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TO SEE

Ferries

  • Staten Island Ferry: Financial District. You can take it for free to Staten Island and then stay on and take it back to Manhattan. You get great views of the city and the Statue of Liberty.
  • Ikea Ferry: Goes from Financial District to Red Hook, Brooklyn. Free to go there and a few bucks to get back. Also great views of the city, Brooklyn, and the Statue of Liberty.

Parks

  • The High Line: It's a old railroad track that has been turned into a really pretty park that runs from Washington and Gansevoort in the West Village/ Meat Packing and all the way up to around 30th St and 10th Ave in Chelsea. is It's really nice to walk up or down and there are multiple entrance/exits along the path.
  • Central Park: Center of the city right above 59th Street. Walk through before the MET or after the Frick.
  • South Street Seaport: Financial District. Can be a bit touristy, but if you walk into the mall on Pier 17 and through the food court to the balcony, it's my favorite view of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.

Museums

  • The MoMA
  • Whitney Museum
  • The Frick
  • The Tenement Museum

Streets

  • Bleeker Street: West Village. Great to walk down. Lots of cute boutiques and wonderful restaurants.
  • West Broadway in SoHo (one of my favorite streets in Manhattan)
  • Broadway in SoHo (main shopping strip)

Shopping

  • Artists and Fleas (568 Broadway, New York, NY - SoHo): Lots of booths runs by individual local artisans. 
  • Pearl River Mart (395 Broadway, New York, NY 10013 - Chinatown): The first Chinese-American department store. They recently go priced out and had to move to a small location. 

TO EAT

Few Locations

  • Miss Lily's: SoHo and Alphabet City. Delicious Caribbean food in a super fun atmosphere. http://www.misslilys.com 
  • by Chloe: Fast, but healthy and delicious vegan eats. https://eatbychloe.com 
  • The Smith: Something for everyone on their menu, but always good. http://thesmithrestaurant.com 
  • Tacombi: One of my favorite Mexican food spots in the city. Every restaurant is uniquely decorated. http://tacombi.com 
  • Jack's Wife Freda: SoHo and West Village. Mediterranean restaurant. We had an awesome lunch there. http://jackswifefreda.com
  • Eataly: Flatiron and TriBeCa. You can also sit down at one of the multiple restaurants inside of the grocery and walk around shopping with a glass of wine. I had triangle-shaped gnocchi at the vegetarian restaurant in Flatiron which was insanely good. https://www.eataly.com
  • Mermaid Inn: East Village is my favorite, but the have one in the West Village and Upper West Side. They have a fantastic happy hour food and drink deal. http://www.themermaidnyc.com
  • Sweetgreen: Few locations. Best take out salad you're ever going to have. http://www.sweetgreen.com 
  • Empanada Mama: Hell's Kitchen and Lower East Side. Every flavor of empanada you could imagine. https://www.empmamanyc.com
  • Shake Shack: One of the best burgers in New York... and everywhere. http://shakeshack.com 

Downtown West Side

  • Tortilla Flats: West Village. Kind of cheesy, but super fun Mexican restaurant with festive Christmas lights. http://tortillaflatsnyc.top
  • Bo's Kitchen & Bar Room: Flatiron. New Orlean's style food and bar. http://bosrestaurant.com 
  • Lure Fishbar: Soho. Super delicious seafood. http://www.lurefishbar.com 
  • Megu: Meatpacking. Chic, Japanese restaurant that serves a delicious dinner. My cousin Derek is a server there. https://www.meguworldwide.com

