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Dive head-first into this glittering megacity with the finest cultural highlights the Five Boroughs has to offer.The original metropolis, the city of cities: New York is mythic in stature and impossible to pin down. The planet’s most surreal urban experiment is a dizzying feast of iridescent skyscrapers, iconic landmarks and heavyweight cultural institutions – it’s irresistible, even if all you can afford is a bagel and a walk through Central Park. Luckily, we’ve got the inside scoop on the island’s most treasured local delis, historic bookshops, memorable bars and beloved neighborhoods – Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten / From the Battery to the top of Manhattan.
List of contents
SHOP Wray McNally Jackson Kalustyan's Coming Soon Front Street General Housing Works Moma Design store Open Invite ABC Home Casa Magazines 50 Norman Dashwood John Derian Bergdorf's The Strand Beam Big Night Shop Common Things FOOD / COFFEE Abraco SEY Un Posto Italiano Té Zabar's Essex Market Superiority Burger Raku Roman's Semma S&P Aunts et Uncles Scarr's Gage & Tollner Radio Bakery Grand Central Oyster Bar Nepali Bhanchha Ghar Russ & Daughters Lysee Four Horsemen Red Hook Tavern Popup bagels Otway Bakery Thai Diner Tatiana's Una Pizza Napoletana Cervo's Agi's counter Burrow Pamina Dolci e Gelato Wu's Wonton Atoboy Court Street Grocers HOTEL The Ace Brooklyn The Wythe 9 Orchard The Hoxton CULTURE David Zwirner The Met + The Cloisters Tenement Museum New York Public Library Main Branch The Whitney Cooper hewitt Donald Judd Foundation Interational Centre for Photography The Morgan Library Moma The Noguchi Museum 9/11 Memorial & Museum NIGHTLIFE Leyenda Long Island Bar June Wine Bar Village Vanguard Sugar Monk Double Chicken Please Finback Brewery - Gowanus The Park Avenue Armory The Public Lincoln Center Metrograph Land to Sea OUTDOORS Valentino Pier BK Bridge Park The Highline Central Park Prospect Park Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Brooklyn Bridge Washington Square Park Bike the Hudson River Greenway louis kahn's four freedom Park Union Sq Farmers Market Riegelmann Boardwalk
About the author
Devra Ferst is a food and travel writer who has called New York City home for over 20 years. Her work has appeared in the
New York Times, Vogue, Bon Appetit and
Eater. She is also the co- author of
The Jewish Holiday Table: A World of Recipes, Traditions & Stories to Celebrate All Year Long. You can often find her racing around New York on her green bicycle, Olive.
