My NYC Travel Guide

New York

• Shake Shack Burger
This is a chain that is everywhere in New York. The counter part of California’s In-and-out burger.

• The Standard
848 Washington St, New York, NY 10014 
Meatpacking District

I used to live here :) 
Go to the beergarden or Le Bain in the afternoon on weekends or at night for the best view ever
On one hand, you can get an expensive $20 drink; on the other hand, you can get a cheap $5 crepe.
It’s a magical place :)

• Mondrian SoHo
New Yorkers love rooftop — this is another good one to go to chill & mingle :D

• Artichoke Pizza
Yelp Link
Cheap & Quintessential of New York. They have a few locations in the city.

• Halal food @ 53rd and 6th Halal Cart (Across Hilton Hotel)
Yelp Link

THE Street Food Cart of NYC

• Piano’s
158 Ludlow St New York, NY 10002 
Yelp Link
or any bar in the Lower East Side area to listen to upcoming artists.

It’s at Piano’s that Lady Gaga got discovered.

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(oh hey that’s me …shameless self PR as usual)

• The Meatball Shop
84 Stanton St, Lower East Side 
Yelp Link

• Cronut at Dominique Ansel Bakery in SoHo
189 Spring St New York, NY 10012

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People wait here from 5am !!! in the snow for this cronut !

It’s a nyc staple though…so pass by if you can :D

• Russ & Daughters (Bagels / Lox / Cream Cheese) 
179 E Houston St New York, NY 10002
Yelp Link
NYC has the best water in the country → best pastries → best bagels

• Totto Ramen
366 W 52nd St 
NYC peeps love a good bowl of ramen and …waiting in line for crammed restaurants

• Momofoku

• Korean Food on 34th / 32nd street / 7th / 6th Avenue

NYC Through Movies
• Katz’s Delicatessen
205 E Houston St 
Yelp Link
From the movie When Harry Met Sally 
“I will have what she’s having”

• Tom’s Restaurant
2880 Broadway
If you watch Seinfeld, you will want to pass by here

Brunches

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New Yorkers are alcoholic. The thing they love the most on weekends are All-You-Can-Drink Brunches
• Norma’s
Yelp Link
This one is $$$$

• Poco
33 Avenue B, New York

• Co Ba
110 9th Av
Vietnamese Brunch

$$$$ Places
Per Se 
Daniel’s 
Eleven 
Jean Georges 
Eleven Madison Park 
Peter Luger Steak House 
Pure Food and Wine (Vegan Raw food! Yay)

Balthazar (Power Lunch Place :D)

Williamsburg 
• Wythe Hotel 
Beautiful Sunset / Rooftop

Parks / Walks
• The High Line
• Central Park / Reservoir 
• Brooklyn Bridge (MUST MUST MUST ) / Bike or Walk through it 
Visit Dumbo with it

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To Do / October

• Broadway Shows (Wicked) 
• Haunted Pumpkin Garden
No one does Halloween like NYC 
• Smorgasburg
Food Fair in Brooklyn! :D

•Octoberfest / beer Festival

• Ice Skating at Rockefeller Center (opened starting in October ) / Bryant Park

Museums
The best art in the world is in nyc — not paris :D

• MOMA : Museum of Modern Art : Free every Friday afternoon 
• MET: Metropolitan museum of art: Pay what you wish: when I was poor, i paid 50 cents to this place :)

• American Museum of Natural History : I mean you have seen Night at the Museum, right ? Here’s the place :D It’s also pay-what-you-wish :)

if you are a hard core art fan 
other museums
• Whitney Museum of American Art 
• Guggenheim