Downtown East Side

  • Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream: Lower East Side (LES) They have a black coconut ice cream that is so good. But all their ice cream is really unique and delicious. http://www.morgensternsnyc.com
  • Milk & Cream Cereal Bar: Little Italy. They mix soft serve ice cream with cereal. http://www.milkandcreambar.com 
  • Mission Chinese: Chinatown. Americanize Chinese food. Tends to have a wait. https://missionchinesefood.com
  • Joe's Shanghai: Chinatown. Soup couplings and authentic, affordable Chinese food. http://www.joeshanghairestaurants.com
  • Golden Unicorn: Chinatown. All about the weekend Dim Sum. They have the carts of food that they push around. http://www.goldenunicornrestaurant.com
  • The Halal Guys: There's a food cart on 53rd St and 6th Ave (don't be fooled by knock-off carts around Midtown) and a brick and mortar location on 14th St and 1st in the East Village. The chicken platter with rice and LOTS of white sauce would be on my last meal list. http://thehalalguys.com 
  • Koneko (26 Clinton Street, New York, NY): Cat cafe with Japanese food and drinks. The cats are in the back of the shop and you pay $20 per hour to hang in the cat room where you can pet and play with them. All of the cats are adoptable and most were pulled from the Animal Care & Control's "at-risk" list by our partner, Anjellicle Cats Rescue. The fee goes towards their care and animal rescue groups. http://konekonyc.com  
  • Rice & Gold: Chinatown. Asian fusion food from Chef Dale Talde. http://riceandgoldnyc.com  
  • The Smile: Bowery. Tasty Mediterranean eats. https://www.thesmilenyc.com 

Uptown East Side (above 23rd)

  • Via Quadronno: Upper East Side (UES). Really great Italian sandwich place in the close to the Met. Great for lunch. https://www.viaquadronno.com
  • J.G. Melon: Upper East Side (UES). One of the best burgers in Manhattan. Super old school place that only takes cash.

TO DRINK

(BARS ARE USUALLY OPEN UNITL 4AM)

Downtown West Side

  • Bathtub Gin: Chelsea. Really amazing, mixologist drinks. On Friday and Saturday nights they have burlesque shows bathtub that's in between tables. http://bathtubginnyc.com 
  • Employees Only: West Village. Awesome mixologist drinks. http://www.employeesonlynyc.com 
  • Genuine Liquorette: Little Italy. Downstairs from a restaurant is this really fun little bar. Most of the drinks are cans of stuff that have been cut open and have an airplane bottle of liquor shoved in. http://www.eatgenuine.com 
  • The Rusty Knot: West Village. Sailor-themed dive bar on the side of the West Side Highway.
  • The Blond: Chinatown. Chic nighttime spot with DJ.
  • The Happiest Hour: West Village. One of my favorite bars to start an evening. Delicious cocktails and tasty bar bites. http://www.happiesthournyc.com 
  • Baby Grand: SoHo. Tiny bar that fits 20 people with karaoke. 
  • The Ship: SoHo. Below street level bar that feels like the inside of a ship when you walk in.

Midtown East Side

  • Gallow Green at The McKittrick Hotel: Chelsea. Walk through the hotel and past an indoor train car to an adorable rooftop that feels like a green garden. There is a section where you can grab a drink or you can eat a meal there. Good for warm weather. https://mckittrickhotel.com/gallow-green/ 
  • Rudy's Bar & Grill: Hell's Kitchen. Best dive bar in New York. Cheap drinks, free hot dogs, and juke box that plays every song imaginable. http://www.rudysbarnyc.com/history 

Downtown East Side

  • Apotheke: Chinatown. More amazing mixologist drinks. http://www.apothekenyc.com
  • Bar 169: Chinatown. Awesome New Orleans-themed dive bar. Was featured on Master of Nothing. http://www.169barnyc.com/cmsmadesimple/ 
  • Genuine Liquorette: Little Italy. Downstairs from a restaurant is this really fun little bar. Most of the drinks are cans of stuff that have been cut open and have an airplane bottle of liquor shoved in. http://www.eatgenuine.com 
  • Gallow Green at The McKittrick Hotel (542 W 27th St, New York, NY): Walk through the hotel and past an indoor train car to an adorable rooftop that feels like a green garden. There is a section where you can grab a drink or you can eat a meal there.) 
  • Anyway Cafe: East Village. Russian cafe with their own infused vodka and food. They also have different live bands every night from 8pm-11pm. 
  • Sing Sing Karaoke: Alphabet City. Cheesy, divey karaoke bar with a big main room and private rooms.