New York City: Your favorite things to do or places to go

[Shadowrun]

How has no one mentioned Mendy's yet?

[cobrakai111]

Bar Shuffleboard in NY! Nancy's Whiskey Pub

http://www.nancywhiskeypub.com/

[Victor]

theres this korean barbq place in manhattan. i think its on 21st or 22 and 8th or so.

after that i like to play cards at playstation but it got shut down.

[El Diablo]

Strassa: There are street fairs all the time. I'm a big fan.

hawk: McSorley's is great.

Naj: You eat well. I've been to and like most of your picks. I don't really think Olives is very good, though. Random mention, Stuart Scott was there when I went. I also think Mesa Grill is way overrated. Tao is good, but I just think it feels a bit dated and a little too over the top for my tastes.

All: I like Aquagrill a lot. Sushi Samba is a really fun place to go, though Yama is still my basic go-to NYC sushi place.

colgin: I'm a fan of Danny Meyer places except for Blue Smoke, which I think flat out sucks.

All: Bars. So many of them... Don't know where to get started. A random few I've had fun at: Happy Ending (sorta divey/swanky Chinatown bar, hard to describe vibe), The Library (East village dive), Dakota Roadhouse (downtownish dive bar w/ foosball and cheeseburger fries and flip you for drinks on special night), Brandy Library (swanky tribeca whiskey joint, great selection, very relaxed vibe), Flatiron Lounge (cool nice lounge, great drinks).

[Pete H]

Rock and Roll (used to be punk/metal) karaoke at Arlene's Grocery is my favourite activity in NYC.

The house bands have been good and most singers I remember have been also good.

If you're into rock/metal, give this a shot (and twelve for yourself).

Beware of drunken Finnish tourists.





Arlene’s Grocery
95 Stanton Street, NYC

[Evan]

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The Library (East village dive), Dakota Roadhouse (downtownish dive bar w/ foosball and cheeseburger fries and flip you for drinks on special night)

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I also really like both of these places. A great place to go eat after you get trashed at The Library (or anywhere in the east village) is Veselka. It's a 24 hour Ukranian diner; get the pirogies.

[KRANTZ]

does anyone know any cool spots in Tribeca? restaurants are pretty obvious, but bars/clubs/anything else to do of note... a bunch of us live down here/financial district/battery park but none of us actually go out much around the area.

[howzit]

korean: Don Bogam's BBQ and Wine Bar

sushi: kuruma zushi, le miu, tomoe.

japanese: kenka on st. marks, honmuran-an, sobaya.

bbq: daisy may.

chinese: fuleen seafood and danny ng's for their roast chix.

vietnamese: nha trang.

high-end: Cru, Babbo, Cafe Boulud, Il Mulino, Raoul's pepper steak.

late night: blue ribbon, korea town.

honorable mentions: mamas, labratorie de gelato, burger joint in la meridian, lupa, noodle pudding, and basta pasta.


i'm looking forward to eating at these places i've never eaten at: poke, blue hill, tamarind, veritas, cafe des artistes.

[LyinKing]

high-end Italian: Babbo.

lesser known Italian: Novita, 22nd and Park. Really reasonable.

spectacle: the Modern at MOMA. Eat alongside the sculpture garden.

I'm a fan of Hearth also, it's basically a mini-sibling to Craft.

KRANTZ, where you live, nearly every doorway is a club or lounge of some sort...

[danzasmack]

"KRANTZ, where you live, nearly every doorway is a club or lounge of some sort... "

No. We live on the north side of battery park city. Head east for financial district/city hall which is pretty dead. A little north takes you to places along west broadway. There are maybe 2 regular "bars" around us from what we've seen, both which I didn't really enjoy going to. lot of my buddies live down by like 2 Gold and 45 Wall and none of them go out in the neighborhood. It sucks to head out on a friday and find yourself all the way uptown, simply because you couldn't find a good local place. Walking distance would be nice.