While Visiting NYC

Not a single month goes by without someone asking us for recommendations on "must-do's/see's" in this wonderful city… NYC! I love, love, love to share this magical city and don't ever want anyone to leave without having the perfect visit! So I've captured our favorites and hope that you are able to piece together the perfect trip…and return many, many more times! Or better yet, move here and become our neighbors!

Sights and Entertainment - 5 Boroughs 

Manhattan Central Park: Boathouse Area, Bethesda Fountain, Great Lawn, The Mall, Belvedere Castle… have a picnic lunch!, 9/11 Memorial, Grand Central, Chelsea Piers (hit some balls), Highline, Chelsea Market, FAO, Dangerfield's Comedy Club, Top of the Rock, Plaza Hotel (basement - food/shopping), MOMA, Museum of Natural History, History of NYC Museum, Tenement Museum, Dylan's Candy Bar, Bryant Park, Roosevelt Island Sky Tram, Battery Park City, Wall Street, The Met (bar on top), FRIENDS apt (West village), How I Met Your Mother Bar (inspired by Midtown bar, McGee's) Bronx Yankee's Game, Bronx Zoo Queens Met's Game @ Citi Field, Greek Food and Beer Gardens Brooklyn Walk the Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO, Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Bar Hop through Williamsburg Staten Island Staten Island Ferry passes the Statue of Liberty (FREE!), SI 9/11 Memorial 

Food 

Several Locations The Smith, Shake Shack, Bareburger, The Meatball Shop, Maison Kieser, Dos Toros, Le Pain, Spice, Two Boots Pizza, Chop't, GO Burger, 5 Napkin Burger, Rosa Mexicano Lower East Side Taqueria Lower East, Katz Deli, Beauty and Essex, Freeman's, Zest (BYOB wine), Mighty Quinn's BBQ East Village Artichoke Pizza, Toucan and The Lion, Momofuku SSAM Bar, Milk Bar, Motorino, Tortuga Mexican  Meatpacking District:Revel West Village Aria, Otto, Toucan and the Lion Upper East Side Alice's Teacup, Caffee Buon Gusto, Suppy House, Drunken Monkey, Penrose,  Mei-Jen Ramen, Infirmary, Five Mile Stone, Tiramisu, Kobe Sushi, Le Bistro Da Cote, Felice, Italian on 84th, Bonjour Crepes and Wine, Vietnam, Cascabel Taqueria, Vermicelli, Blockheads, Brother Jimmy's, Cilantro, Le Moulin a Cafe, Flex Mussels, EAT Thai, Enthaice Thai Flatiron Eataly, Hill Country  Herald Square Keen's Steakhouse Brooklyn (DUMBO) Grimaldi's, Smorgusburg Upper West Side Mughlai, Fred's, La Mirabelle, Boat Basin Midtown Ahi Chihuahua, Madison and Vine, Lexington Brass, Sophie's Cuban, Bengali Tiger Indian Chelsea Co Ba Pho Union Square Coffee Shop, Friend of a Farmer, Blue Ocean Grill Chinatown Yummy Noodle, Dim Sum at Jing Fong Queens Salt and Fat, Quaint, Sunnyside Pizza 

Dessert

Upper East Side Two Little Red Hens, Emack and Bolio Midtown Serendipity Lower East Side Doughnut Plant 

Several Locations Maison Kaiser,  FP Patisserie (Plaza Hotel is our fav!)East Village Momofuko Milk Bar 

Drinks

Union Square The Coffee Shop Lower East Side Whiskey Ward, LOVECRAFT, Schiller's Midtown Bryant Park Southwest Porch, Lantern's Keep, Inside Park at St. Bart's, Campbell Apartment inside Grand Central Station Chelsea Beer Garden below the Highline, The Park Upper East Side Top of the Met, Pil Pil, Merrian Square, DTUT, Vero Wine Bar West Village Aria Brooklyn Wythe Hotel Rooftop, Brooklyn Brewery, Maison Premier 

Coffee Shops 

Upper East Side Jax, DTUT, Cafe Noi Union Square Irving Farms Several Locations Joe 

Colder Weather

Tree at 30 Rock, Ice Skating - Central Park, Bryant Park, 30 Rock, South Street Seaport, Walk by Lord and Taylor on 5th Ave, Christmas shops - Bryant Park, Union Square, Grand Central, 

Christmas tree at The Plaza (and grab dessert in the market inside and visit the Eloise store), Apple Picking (Upstate)

Warmer Weather 

Long Beach, Long Island Wineries (North Fork, Coney Island, Jones Beach, Central Park + Bryant Park Picnics  , Walk the Brooklyn Bridge + Explore DUMBO, Fire Island, The Hamptons

Helpful Hints

HopStop (iPhone app) 

EmbarkNYC (iPhone app)

Manhattan is a grid - know NSEW!

Yellow NYC cabs are required to accept credit cards.

Metrocards work for both the subways and buses.

Places to stay 

Hyatt in Grand Central

70 Park

Kitano

Marriott in Times Square
Marriott East 
Waldorf Astoria 

Things to do with Kids 

 Natural History Museum, The Met, The Jewish Museum, Central Park, Playroom NYC, Alice's Tea Cup, Serendipity, World Trade Center - Oculus, The High Line, Brooklyn Brewery, Tal Bagels, Brooklyn Crab, Staten Island Ferry, Smorgasburg, Check out MommyPoppins.com for advice on any place you plan to frequent