bite to eat!
Arguably the best burger in town in the middle of one of the best parks!
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Shake Shack
Madison Avenue
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Arguably the best burger in town in the middle of one of the best parks!
Dim Sum in Chinatown!
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Jing Fong Restaurant
380 Amsterdam Avenue
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Dim Sum in Chinatown!
Soup dumplings and pork buns
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456 New Shanghai
69 Mott St
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Soup dumplings and pork buns
Great pizza
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RubiRosa Restaurant & Bar
235 Mulberry St
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Great pizza
Famous pizza
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Lombardi's
32 Spring St
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Famous pizza
Breakfast and Brunch
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Jack's Wife Freda
226 Lafayette St
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Breakfast and Brunch
Hidden brunch spot
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Freemans
Freeman Alley
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Hidden brunch spot
Brunch
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Balthazar
80 Spring St
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Brunch
Brunch
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Mother's Ruin
18 Spring St
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Brunch
Japanese restaurant specializing in soba (noodles)
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Cocoron
16 Delancey St
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Japanese restaurant specializing in soba (noodles)
Great rustic Italian food
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Peasant
194 Elizabeth St
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Great rustic Italian food
Great Michelin starred restaurant.
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PUBLIC
210 Elizabeth Street
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Great Michelin starred restaurant.
My go-to restaurant for steak. Get a bone-in NY strip or the porterhouse for two with black truffle creamed spinach on the side
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Strip House
13 E 12th St
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My go-to restaurant for steak. Get a bone-in NY strip or the porterhouse for two with black truffle creamed spinach on the side
The place to go for ramen! Also get the pork buns and samurai ribs.
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Ippudo NY
65 4th Ave
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The place to go for ramen! Also get the pork buns and samurai ribs.
Trendy farm-to-table restaurant.
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ABC Kitchen
35 E 18th St
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Trendy farm-to-table restaurant.
The black label burger is arguably the best in town. French/American.
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Minetta Tavern
113 MacDougal St
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The black label burger is arguably the best in town. French/American.
Great Korean/Asian restaurant.
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Momofuku Ssäm Bar
89 South Street
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Great Korean/Asian restaurant.
Italian restaurant with outdoor seating.
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Gemma
335 Bowery
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Italian restaurant with outdoor seating.
Great coffee!
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La Colombe Torrefaction
319 Church St
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Great coffee!
Great sandwiches!
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Parm
248 Mulberry St
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Great sandwiches!
Great food open late.
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Blue Ribbon Brasserie
97 Sullivan St
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Great food open late.
Great pizza open late.
Piacere NYC
351 Broome Street
Great pizza open late.
Chinese food open late.
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Great NY Noodletown
28 Bowery
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Chinese food open late.
My favorite coffee café!
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La Colombe Coffee Roasters
270 Lafayette St
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My favorite coffee café!
Fancy Italian restaurant.
Isola
9 Crosby St
Fancy Italian restaurant.
Cheap Vietnamese sandwiches. Cash only
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Bánh Mì Saigon
198 Grand St
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Cheap Vietnamese sandwiches. Cash only
Cheap breakfast or lunch.
Landmark Coffee Shop
158 Grand St
Cheap breakfast or lunch.
Casual Cuban restaurant. Love their Cuban sandwich and grilled corn!
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Café Habana
17 Prince St
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Casual Cuban restaurant. Love their Cuban sandwich and grilled corn!
Casual Spanish tapas restaurant and grocery store.
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Despaña
408 Broome St
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Casual Spanish tapas restaurant and grocery store.

Drinks & Nightlife

Cool hidden bar
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Mulberry Project
149 Mulberry Street
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Cool hidden bar
Beer and pretzels outdoors
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The Standard Biergarten
848 Washington St
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Beer and pretzels outdoors
Trendy rooftop bar with stunning views.
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Le Bain
848 Washington St
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Trendy rooftop bar with stunning views.
Classy rooftop bar with stunning views.
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The Top of the Standard
848 Washington St
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Classy rooftop bar with stunning views.
Dance club
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Marquee New York
289 10th Ave
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Dance club
Dance club. Mostly younger crowd.
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Southside
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Dance club. Mostly younger crowd.
Great neighborhood bar
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Brinkley's Broome Street
Broome Street
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Great neighborhood bar
Cool hidden cocktail bar.
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The Ship
158 Lafayette St
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Cool hidden cocktail bar.
Karaoke bar
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baby grand
161 Lafayette St
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Karaoke bar
Great wine bar!
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La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels
249 Centre St
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Great wine bar!

