OUR NYC RECS
Here’s a list of New York City Recs (from South to North Manhattan) for our friends visiting from out of town. Also make sure you check our New York City Calendar of Events! NYC is way more than just Manhattan so I’ll work on the other boroughs soon!
1. DOWNTOWN
9/11 Memorial & Museum
12 Matcha (New, viral matcha place)
Mercer Labs
One World Observatory
Printemps (New luxury dept store in art deco building - also has some restaurants inside)
South Street Seaport (There’s also a Funny Face Bakery here)
Wall Street Charging Bull & Fearless Girl Statue
Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
2. CHINATOWN
Ali Mama (Boba & Mochi Donuts)
Canal Street (Shopping)
Chip City (Cookies)
Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Kore Coffee (Croffles - waffles + croissant)
Mango Mango Dessert
Mei Lai Wah (Pineapple + Pork Buns - cash only)
Nam Son (Vietnamese food)
Nom Wah (Dim Sum/Dumpings - cash only)
Nyonya (Malaysian - cash only)
Peking Duck House
Wah Fung No. 1 (Best Cheap Eats - Duck over Rice - cash only)
Chinatown also borders Little Italy
3. GREENWICH VILLAGE/WEST VILLAGE/SOHO
Iconic Pizza Spots
Joe’s Pizza
John’s of Bleecker Street
L’Industrie
Mama’s Too
Apollo’s Bagels
Katz Deli (Famous pastrami sandwiches - long lines)
Ladurée (Macarons and can also do tea or eat there - nice for girls)
Lil Sweet Treats (Viral candy shop)
Pop-Up Bagels (Famous rip & dip bagels - has other locations too!)
Sunday Morning (Viral Cinnamon rolls - must go early)
Walk up to Washington Square Park (Friends arch)
Funny Face Bakery (Cookies)
Dough Doughnuts (Flatiron - well known for hibiscus donut)
Levain (Cookies)
4. KOREATOWN/K-TOWN
31-33rd Street between 5th and Broadway
Shopping booths set up at 32nd and 5th (Tanghulu, Fluffy Algodon + more - check days/hours)
Boba shops (Gong Cha, Teamakers, Tiger Sugar, BIAO Sugar- this one has the famous boba egg)
Food Gallery 32 (Lots of differents stalls inside)
Grace Street (Desserts)
Jongro (KBBQ)
Mochi Mochi (Korean hot dogs, tanghulu, & mochi donuts)
Speedy Korea Grill (Gold coin cakes and lots more)
5. MIDTOWN
5th Avenue shopping (Tiffany, Saks etc)
Empire State Building
Halal Guys or Adel’s Cart (famous halal carts on 53rd and 6th)
Lil Sweet Treats (Viral candy shop has one underground here too)
LV being remodeled (the large LV suitcase people love to see)
LV Cafe (Girls would love this)
Rockefeller Center & Top of the Rock (Observation Deck and now the new Skylift)
FAO Schwarz (They have Jellycat Diner & Build-A-Bear inside too)
Pop-Up Bagels (Famous rip & dip bagels - has other locations too!)
Russ & Daughters (Good place to get bagels or the infamous NYC black and white cookie)
Summit One (Newest Observatory near Grand Central)
Sweet Graffiti Treats (Dubai chocolate)
Tiffany Blue Box Cafe (Girls would love this)
Din Tai Fung
6. TIMES SQUARE
Broadway show
Carmine’s
Famous red steps in middle of Times Square
Junior’s Cheeesecake
One Times Square (newest Observation Deck and you can pay extra to be up close to the New Year’s Eve ball)
7. HUDSON YARDS
The Edge (Observatory)
The Shops at Hudson Yards
At the Shops you can go to Magnolia Bakery (Other locations too - cupcakes & famous banana pudding)
The Vessel (Outside structure you can get tickets and climb too)
Can walk the High Line from here and walk toward Chelsea and then do Chelsea Market and Little Island
8. UPPER EAST SIDE
Bon Bon (Famous Swedish Candy shop)
Central Park
Frick Collection
MET Museum
Nuts Factory (Dubai Chocolate)
Pop-Up Bagels (famous rip & dip bagels - has other locations too!)