Things To Do
Lower Manhattan Walking Tour
Take the subway to the Battery and give yourself a walking tour back uptown. Along the way you can see: The Statue of Liberty (the Battery) The Bull (Fidi) Wall Street (Fidi) The 9/11 Memorial/One World Trade (Fidi) Trinity Church (Fidi) The Brooklyn Bridge (Fidi) Mei Lei Wah buns (Chinatown) Doyer Street (Chinatown) Little Italy Nolita Shopping (Soho - our neighborhood!)
Midtown Walking Tour
Take the subway to Bryant Park (where Luke proposed!) and first hunt around the park to see if you can find the chair with the plaque. Then, work your way uptown, where you can see the following: Empire State Building (from Bryant Park) The Chrysler Building Grand Central Station Times Square Radio City Music Hall Shops on 5th Ave Rockafeller Center The Plaza Hotel Central Park (if you're feeling ambitious)
Bagels
West Village: Bagel Pub (classic) Apollo Bagels (open-faced, toasted) Pop-Up Bagels (rip & dip only) East Village: Tompkins Square Bagels (classic) Midtown: Liberty Bagels (classic)
Pizza
West Village: John's of Bleeker (sit down) L'Industrie (slice) Mama's Too (slice) Nolita: Prince Street Pizza (slice)
Coffee
Soho: Drip Drop Cafe - this is our local cafe, where they know our order, and Rory knows they have treats. Tell them the code "MARSTON DISCOUNT" for a special discount all weekend! Olive's West Village: Vibrant Partner's Porto Rico Coffee Imports Tribeca: Interlude
Bars
Soho: M'Lady's (cocktails, bops) Kenn's Broome Street Bar (divey) Fanelli (iconic dive) Ear Inn (2nd oldest bar in NYC) Tom & Jerry's (Rory's favorite bar) West Village: Parkgate (cool pub) Bell Book & Candle (moody, cozy) Blind Tiger (beer & wine only, tv for sports) Donna (cocktail bar at our old apartment!) White Horse Tavern (old sports bar) Tribeca: Brandy Library (25+ whisky lounge) Greenwich Street Tavern (cozy sports bar) Walker's (great neighborhood bar) East Village: McSoreley's (super old bar, light or dark beer only) Goodnight Sonny (cocktails)
Restaurants
The below restaurants are where we've had some of the best meals of our lives. Most of them require advanced planning aka reservations, but it's always worth a shot to try to walk in! Nolita: Thai Diner (our favorite restaurant!) Momoya (sushi) Soho: Roscioli (Italian) Bowery Bungalow (mediterranean) East Village: Hanoi House (Vietnamese) West Village: 4 Charles (Burger) Don Angie's (Italian) Steam (Chinese) Semma (Indian) Tribeca: Bubby's (Great brunch - Pancakes) Williamsburg: Laser Wolf (Luke's favorite) Misi or Lillia (Italian)
