Two ** means I highly recommend it.
One * means I remember it and recommend it.
No stars mean I don’t remember it but it’s recommended by others!
Upper West Side
- **Levain bakery — best cookies ever!
- Absolute bagels — great bagels.
Midtown
- **Milk Bar – Yummy ice cream, famous for using corn flakes and cereal milk! Lots of locations in NYC. My sister’s favorite!
- *Totto Ramen – Delicious! Get the Pork Ramen. The wait can be 30- 60 minutes on average (no reservations or takeout). Bring cash!
- *V{iv} – Thai, REALLY REALLY GOOD
- Patzeria – Classic and absolutely delicious NYC food. My sister-in-law’s favorite!
Chelsea
- **Los Tacos No. 1 — My FAVORITE place for tacos. The especial Quesidilla and the al pastor taco are seriously gold. They’ve also got a spot near Times Square. Perfect to get right before or after a Broadway show, it’s only a couple blocks from the main area!
- Bareburger — make sure to get the pickle appetizer.
- *City Bakery — AMAZING hot chocolate & everything else. delicious choco croissants.
- *Doughnut Plant — So good
West Village
- **Magnolia Bakery – There are lots of locations but the one in the Village is the original and is a cute little building. Get the banana pudding!
- *Sockerbit – Swedish candy store, super cute and minimalistic. Good candy!
- Tartine – Reasonably priced French food
- **Molly’s Cupcakes – The creme brulee cupcake is devine. Key Lime Pie is another good one! All of them are amazing.
Flat Iron
- *Eataly — Amazing Italian market with restaurants inside. Even just walk around for a bit.
- **Shake Shack — delicious burgers and shakes, and the cutest place
East Village
- Panna II Garden – Small but very festive atmosphere.
- Westville Cafe – Grilled cheese, mac and cheese, and pesto mashed potatoes are popular.
- Donut Pub – Get the simple crueller donut or salted chocolate caramel croissant donut!
- **Artichoke Basille’s Pizza – creamy deliciousness slice of Artichoke pizza. Very filling!
Gramercy
- Nam Pung – Vietnamese sandwiches. YUM. Around union square. really good
- *Big Gay Ice Cream – Soft serve ice cream injected with dolce de leche, sea salt, and dipped in chocolate…Need I say more?
- Essabagel – Classic NYC Bagels.
Soho
- **Dominique Ansel Bakery – I love this bakery, they’re always thinking of unique out of the box things that taste absolutely delicious! The inventor of the cronut, they do a new one every month!
- *Cafe Habana – Cuban food, get the grilled corn on the cob!
- *Lombardi’s Pizza – Manhattan. Classic NYC Pizza.
- *Macbar – If you love Mac & Cheese you’ll definitely want to try this place.
Nolita
Harlem
- Sylvia’s – Southern comfort food, amazing chicken and waffles!
Brooklyn
- *Grimaldi’s pizza – One of the best NYC pizza…the pepperoni is great!
- Juliana’s – Another famous pizza spot!
- Fette Sau – BBQ
- Le Barricou – French style country bistro, Wwilliamsburg
- Five Leaves – Amazing Australian burgers and lots more. Good brunch! Gorgeous restaurant.
- Pies ‘n thighs – Brooklyn soul food & baked goods. Kent demands we try this.
- Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain — get a milkshake, or sundae
Have fun in New York!