Shopping

Cool unique sneaker store.
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Flight Club
812 Broadway
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Cool unique sneaker store.
Cool unique independent book store.
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The Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway
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Cool unique independent book store.
Probably the most famous (and unique) camera and electronic store in the world! They are closed Friday afternoon to Saturday evening for Sabbath.
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B&H Photo Video - Electronics and Camera Store
420 9th Ave
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Probably the most famous (and unique) camera and electronic store in the world! They are closed Friday afternoon to Saturday evening for Sabbath.
The largest department store in the world! Get 10% off savings pass at their visitor center.
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Macy's
151 W 34th St
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The largest department store in the world! Get 10% off savings pass at their visitor center.
For the serious bargain shopper! This day trip to Woodbury Common Premium Outlets has all the designer labels at discount prices! Leaves at 8:45 and returns at 17:30. gotowoodbury.com
Wyndham Garden Chinatown
93 Bowery
For the serious bargain shopper! This day trip to Woodbury Common Premium Outlets has all the designer labels at discount prices! Leaves at 8:45 and returns at 17:30. gotowoodbury.com
Otherwise known as Munchies Paradise... this store has all the best Asian candies and snacks.
Aji Ichiban
37 Mott St
Otherwise known as Munchies Paradise... this store has all the best Asian candies and snacks.
This super cool men's store is an homage to the previous tenant... famous rock venue CBGB
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John Varvatos
315 Bowery
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This super cool men's store is an homage to the previous tenant... famous rock venue CBGB
Cheap Broadway show tickets.
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TKTS Times Square
West 47th Street
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Cheap Broadway show tickets.
Cheap Broadway show tickets.
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TKTS South Street Seaport
190 Front St
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Cheap Broadway show tickets.
Independent bookstore
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Goods for the Study Mulberry
234 Mulberry St
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Independent bookstore
Unique nonprofit bookstore.
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Housing Works Used Book Cafe
126 Crosby St
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Unique nonprofit bookstore.
Convenience store for anything you need... toiletries, groceries, etc
Taasha Deli
400 Broome St
Convenience store for anything you need... toiletries, groceries, etc
Convenience store and pharmacy downstairs.
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Duane Reade
110 Newark Ave
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Convenience store and pharmacy downstairs.

Everything Else

Nice park surrounded by New York University.
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Washington Square Park
Washington Square
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Nice park surrounded by New York University.
Park surrounded by many stores and restaurants.
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Union Square
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Park surrounded by many stores and restaurants.
Outdoor skating rink in the winter.
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Bryant Park
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Outdoor skating rink in the winter.
"Who ya gonna call?"
I-Ghostbusters Headquarters
14 N Moore St
"Who ya gonna call?"

Sightseeing

Forget the Empire State Building! Top of the Rock is much better... especially at night.
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Inkundla yeRock
30 Rockefeller Plaza
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Forget the Empire State Building! Top of the Rock is much better... especially at night.
World famous transportation hub
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Grand Central Terminal station
89 E 42nd St
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World famous transportation hub
This brand new $1.4 Billion transportation hub is an architectural marvel.
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Fulton Street
Fulton Street
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This brand new $1.4 Billion transportation hub is an architectural marvel.
The new WTC is finally finished. Check out the memorial and museum.
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4 World Trade Center
150 Greenwich St
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The new WTC is finally finished. Check out the memorial and museum.
Walk across the famous bridge!
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Brooklyn Bridge Promenade
Brooklyn Bridge Promenade
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Walk across the famous bridge!
Home of the New York Stock Exchange and major financial institutions.
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I-Stock Exchange ye-New York
11 Wall St
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Home of the New York Stock Exchange and major financial institutions.
Take a picture with the mascot of Wall Street.
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I-Charging Bull
Bowling Green
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Take a picture with the mascot of Wall Street.
centralpark.com/maps/group/maps
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Grand Army Plaza
Flatbush Avenue
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centralpark.com/maps/group/maps
A military museum on an aircraft carrier. The newest addition to the collection... the space shuttle Enterprise.
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Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
West 46th Street
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A military museum on an aircraft carrier. The newest addition to the collection... the space shuttle Enterprise.
Old elevated train tracks converted into a cool park.
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High Line Park
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Old elevated train tracks converted into a cool park.
Perfect views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Lower Manhattan. And best of all... It's free!
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Whitehall Terminal station
4 Whitehall St
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Perfect views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Lower Manhattan. And best of all... It's free!
Marvel of gothic revival architecture.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
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Marvel of gothic revival architecture.
New Yorkers dread it... but Times Square is a must see spectacle.
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Times Square
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New Yorkers dread it... but Times Square is a must see spectacle.
Millions of books and special collections housed in an architectural masterpiece.
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I-New York Public Library - Bloomingdale Library
476 5th Ave
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Millions of books and special collections housed in an architectural masterpiece.

Arts & Culture

Great intimate music venue to see live bands.
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The Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey St
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Great intimate music venue to see live bands.
Great intimate music venue to see live bands.
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Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston St
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Great intimate music venue to see live bands.
The MoMA
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The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
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The MoMA
Taxidermy, dinosaurs, minerals and a planetarium.
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Iziko Lomuzi wezolimo laseMarekhiya
200 Central Park West
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Taxidermy, dinosaurs, minerals and a planetarium.
The Met is the museum to see if you can only see one.
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I-Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Ave
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The Met is the museum to see if you can only see one.
20th and 21st century art from around the world.
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I-Guggenheim Museum kaSolomon R.
1071 5th Ave
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20th and 21st century art from around the world.
20th and 21st century American art.
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Salmagundi Museum of American Art
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20th and 21st century American art.
Showtime at the Apollo!
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I-Apollo Theater
253 W 125th St
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Showtime at the Apollo!
Opera, Ballet, Jazz and even the Circus... you can find all kinds of performing arts here.
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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center Plaza
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Opera, Ballet, Jazz and even the Circus... you can find all kinds of performing arts here.
Hosting Jazz legends for the last 75 years.
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The Village Vanguard
178 7th Ave S
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Hosting Jazz legends for the last 75 years.
Comedy Club that has hosted some of the biggest names in comedy.
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Comedy Cellar
117 MacDougal St
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Comedy Club that has hosted some of the biggest names in comedy.
An interactive play based on Macbeth
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The McKittrick Hotel
530 W 27th St
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An interactive play based on Macbeth