Try Empire Mayonnaise Co.’s line of artisanal mayos, with more outré flavors available each week (foie gras, black garlic). It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the toasted coconut cake, an exceptionally moist, fat-crumbed white cake. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the delicate cassis macaron, two almond-based meringues encasing a luscious cream filling that’s brightened with tart cassis. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the exquisitely chunky sorella, massive scoops laced with rich, earthy drizzles of Valrhona fudge with crunchy bits of chocolate-dipped pretzels. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the crispy Chinese watercress salad. The star green in this salad is lightly battered and deep-fried to gently temper its bitterness. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Order the herbaceous Broken Mirror Skyscraper. A mix of absinthe, lime & muddled mint—w/ dandelion & burdock bitters—is chilled with slow-melting ice. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the Dave, a baguette stuffed with Italian sausage, fresh tomato, diced broccoli rabe, house-made piri-piri sauce & a layer of melted mozzarella. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks of 2011. Read more.
Try the luminous blood-orange doughnut: stretchy, yeasty dough, slathered with a tart citrus glaze and crowned with a candied slice of the fruit. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
The best theater to catch your favorite old movie has exquisite repertory and revival programming such as pre-Code oldies, ’70s NYC crime thrillers and French classics —plus gourmet snacks! Read more.
The best store to blow your paycheck in stocks covetable finds from around the world—both luxury threads and more affordable goods like indie mags, CDs and hip accessories. Read more.
The best New York-focused museum is housed in a decommissioned subway station. Make sure to see the excellent collection of vintage subway cars. Read more.
Luke's Lobster, Sigmund Pretzel Shop, An Choi (banh mi), Melt Bakery, and tons of other delicious food to try. Saturdays 10-6. Read more.
18-hole mini golf course features a waterfall, a stream, a cave, a footbridge and sand traps. Open 3pm-10pm on Weekdays, 10am-8pm on weekends. Even better, it’s just $5 per adult for a game. Read more.
#StaffPick Pema (Education): Love this joint. It’s the most authentic Thai food outside of Bangkok because of the spice level and variety of rarely found desserts.
#StaffPick David (External Affairs): Artist Matt Mullican’s Etched Granite Pavement at the base of the Unisphere traces the history of the park from its prehistoric roots through 2 World’s Fairs.
Stay on the 6 local downtown past the last stop and you will see the station out the right side as you loop around to go back uptown. For best results sit in the back. Great way to impress someone!
1 of New York's true hidden gems 4 families. Great time when they have big events like Carnivals, Apple Fesitval, + Corn Maze, but we also love to come on random weekdays & just feed animals.
A weird little island in the Bronx more reminiscent of New England than New York. Walk around and look at the houses, stop to eat at one of the seafood shacks, and check out the beautiful cemetery. Read more.
