New York/Manhattan, Help me
 

Hey,
Im taking a week off in Manhattan next week.

Im looking for two things:

1. Cheap, non-touristic restaurants with great food. I.e. a small restaurant owned by real Italians that make a mean calzone, etc...

2. Things to do that I really shouldnt miss.



Thanks : )

For shopping, you should check out Broadway & Canal St.

There's a whole Italian section with nothing but Italian resturants near there.

I see these topless tour buses go by around there. Check out http://www.newyorksightseeing.com for info about them.

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when you said 'topeless tour buses' I visualized something completly different ;)

hehe - ya, I'd sign up for that tour!

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Make sure you hit the wtc site... When I first saw it, it gave me chills...

It's amazing walking around the city and not being able to use the towers to gauge where you are..

Go to Time Square. You will take in a lot of New York there in a three block radius. :)

If you are headed to the City and want some good eats on the cheap check our Risa. Its great food in a foofee la la atmosphere so your girl will be happy...

Risa
47 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10012
(212) 625-1712

Go to SCORES a must!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The chain? We have them in Montreal...

If you mean something else, what's the address?

good bars and drunk chicks on Ludlow St.

Stop into Max Fish and say hello for me.

Dont forget to look for teh naked cowboy!

http://www.jesus4me.net/kipum/seniorpics/nyc7.jpg

go to china town for some Pecking Duck!
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you may want to check out some restaurants near and around columbus circle....

also, the village is a pretty cool place to experience your first time in the city (be open-minded though) :thumbsup

there is a place on bleaker (near west 4th i think) that has a kick ass pastry shop & the shopping (both adult and non adult) is something to try out!

have fun and welcome to ny

I prefer my duck prepared Peking style and definitely not still pecking. :1orglaugh

high class tity joint, by the 59th street bridge just ask the cab driver he will know

I'm still not used to it.

Dr. Guille I would suggest waiting for Nina Marichino to post here. She should be an expert on the Italian restaurants in Little Italy.

I'm not a big fan of Italian but there's always Cafe Habana on Elizabeth & Prince for the best Cuban food north of Miami. The grilled corn is a life changing experience! There's always hot women inside especially after Lenny Kravitz shot his video there it turned into a model-hive. It's in the same area as all the Italian restaurants and great shopping.

There's also some Great Thai at a restaurant called Thaland. Best prices on Thai food in the city. It's not takeout by any means. Grab a comfortable seat and be prepared to stuff yourself with 4 courses for under $20

We have the best Indian food in America. My favorite is The Curry Mahal on Second ave between 4th and 5th in the village. I eat there so much they know me by name. "Pornwolf is here! Chicken Tikka Masala coming up fast fast for you!" Ask for Pappa-dum. That's not the head waiter's real name but that's what I call him. He'll know I told you to go there. ;)

If you are gonna have lunch but you don't wanna be inside away from the beautiful sights (and there's plenty of those walking the streets) go to Republic in Union Square. Decently priced and very good noodles in a cool setting. If noodls don't move you there's always the Coffee Shop one block down. It's open 23 hours just so ya know.

If you are looking for Sushi there's two great decently priced choices. Tomoe on Thompson Street is the best in my opinion but make a reservation. Not because it's chic like Nobu but because it's so good people are usually stnding in line to get in on weekends!

Chinese can best be experienced at a restaurant in Chinatown called Canton. If you don't pay attention you will pass it because there's no sign on the front.

When it comes to prices you shouldn't worry too much. New York is an expensive city but not during lunch time. Feel free to walk into any restaurant that looks interesting because they will always have a good lunch special that's usually 40% less than the normal prices.

When you are ready to start your night head over to West Broadway. It's a 4 blocks stretch of streets just a few blocks away from the Italian restaurants. There's tons of bars and restaurants that are situated in a way that you feel like you are in a social setting moreso than in a restaurant. Go to Barolo over there for desert (only desert because dinner sucks ass). It has a REALLY nice garden with beautiful creatures all around. The best looking women in NY hang out on that strip but there's very few tourists so you should have a great time playing the 'Hi, I'm not from here' routine.

Don't forget you can always go to the hotels for the best bars.
The Hudson, The Soho Grand, The Tribeca Grand, The W (union square, 39th st and Times square) and The Time are always a good choice after 7pm.

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oops :glugglug

Oh yeah, he's right. I forgot about Ludlow and Orchard streets. After 10pm this is the hottest neighborhood for barhopping in town.

Wow, great info right there, that's what I was looking for :)


Thanks for taking the time to right all of this! :thumbsup

I was expecting Nina to drop by this thread too ;)


Keep 'em coming :)



btw, this will be my 2nd time in manhattan, I went there when I was in college 5 years ago. Only stayed a couple of days, and did only really touristic places. It will be the first time for my gf, so we'll probably go to the Empire State Building, and stuff like that, but I really want to visit some real local places.

La Mela in downtown, excellent meal cost me and my girl 94 bucks with a 1.5 Liter bottle of wine, food is phenominal

Socres is over pirced and the girl are not hot at all. This place is famous because of the constant plugs on howard stern because when he shows up they send the best girls to him, when you go you will none of those hos.

Try Da Marino in the theater district.. very good Italian food..

Does the GFY nightshift have any recommendations?

Anyone else, I leave saturday :)

Yeah DrGuile. I know it's kind of cliche, but I live 10 minutes away and these places never get old:

Empire State Building
Times Square, (there's a zillion things always going on there!)
Broadway/6th Ave. Stores
Rockefeller Center
NBC studios (across Rockefeller) is pretty cool, you might even be able to walk-in to a showing of the Conan O'Brien show at around 4:30 PM.

And as somebody previously mentioned, for nightlife/restaurants, you might want to check out the part of Manhattan that is commonly referred to as "The Village". Anyway, enjoy your trip! :thumbsup

I thought you needed to make reservations like 6 months in advance for that?

La Mela totally fucking Rules!
others
Korean - Dok Suni
Vietnamese - New Pasteur
Italian - Max's
Sushi - Ahhh! Whats it called? 11th st between 1st and A..?
Indian - I like the place with all the Christmas lights at 1st/6th Panna? or is it Panna 2?

Gotta see a hardcore show at CBGBs and walk around the Lower East Side and the East Village some night.

after all this posts about New York I have decided.....in october I'm going for a week in New York...that's it

The Saturday outdoor flea market on Broadway from Times Sq. up to about 76th is awesome !! :thumbsup

I live in New York need some help hit me up on icq.

shoot, I'm sorry hon, I'm away for the next few days and just checking in quickly. I would love to make some suggestions... when are you coming to town?

I will be back on Friday night... you can hit me up on icq 116038101 and I'd be happy to help. We could even get a drink or something if you'd like.

http://www.menupages.com :)

Oh yea, the best midnight snack, and well after midnight:

San Loco

best fucking tacos, incredible hot sauce, ask for the "stupid sauce", it's awesome if you can handle it.

You want shopping.. go to SOHO..

Good food, pretty much everywhere in midtown.

good steakhouse, try Gallaghers
good Italian... try Carmine's
good Japanese... goto NoBu (top 5 in the world)

go into random bistros and restaurants, for the most part, the food will be good...

unless you want to experience the worst 3 hours of your entire life DO NOT go to the empire state building. just went there two weeks ago with my boyfriend. the lines are Way LONGGGGGG half of which is in tiny NON air conditioned hallways with 100's of sweaty stinking tourists climbing all over you. PLUS the cost is way too much for having to endure all of that. it's equally long wait getting out of there once you make it to the top and look around.

Good link! :thumbsup