When in doubt check out “The infatuation” for recommendations
Midtown:
Urban Hawker for legit Singaporean hawker food just opened up
Koreatown is also nearby on 31st street - Her Name is Han is great
King Cole Bar - classic / historic vibes
Pebble Bar - Nicolas Braun (Cousin Greg) is an investor - heard great things but have not been yet
Hudson Yards - to start the High Line walk, but also there's a bunch of shopping and food there now. Notable would be Jose Andre's spanish market Mercado Little Spain downstairs for stalls of good food
Flatiron/Chelsea
Marta - Danny Meyer's wood fire pizza
Cote - Michelin korean bbq - need to make a reservation; they have a bar downstairs - Undercote
Coqodaq - sister of Cote; difficult to get reservations; line up at 5pm
Billy Bakery for banana cupcakes
Maman for coffee, Cha Cha Matcha
Chelsea Market
Shopping down 5th Ave from about 23rd to 14th Street
High Line
Little Park - new!
Soho/Nolita/Noho
Coffee at Gasoline Alley, Sant Ambroeus
La Cabra for the best cardomon buns no joke
Altro Paradiso for Italian
Thai Diner - very hard to get in, but you can try to line up
Prince St Pizza - best slice - square pepperoni slice
Los Tacos No 1 - best tacos
Shopping - Kith, Sezane, Andre Leon Dore, Noah, Supreme, every other designer shop
West Village
L’Industrie - absolutely the best pizza in NYC right now; original location in Williamsburg
Little Owl - FYI this the building they used in Friends that's why there's so many people taking photos
Via Carota - the hardest place to get into but if you go at 5pm to put your name down it might be 2-2.5 hours. it is my favorite restaurant
L’Artusi - difficult to get reservations; but can try to walk in at 6pm
Wine bars - Moonflower, Sant Jardim
Coffee at Hungry Ghost, St. George Coffee, Fellini Coffee
East Village
Raku for udon
From Lucie for cake!
Lucien for French
Hearth for Italian
Lady Wong for Malaysian cakes
Lower East Side
Le Dive - wine bar
Kikis - greek food - no resos
Scarr's pizza by slice
Russ & Daughter's for bagels
Double Chicken Please - if you can't get a reso in the backroom, you can line up for the front for chicken sandwiches and cocktails. They made top 50 bars in the world last year.
Coffee at Caffe Vita
CHINATOWN
Head over to this area of Chinatown for small food stalls and restaurants around 4-5 blocks
Joe’s Shanghai - shanghai dumplings
Financial
Tin Building - south street seaport area has been updated. Jean George is beautiful a food market & shop + oyster bar
Crown Shy for American
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The Four Horseman for American
Lilia for Italian - really hard to get in; will need to try to get reservations in advance
Bar Bondou at the top of the Wythe Hotel has great skyline views
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Hottest area for Japanese food: Dashi Okume, Taku Sando, Acre, Rule of Thirds
Oxomoco - Michelin mexican
Dumbo / BK Heights, Brooklyn
There is the famous Washington Street/Bridge Instagram shot about a block away
Coffee:
L’Apartment 4F - longgg line, try not go on the weekend
Food: