Best bubble tea in Manhattan, hands down. Good pearls, good mixes, fully customizable drinks (sugar, flavor, add-ins, etc) and good hours. Service can be slow.
Great jasmine bubble tea in midtown east. Can't beat Chinatown though! (3 of 4 petals via Fondu) Read more.
Best boba tea I've had. Ever. Go for the bubble gaga, it has boba and coconut jelly! Yum! I love that they aren't too sweet!
Good selection of juices, wheatgrass, and smoothies along with bubble tea which is funny. Oh and your typical pre made veg/vegan sandwiches and pastas. Good for a quick juice fix.
Green and Morning Greens are my favs! Though Bubble tea is super refreshing in this heat:-)
Taro bubble tea is my favorite so far.
The taro bubble tea is perfect.
Reliably good roast pork over rice. The banh mi, made with the likes of roast pork or duck, are menu standouts.
The place doesn't look like much but it's the best Chinese in midtown. stick to the line to the right and get the good stuff.
Amazing establishment. Cheesecake is to die for. Stop in take a while to enjoy your coffee and pastry or sandwich if that's your delight.
They don't have wifi :/
This coffee is burnt. I should have gone to Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts, two places I merely hate.
For some reason, they don't serve hot bubble tea. They claim it'll ruin the bubbles?? But I've had hot bubble tea at SO many places and the bubbles turn out fine. Also, no large teas? Too many rules.
Korean bakery chain with Asian spins on pastries (green tea croissant, anyone?) and bread.
Think the ktown location is better but I'm glad that they opened a place in midtown east. Lots of bread to choose from!
Cleanest public bathroom EVER. The games, library, and outdoor concerts in the summer and shops in the winter make this one of the best parks in NYC
“Many of the midday strollers in the park are office workers; they have the subdued mood of prison inmates released into the yard for their daily hour of sunshine and exercise.” —Victor Chen, 1974 Read more.
Try estimating the percentage of women here. On a recent weekday, it was 53%, according to the park's engineer, who considers that a success. "Women are more discriminating park users," he says. Read more.
Great bookstore. Really great English and Japanese book selection. Great Murakami selection of course. Love the cafe on the second floor.
Tucked on the second floor of this Japanese bookstore is a counter selling perfect afternoon snacks. Food & Wine editor Dana Cowin loves the umebashi plum rice balls, she told us in her NY Diet. Read more.
Don't be surprised if the security follows you around if you aren't Asian. I love kino but their security often turns me off to shopping there as I am not a thief.
Just opened today! Delicious menu and friendly staff. Try the Sweet Uncle Fred--toasted banana bread with ricotta, strawberries, honey, and toasted almonds--and a piccolo latte. Happiness.
Order "the smash" - avocado plus feta over toast w chili flakes and pepitas. Add a pour over coffee. Welcome addition to the neighborhood!
One of two new Australian-owned specialty coffee shops in Midtown East, Little Collins serves Counter Culture & sandwiches to a neighborhood in dire need of their services. No wifi. Read more.
Impossibly large. Come to see the architecture, the constellation murals inside, and the statues and gargoyles outside. Bring a wide angle lens :D
This is where it all begins. Or ends. Where S returned from boarding school, where B headed to Yale, and where D and S struck up an unlikely romance. (I Will Always Love You) Read more.
Spot someone that looks good and then don't talk to them because that's what you were going to do anyway!
Check out the consoles museum! Amazing nostalgic stuff from the 80s
Check out the history of the Gameboy display on the 2nd floor, esp. the Gameboy damaged in the Gulf War that still works! and throw down with some New Super Mario Bros Wii while you're at it.
For some strange reason, they've got a lot of Nintendo related products.
Their bento boxes and onigiri varieties are excellent! Lots of baked goodies too! I'm obsessed w/ their grilled chicken scallion pizza =).
Stop in for tasty, cheap Japanese fast-food and pastries. Bento boxes include free miso soup after 12pm.Try the green tea cake for $1.95. Read more.
Great red bean buns. Give one a try.
Breakfast buffet - house made granola and greek yogurt, scrambled eggs. Lunch buffet - coconut chicken bbq chicken and sushi Friday's!
Get the Tobago smoothie, you will thank me
The most unbelievable salad/lunch place. Talk about high line deli, this is it.
Lovingly made in NYC, CHI, SEA & LA