Eva & Tyler
nyc activities
Central Park Walk
- This is where we got engaged (specifically, Wagner Cove)! - Follow the site below for directions to a full walking tour! - This tour can take anywhere from 2 - 5 hours depending on how many stops you make - https://www.gpsmycity.com/tours/new-yorks-central-park-walking-tour-1338.html
Eat your way through Chinatown
Enjoy the Chin family's favorite restaurants in Chinatown! Make sure you bring cash! Coffee: - Oliver Coffee (5 Oliver St.) - Silk Road Cafe (30 Mott St.) Chinese Bakery: - Manna One Bakery (27 Catherine St) - Favorite items include pineapple bun, hot dog bun, egg tart, and pork bun Lunch / Dinner: - Great NY Noodletown - Good takeout - Nom Wah Tea Parlor (13 Doyers St.) - Vintage Dim Sum parlor dating back to 1920 - To burn off the calories, here is a walking route: Starting at Chatham Square, walk north on Mott Street, make a left on Canal Street, a right on Mulberry Street, walk through Little Italy, and head to SoHo for shopping!
LOWER MANHATTAN DAY
- Start at the World Trade Center. There is a 9/11 museum for those interested - Take a walk inside the Oculus, which is next to the 9/11 Memorial - Head downtown to see the Wall Street Bull & the Stock Exchange - Grab a drink at one of the many bars on Stone Street - Pickup a city bike on Broadway & Battery, then ride up the West Side Highway bike trail - Head back uptown, pullover on 14th street and walk-around Chelsea Market
Head To Trendy Brooklyn
Recommendations for a Day in Williamsburg: - Walk / Ride the Williamsburg Bridge from Manhattan - Take a walk around Domino Park, great Manhattan Skyline views - Get a Burrata slice at L'Industrie - Walk all the shops on Bedford Avenue or go shop vintage at Beacon's closet - Head to the Brooklyn Brewery for a pint - Make a reservation at West Light (weeks in advance) if you want to experience the best views of the Manhattan Skyline while drinking an Espresso Martini or Artisan Cocktail - Monarch is another favorite restaurant for dinner - Take a walk through the City Reliquary Museum - Burger at Peter Lugars before 3:30pm -
Walk the High Line
- Enter the High Line from one of the following entrances: Gansevoort Street and Washington Street (elevator access) 14th Street (elevator access) 16th Street (elevator access). It's free! - Walk north on the High Line and first stop at Little Island to explore this new NYC attraction - Continue walking north, until you reach the exit at Hudson Yards - Shop at the Hudson Yards Indoor Mall and take pictures of the Vessel (pictured above)
Restaurant Recommendations
- Prince Street Pizza: Order at the counter, might be a long wait, not a sit-down restaurant (27 Prince Street) - Sauce: Great for sit-down dinner in the East Village (78 Rivington Street) - Amber: Quality Sushi in the West Village, affordable lunch options (135 Christopher Street) - Mei Lai Wah: No frills, cozy Chinese restaurant and Bakery in Chinatown (64 Bayard Street) - Bus Stop Cafe: Cozy neighborhood diner serving comfort food in the West Village (597 Hudson Street) - Joe's Pizza: Famous, family owned counter-service Pizza (Many locations) - Jacob's Pickle: Southern bar focused on fried chicken & Biscuits in Upper West Side (509 Amsterdam) - Fraunces Tavern: Historic with a George Washington link in Financial District (54 Pearl Street) - SoHo Diner: Always open, serving revamped diner classics in SoHo (320 W Broadway) - Keste Pizza & Vino: Best Gluten-Free restaurant ever!!!! (66 Gold Street) - Rosemary's: Boujee Italian brunch in Greenwich Village (16 Greenwich Ave)
Bar Recommendations
- McSorley's Old Ale House - Wilfie & Nell - Von - Galway Hooker - Bowery Beer Garden - Ampia Rooftop - The Standard Biergarten - The Chester - White Horse Tavern - Miss Lily's - 82 Stanton - Ulysses - Ding a Ling - Dos Caminos - Starbucks Reserve - The Jane Hotel - Brass Monkey - Serafina - Beauty & Essex - St. Tropez Wine Bar - Joy Face - Broken Shaker - The Wayland - Eterea - Glady's - NoMad Bar - Threes Brewing - Attaboy
More Rapid Fire Restaurants
- Los Tacos (all locations) - Carbone - Catch - The Warren - Baby Brassa - Boucherie - Jack's Wife Frieda - Oliu e Piu - The Odeon - Ofrenda - Dos Caminos - WILD West Village - One if by Land, Two if by Sea - The Smith - Scarpetta - Nami Nori - Anejo - Parm - Carbone - The Grey Dog - Rubirosa - Dante West Village - Shoo Shoo - WREN - The Dead Rabbit - Ofrenda - Pinto Garden - Mace - Brunetti Pizza - Da Nico - Eataly - Veranda - Cipriani
Favorite Coffee
All located close to Venue - Jack's - Merriweather - Blue Bottle Coffee - Cafe Leon Dore - Ralphs - Felix Roasting Co. - Oslo - Maman King - Amano Cafe - Rebel Coffee - Starbucks Reserve - Pret a Manger (NYC Chain)