Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
Thin crust pizza at it's most delicious. This place has amazing pizza, salads and apps. You can always get a seat and delivery is quick and fresh.
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Gruppo Thin Crust Pizza
98 Avenue BThin crust pizza at it's most delicious. This place has amazing pizza, salads and apps. You can always get a seat and delivery is quick and fresh.
Inexpensive, little cafe that has great daily specials. You can get a full meal (salad, protein, veggies & potatoes) for around $15. The crepes are delicious.
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Y Cafe
Inexpensive, little cafe that has great daily specials. You can get a full meal (salad, protein, veggies & potatoes) for around $15. The crepes are delicious.
A lively place with a patio (sometimes dining inside can get a bit loud). A great selection of fish and seafood with the traditional Latin flair.
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Yuca Bar
111 Avenue AA lively place with a patio (sometimes dining inside can get a bit loud). A great selection of fish and seafood with the traditional Latin flair.
Esperanto is a lively Brazilian Latin restaurant, featuring live music and free events. Esperanto is unique to the New York representation of the cultures and places of South America and the Caribbean.
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Esperanto
145 Loisaida AveEsperanto is a lively Brazilian Latin restaurant, featuring live music and free events. Esperanto is unique to the New York representation of the cultures and places of South America and the Caribbean.
Opens at 7am every morning, closes around 7 or 8pm and features some of the finest coffee you will ever drink in NYC. Free wifi and outdoor seating and a selection of local pastries.
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Ninth Street Espresso
700 E 9th StOpens at 7am every morning, closes around 7 or 8pm and features some of the finest coffee you will ever drink in NYC. Free wifi and outdoor seating and a selection of local pastries.
This Mexican restaurant has the best guacamole I've ever tasted. It's made to order so you can choose your spiciness. The tacos are great, the salads are refreshing (try the avocado & hearts of palm) and the margaritas are strong!
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La Palapa
77 St Marks PlThis Mexican restaurant has the best guacamole I've ever tasted. It's made to order so you can choose your spiciness. The tacos are great, the salads are refreshing (try the avocado & hearts of palm) and the margaritas are strong!
This place is famous, not for its food, but for its light show. It's a cramped space with the craziest compilation of string lights that dangle in your face. You can get a cheap meal accompanied by flashing chili pepper lights.
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Panna II Garden
93 1st Ave.This place is famous, not for its food, but for its light show. It's a cramped space with the craziest compilation of string lights that dangle in your face. You can get a cheap meal accompanied by flashing chili pepper lights.
If you like fried chicken, then Bobwhite is a must try. It appears on many top lists for southern chicken spots. They also offer a tasty catfish option.
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Bobwhite Lunch and Supper Counter
94 Loisaida AveIf you like fried chicken, then Bobwhite is a must try. It appears on many top lists for southern chicken spots. They also offer a tasty catfish option.
Luke is from Maine. He knows his lobster. Luke's started out as a food truck and flourished into a multi-location lobster shack with a cult following. It can be a bit pricey but worth it if you like huge chunks of lobster on a warmed, buttery roll. Don't forget the sriracha!
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Luke's Lobster East Village
Luke is from Maine. He knows his lobster. Luke's started out as a food truck and flourished into a multi-location lobster shack with a cult following. It can be a bit pricey but worth it if you like huge chunks of lobster on a warmed, buttery roll. Don't forget the sriracha!
A trendy, vegan restaurant by Ravi DeRossi, a lifelong animal lover. Ladybird offers delicious small plates and a late night menu.
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Ladybird
111 E 7th StA trendy, vegan restaurant by Ravi DeRossi, a lifelong animal lover. Ladybird offers delicious small plates and a late night menu.
A nice mixture of all things latin. For around $20 you can get a nice piece of seabass. There is also delicious ceviche and tons of tapas. This place gets pretty lively at night so try to go early and sit on the patio.
