Jun 16, 2013

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Favorite Restaurants, Bars, Comfort Food & Broadway Show (tips I give to my friends that visit the city)


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Restaurants:
Dinner:
-Catch
-NoMad
-The Fat Radish
-The Breslin
-Barbuto
-Acme
-Morimoto
-Momofuko ko
-EN Japanese Brasserie
-Kittichai
-WD50 (Molecular)
-Morandi
-Tartinery
-Maialino
-Ilili
-Sushi of Gari (my favorite is the Upper West Side one)
-Nobu
-Red Farm
-Il Buco Alimentari (it has a great lounge for events upstairs)
-Lavo
-Picholine

 Lunch:
-Eataly  (italian market and restaurants - Madison Square Park)
-Shake Shack (best burgers - Madison Square Park)
-Fred's (Barney's- amazing spaghetti with mini meatballs)
-Giovanni Rana (Chelsea Market)
-The Plaza Food Hall
-Balthazar, Pastis (still great even after all these years…)
-The Mercer (Soho)
-Loeb Boathouse (Central Park)
-Mandarin Oriental (Asiate and the Lobby Lounge)
-Grand Central Oyster Bar

 Brooklyn:
-Antica Pesa
-Reynard at the Whyte
-Frankies Spuntino
-Peter Luger (best steaks of NY)

 Bars:
-PDT
-PH-D
-Apothéke
-Schiller's
-Beauty & Essex
-Lavo
-Rose Bar
-The Carlyle (Woody Allen's jazz band performs there on Mondays)
-Murphy's Tavern - Stone Street (lots of bars in a small street) when visiting the Financial Center

 Ice Cream:
-Amorino (new, the French brand)
-L'arte del gelato (Chelsea Market)
-AB Biaggi (Nolita)

 Brownies:
-Fat Witch (Chelsea Market)

 Cupcakes:
-Magnolia Bakery (though I prefer the banana pudding)

As seen in THIS post about my favorite stores:
 Chocolates:

 Macarrons:
- Bouchon Bakery (Columbus Circle)

 Candy:
- Dylan's Candy Bar - it looks like you'll meet Willy Wonka anytime…


 Broadway Show:
-Book of Mormon (the best comedy show, but the English has to be fluent because it's not a "special effect" Broadway show)
Of course I'm forgetting some… I'll be updating this post as I remember them…

 Remember that in NYC lots of restaurants don't accept walk-in guests. Most of them make the reservations through Open Table or Urbanspoon (you can download the user friendly apps).

Jun 9, 2013

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Yellow Cabs Apps

     Until June 6th, in New York City, yellow taxis were restricted to street hails, while livery cabs were restricted to pre-arranged service (Groundlink, Limos, Carmel). You could also get a black cab using Uber.
      But now you can use apps to get a yellow cab: Hailo (yellow taxis only), Taxi Magic (yellow) and Uber (you have both options, yellow and black cabs). 
      Always have in mind that it's really difficult to find an available yellow cab on rainy days, as well as during the shift changes (from 4pm to 7:30pm). I usually use Uber on these occasions. And when I have to go to the airport with lots of luggage, snowboard, etc. I book a pre-arranged service to get a Suburban.
       I've already posted other tips about transportation in Manhattan here!



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