If there's anything keeping IFC staffers Always On, it's the Stumptown coffee at the Ace Hotel coffee bar. So thick, it'll stick to your teeth! See you in outer space! - IFC Staff
Who cares if you have to wait for eons? Once the waiter drops down a paper plate with the best burger in town, worries go out the window. Carve your name in the wood table and leave your mark.
Home to a free summer music festival since 1953, where music “usually heard in the sanctity (some might say imprisonment) of small concert halls” mixes with the elements, as described in 1987. Read more.
In the back of this shop, Ernesto Dominguez uses mallets, air guns and rivet guns to reassemble the dented and folded-in strollers that are brought to him for repair. Read more.
The original location of Martin Goodman's publishing company, Timely Comics, that would eventually become Marvel Comics.
This is Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley's favorite bar, which he told us in a video tour of the East Village. Read more.
In 1938, workmen laid down a new 2,295-square-foot rug in the lobby, “stopping only to extricate a workman who had fallen into its folds.” Read more.
This is a must-stop for me when I’m in NYC, but you can’t go wrong at any of David Chang’s restaurants. -Monica Pope, Top Chef
Always a good place to meet friends or clients. Just met a reporter here to chat about the Harlem real estate scene.
30 'cue teams are riffing on the theme with creations like whole roasted lamb (Boqueria), pit-smoked beef brisket (Hill Country) & Montreal smoked meat (Mile End). Tix range from $25 to $150 (VIP). Read more.
Chef April Bloomfield holds her own and then some at New York's top gastropub. Arguably the best restaurant burger in New York is served here, and the gnudi needs no introduction. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Here you can find meat served from the best local purveyors and perfect vegetables from the Chef’s own patch of fertile soil. It takes you way beyond farm- friendly and directly to the farm.
My absolute favorite bar. They mix the drinks in the old style using different size ice cubes and raw eggs. Bartenders are very experienced and awesome. -Susie Brunet, Launch My Line
Don't be intimidated by GQ magazine's labeling of The Smile as "The White-Hot Center of New York Cool." This basement cafe is welcoming and casual. Try the roast-beef sandwich ($11.50). Read more.
When Duane Reade's Wet & Wild selection doesn't cut it, head to this Upper East Side staple. While independent pharmacies seem to be a thing of the past, Zitomer maintains a devoted following. Read more.
The signature dish at this Miami Beach transplant is the braised beef ravioli ($18). If you're willing to shell out for an opulent lunch, try the baked branzino ($36). Read more.
Westside location of archetypcal New York steakhouse. -Andy Cohen, Watch What Happens Live!
S may have acted in Breakfast at Fred's, but the real star of the 9th floor Barneys’ restaurant is the Fred’s chicken salad. And S knows it too.
Make sure you see Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a musical about the seventh U.S. President with an emo-rock score and an ironic, silly-smart approach. Opens Oct 13.
The sesame pancake with beef is one of our 101 Best Sandwiches in NY. It's a bánh mì by way of Beijing: thin slices of beef with pickled cukes, carrots, and cilantro, dosed with Sriracha. Read more.
At happy hour, get a free, surprisingly decent personal cheese pizza per drink of $4 or more. Try a $5 Brooklyn Lager or $3 bottled beer. Read more.
Monday night is THE night of music, friendship and great food. The chef can make you whatever, whenever. -Marilyn Crawford, Launch My Line
Tuesday nights here are devoted to Rock Band (7–11pm), with drink specials like the $5 rum-based Pourhouse Punch and the occasional open bar. Read more.
The father of modern mystery and the macabre spent some of his final years in the Bronx, and wrote several well-known works in this cottage, including the poems "Annabel Lee" and "The Bells”.
Relive your college glory days during the faux chalet’s 2–7pm happy hour, when $2 cans of PBR and Natty Light lure in a frat-tastic crowd. Read more.
Cocktails march on inexorably a la the classics, a few originals, and rum concoctions like Mojitos and Mai Tais made with top shelf booze.
