Dan's Recommendations
Food Scene
Gourmet everything. Stations for every kind of food on multiple floor. Shop, eat, drink, tour.
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Eataly NYC Flatiron
200 5th AveGourmet everything. Stations for every kind of food on multiple floor. Shop, eat, drink, tour.
Gramercy Tavern
42 E 20th StEvery New Yorker's favorite
L'Express
249 Park Ave SBest bistro, open all night
Friend Of A Farmer
77 Irving PlCharming beyond belief
POST
217 E 3rd StWorld's best thin crust pizza
Shake Shack
Madison AvenueBurgers. Fries. Shakes. Outdoors.
Young, upscale, after-work scene. Old and famous bar
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Pete's Tavern
129 E 18th StYoung, upscale, after-work scene. Old and famous bar
Yama
122 E 17th St Right downstairs! Best kept secret in the neighborhood.
abcV
38 E 19th StHip. Fun. And really good.
Everything Korean, up Broadway to 31st and 32nd Streets
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Koreatown
Everything Korean, up Broadway to 31st and 32nd Streets
Take a baking class with a Michelin-starred chef!
www.airbnb.com/tastemaker9774018_100195
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Butler Bake Shop and Espresso Bar
95 S 5th StTake a baking class with a Michelin-starred chef!
www.airbnb.com/tastemaker9774018_100195
High end, classic gourmet fare and scene. Everybody who's anybody has eaten here.
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Union Square
High end, classic gourmet fare and scene. Everybody who's anybody has eaten here.
Essentials
Bedford Cheese Shop
265 Bedford AveBaguettes, cheese, chocolate and more
Trader Joe's
130 Court StAwesome food, cheap
Whole Foods Market
95 E Houston StAspirational grocery shopping at its best
Wash and fold $1 a pound, dry cleaning, same day service if you get there first thing
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Next Cleaners
179 Lafayette StWash and fold $1 a pound, dry cleaning, same day service if you get there first thing
Sightseeing
Stuyvesant Street
Stuyvesant StreetOld world, shady, romantic
The Players
16 Gramercy Park SouthFamous actors club
Church of the Transfiguration
1 E 29th StUnbelievably charming church and little park
Everything Else
Washington Square Park
Washington SquareCenter of the (downtown) Universe
Gramercy Park
Most beautiful park in NY
Shopping
Paragon Sports
867 BroadwayBest sporting goods store in the WORLD.
Drinks & Nightlife
Adalya
55 Irving PlDear Irving Gramercy
55 Irving PlPierre Loti
53 Irving PlBlue Note
131 West 3rd StreetClassic Jazz and Blues
The Village Vanguard
178 7th Ave SClassic Jazz
Blue Smoke Flatiron
116 E 27th StClassic Jazz and Blues
Little India
385 3rd AveAll the best Indian Restaurants and shops
Arts & Culture
I-Museum yaseSex
233 5th AveTotally cool
Original, intact, 1840's house including the actual furniture
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Merchant's House Museum
29 E 4th StOriginal, intact, 1840's house including the actual furniture
Intact tenement building. How immigrants and the poor lived at the turn of the 18th century.
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Tenement Museum
103 Orchard StIntact tenement building. How immigrants and the poor lived at the turn of the 18th century.
This is the one you've heard of. Make a day of it with the High Line and Chelsea Piers
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Salmagundi Museum of American Art
This is the one you've heard of. Make a day of it with the High Line and Chelsea Piers