Taking a cue from London’s Harrods, this high-end market has everything from raw oysters to elaborate pastries. It opened last week in the lower level of the Plaza and has been packed ever since. Read more.
Have a cocktail to start, and insist that you will order food only when you've had it. Read more.
Try the lush beef brisket, which spends up to 14 hours in the smoker before it hits the table; leaner cuts are sliced for platters ($15), while the fattier meat gets chopped up for sandwiches ($10). Read more.
After opening in 1950, the gallery amounted to a salon for the New York School of poets, publishing the first or second books of John Ashbery, Frank O’Hara, James Schuyler and Barbara Guest. Read more.
Stop by this neighborhood pharmacy if you're searching for anything from obscure European products to prescription refills. Read more.
If you want something crazy (and delicious), the Buffalo Chicken slice, laden with sliced chicken drenched in Frank's RedHot sauce, is a winner. Read more.