NYC Activities

[kelley182]

I'm assuming this has been asked many times but I can't seem to find anything on it.

Please share your favorite activities, things to do, restaurants in New York CIty.  We'll be there later this month.

Thanks!

[winnied]

Broadway Show
Clinton Street Baking Co.
Ellis Island
Statue of Liberty
Katz's Delicatessen (the sandwich shop in When Harry Met Sally)
Ess-A Bagel
Top of the Rockefeller Center or Empire State Building

Honestly, though, my favorite thing to do is just walk around the different neighborhoods and try different shops/restaurants that look good.

[kelley182]

Aug 8, 2013 13:15:06 GMT -5 winnied said:

Honestly, though, my favorite thing to do is just walk around the different neighborhoods and try different shops/restaurants that look good.

This is good to hear.  This is one of our favorite things to do in Europe so i'm assuming we'll enjoy it in NYC too.

Thanks!

[gtkim]

Be sure to visit the Highline.

[mbcdefg]

I wouldn't spend a lot of time in Times Square (and I definitely would not stop there to eat). Get some photos and move on. Maybe see a Broadway show if that's important to you. If you want to eat around that area, walk a short way down to Ninth Avenue and look around for something you like. Room Service is a good Thai restaurant.

I'm not a big fan of the Midtown area, but if you've never been to New York before then you'd probably like to see things like Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, and Saint Patrick's Cathedral (which is all in the same square block). If you start at Saint Patrick's and walk north for 10 blocks, you'll pass a bunch of fancy stores ... and you'll enentually come to FAO Schwartz toy store, the glass cube Apple Store, the Plaza Hotel, and the southeast entrance to Central Park.

When we were in college, MH and I would take the PATH train over from New Jersey and walk around the West Village and the Washington Square Park area. The Comedy Cellar sometimes has well-known comedians as well as newcomers. You can get some really good, cheap hot dogs at Gray's Papaya (multiple locations; we always go to the one on 8th Street and 6th Avenue). Lately we've also gone to a few places in Soho and the Bowery, and it's a neat area to just walk around and explore.

Shake Shack is another cheap place to eat with multiple locations. The lines can be long, though, and some locations have little to no seating. But it's good food.

The Staten Island Ferry is free, and it'll take you past the Statue of Liberty.

If you like good craft beer, check out Blind Tiger (Bleecker Street), and Rattle n' Hum and The Ginger Man (both are right by the Empire State Building).

If you can get over to Brooklyn, you can get excellent barbecue and craft beer at Fette Sau. Barcade is another place that has good beer, and they have vintage arcade games you can play. Peter Pan has great doughnuts.

[Deleted]

Have you been to New York before? Who is going?

I agree with winnie though -- I think the best way to see New York is to explore the neighborhoods that the locals actually spend time in. See the highlight tourist sites, sure, but I'd make some time to wander around the Village/West Village, Soho (which is quite touristy, but architecturally interesting), Tribeca, etc.

[hz80408]

Highline (free)
Staten Island Ferry (free)
Walk through neighbhorhoods (we loved Brooklyn)
Broadway via TKTS
Walk through Central Park to reservoir
Farmer's markets
here's my trip recap from this year if you're interested

mbcdefg thanks for the rec of Fette Sau. H is headed to NYC in 2 weeks and a huge craft beer fan. We thought we hit up most spots when we went earlier this year, but I haven't heard of that (our fav was Spuyten Duyvil)

[mbcdefg]

Aug 9, 2013 10:58:36 GMT -5 hz80408 said:

mbcdefg thanks for the rec of Fette Sau. H is headed to NYC in 2 weeks and a huge craft beer fan. We thought we hit up most spots when we went earlier this year, but I haven't heard of that (our fav was Spuyten Duyvil)

We just ate there last week and it's ridiculously good. And Spuyten Duyvil is actually right across the street from Fette Sau!

When you're in Manhattan, go to Blind Tiger, Ginger Man, and Rattle n' Hum for beer. And if he likes to take home bottles, the Whole Foods on Bowery has a very good selection.

They also just opened a Fette Sau, and a Barcade, in Philadelphia. We're going to Philly this weekend, but we have some other food/beer stops planned so I don't think we'll be checking them out on this trip.

[jobell]

Go to the Museum of Natural History.  It's hands down one of my favorite places!

[kelley182]

Aug 9, 2013 7:42:00 GMT -5 v said:

Have you been to New York before? Who is going?

My husband and I are going along with another couple.

[definitelyO]

kelley182 I don't think I still have your email but if you PM it to me I'll forward you the page plus list of stuff my CW from NY sent me when we went in June. tons of restaurant recs.

[hz80408]

Aug 9, 2013 11:34:24 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Aug 9, 2013 10:58:36 GMT -5 hz80408 said:

mbcdefg thanks for the rec of Fette Sau. H is headed to NYC in 2 weeks and a huge craft beer fan. We thought we hit up most spots when we went earlier this year, but I haven't heard of that (our fav was Spuyten Duyvil)

We just ate there last week and it's ridiculously good. And Spuyten Duyvil is actually right across the street from Fette Sau!

When you're in Manhattan, go to Blind Tiger, Ginger Man, and Rattle n' Hum for beer. And if he likes to take home bottles, the Whole Foods on Bowery has a very good selection.

They also just opened a Fette Sau, and a Barcade, in Philadelphia. We're going to Philly this weekend, but we have some other food/beer stops planned so I don't think we'll be checking them out on this trip.

Nice! I'll have to tell H he needs to head there for dinner one night. We made it to Blind Tiger when we were there last (as well as Top Hops, City Swiggers and Barcade). Barcade was a must-see for us. We have 2 "barcade" type bars here mimmicked after Barcade so we wanted to check out the original!