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Yuca Bar
111 Avenue AA nice mixture of all things latin. For around $20 you can get a nice piece of seabass. There is also delicious ceviche and tons of tapas. This place gets pretty lively at night so try to go early and sit on the patio.
For 61 years, customers have crowded into Veselka, a cozy Ukrainian coffee shop in New York City's East Village, to enjoy pierogi, borscht, goulash, and many other unpretentious favorites. Veselka (rainbow in Ukrainian) has grown up from a simple newsstand serving soup and sandwiches into a twenty-four hour gathering place without ever leaving its original location on the corner of East Ninth Street and Second Avenue. Veselka is, quite simply, an institution.
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Veselka
144 2nd AveFor 61 years, customers have crowded into Veselka, a cozy Ukrainian coffee shop in New York City's East Village, to enjoy pierogi, borscht, goulash, and many other unpretentious favorites. Veselka (rainbow in Ukrainian) has grown up from a simple newsstand serving soup and sandwiches into a twenty-four hour gathering place without ever leaving its original location on the corner of East Ninth Street and Second Avenue. Veselka is, quite simply, an institution.
Parks & Nature
Sunbathers, dog-walkers, jazz bands, congas, red-tailed hawks, basketball, splash pads, and so much history. This park is my favorite part of the neighborhood.
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Tompkins Square Park
East 10th StreetSunbathers, dog-walkers, jazz bands, congas, red-tailed hawks, basketball, splash pads, and so much history. This park is my favorite part of the neighborhood.
Out of all the community gardens in the East Village, this is my favorite. It's coiffed and pruned and boasts and adorable little treehouse with a lounge and plenty of reading material. The latest addition: a big bullfrog in the fish pond.
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6BC Botanical Garden
630 E 6th StOut of all the community gardens in the East Village, this is my favorite. It's coiffed and pruned and boasts and adorable little treehouse with a lounge and plenty of reading material. The latest addition: a big bullfrog in the fish pond.
Essentials
You can drop off your laundry here and they will wash/dry/fold and pack it up nice and neat for drop-off. Reasonable prices for dry cleaning as well.
Here To Clean
124 Loisaida AveYou can drop off your laundry here and they will wash/dry/fold and pack it up nice and neat for drop-off. Reasonable prices for dry cleaning as well.
Key Food is open 24 hours and is larger than the smaller grocers close to the apartment. I tend to walk the extra blocks to Key Food because they have a large deli counter, better prices, a wider selection, and self check-out.
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Key Food Supermarkets
492 Myrtle AveKey Food is open 24 hours and is larger than the smaller grocers close to the apartment. I tend to walk the extra blocks to Key Food because they have a large deli counter, better prices, a wider selection, and self check-out.
$25/month No frills fitness
Monday thru Friday - 5am to Midnight
Saturday & Sunday - 7am to 8pm
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Blink Fitness
1002 Gates Ave$25/month No frills fitness
Monday thru Friday - 5am to Midnight
Saturday & Sunday - 7am to 8pm
Drinks & Nightlife
Mace is right around the corner and voted one of the top 50 bars in the WORLD! Their signature cocktails are laced with delicious spices and they have something for everyone.
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Mace
35 West 8th StreetMace is right around the corner and voted one of the top 50 bars in the WORLD! Their signature cocktails are laced with delicious spices and they have something for everyone.
Arts & Culture
The Phatory continues the neighborhood’s long cultural history as an incubator of innovative and thought provoking art. In keeping with the East Village’s distinct rhythm, traditions, and ever-changing forms of expression, the gallery is open outside conventional hours and by appointment (so make sure to call first).
The Phatory LLC
618 East 9th StreetThe Phatory continues the neighborhood’s long cultural history as an incubator of innovative and thought provoking art. In keeping with the East Village’s distinct rhythm, traditions, and ever-changing forms of expression, the gallery is open outside conventional hours and by appointment (so make sure to call first).