Showing posts with label Brooklyn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brooklyn. Show all posts

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!



May 31, 2013

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Citi Bikes

      Everyone who owns a bike in Manhattan knows it's pretty common to have it stollen when it's parked  (parts of it or the whole bike). So if you ride a bike to go to work CitiBike could be a great deal!

      How it works:
      You sign in for 24-hour, 7-day or annual plan, depending on your needs. You pick up the bike at one of the hundreds stations available, unlock it (code or key), adjust the seat for your heigh and ride it for 30 or 45 minutes (annual members) and then park it again in any station. You can ride as many times you'd like.


Helmets are not obligatory but highly recommended!



Apr 5, 2013

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Cherry Blossom

      If you are as crazy as I am about cherry blossoms you have to plan your visit to Brooklyn Botanic Garden this season!

      Follow the daily updates in this link:
http://www.bbg.org/discover/cherries

      And watch this time-lapse video created by Dave Allen from 3,000 digital photos taken every 3 minutes from April 18 to 26, 2008:
http://vimeo.com/951913

      Central Park also has some cherry blossom, as seen in these pics I took in March 30, 2012 (this year it hasn't started yet due to the "long winter").





      Amazing, isn't it?

Sep 9, 2012

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Taste Williamsburg




An enthusiastic Brooklyn friend introduced us to a food fest of the local best restaurants, with live music and waterfront views: Taste Williamsburg.
You buy a ticket and get 6 food tastes and 4 drinks. Each restaurant has a booth and serves small portions of their specialty (pasta, seafood, meat, ice cream…). Cafe Morgador, Fabbrica, Dumont & Dressler, The Bedford, The Meatball Shop were awesome!
Enter Taste Williamsburg and subscribe their mailing list.
Here is a video of last year's edition: Taste W 2011

Cheers!

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