If you have a 20-minute break before your next show, drop in here for a snack. The smoothies are excellent, and you can add in energy boosts.
ride the bull. also, ask the bartender when joe is playing...such good live music on a weeknight.
It's easy to miss this cozy, 18-seat restaurant on the ground floor of a Midtown brownstone, but you shouldn't. Toasted sandwiches, crepes, and entrée salads range in price from $8.95 to $15.95. Read more.
Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center is one of the best places to see a concert outside in New York City.
Have a few drinks in the bar, then head elsewhere for dinner. Mr. English's French needs a little work. Read more.
Went on a Thursday. Incredible show with Raven O. They serve Absinthe. Exclusive at the door. Expensive drinks.
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.
ok folks, it's getting warm (or about to get warm).. time to drink a rusty knot at the rusty knot.
Arrive more than a little early to popular shows, so you can score a good table. Most shows do come with a food/drink minimum.
So you can't get a table? Stop in and have a drink at the bar. Who knows, you might just run into Robert DeNiro or Woody Allen!
Be sensible, that Cuban sandwich and fries would just go straight to your hips. -Andy Cohen, Watch What Happens Live!
Studio 54 may be gone, but classic clubland style lives on at this ultralounge. With glass-walled staircases and crystal chandeliers, M2 is so blinged-out that even Mariah Carey parties here.
Their Bruschetta (Tomato & Basil), Eggplant with Mushrooms, and Grandma Pizza Bites were featured at Choice Eats!
Splendid artisanal chocolate, setting a standard since 1923. -Andy Cohen, Watch What Happens Live!
At this Asian take on fast food, the most popular lunch dish is the Vietnamese BBQ beef sandwich ($10.50). Also try the fish cha ca la vong salad ($9.75) and shredded chicken sandwich ($9.50). Read more.
Cabo Rojo is one of the NYT restaurant critic Sam Sifton’s 50 favorite NYC restaurants. To see the full list, get The Scoop iPhone app, an inside guide to New York: NYTimes.com/thescoop
For a totally different MoMA, go on the first Thursday of each month, when the Museum is open 'til 8:45 p.m. with music and a bar.
Everything here is fabulous, from cocktails to kangaroo (seriously!). -Gail Simmons, Top Chef.
You can make your own "private label" wine at this music/wine venue opened by the owners of the Knitting Factory.
June 30 is Social Media Day, a day to celebrate the revolution of media becoming social. Join thousands celebrating all over the world! Check in using #smday. Read more.
Head here for cheap vegetarian food with a Middle Eastern flare. Get a fresh falafel sandwich for $5.25 & add sweet potato fries for $0.50. Read more.
The small stage, energetic crowd and top-notch indie bookings make Mercury Lounge an anomaly in New York, where indie bands regularly play to thousands. Come smell the bands you love! - IFC Staff
Dude, it's Momofuku Ssam—arguably chef David Chang's best work, and certainly his most varied. A recent kitchen restaffing brings fresh life to the menu. Order the buttermilk. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
