Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
$$ Yum! An adorable restaurant with delicious American food. Reservations are a good idea.
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Westville East
173 Avenue A$$ Yum! An adorable restaurant with delicious American food. Reservations are a good idea.
$$ A crazy-looking 24hr eatery. The food's ok, but it's a real East Village spot. They'll also let you hang out for hours writing, if that's what you're visiting for.
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Yaffa Cafe
97 St Marks Pl$$ A crazy-looking 24hr eatery. The food's ok, but it's a real East Village spot. They'll also let you hang out for hours writing, if that's what you're visiting for.
Back Forty
190 Avenue B$$ Their brunch on the weekend is a MUST.
$ Another East Village gem. They serve food now, but you really wanna go there for the atmosphere. At night they turn into a bar as well.
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Cafe Pick Me Up
145 Avenue A$ Another East Village gem. They serve food now, but you really wanna go there for the atmosphere. At night they turn into a bar as well.
$$$ You want Mexican and a beautiful space and delicious drinks for your date night? Mercadito is it. Ask to be seated downstairs. They also have lunch specials.
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Mercadito
179 Avenue B$$$ You want Mexican and a beautiful space and delicious drinks for your date night? Mercadito is it. Ask to be seated downstairs. They also have lunch specials.
B Cup Cafe New York City
212 Avenue B$ Free wifi, adorable and good food.
$$ CA and NYC styles meet in this restaurant loosely modeled after the inside of an old ship. Really beautiful, really good food and nice waitstaff.
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Edi & The Wolf
$$ CA and NYC styles meet in this restaurant loosely modeled after the inside of an old ship. Really beautiful, really good food and nice waitstaff.
$$ Charming and delicious. Try the meatballs [they're the owner's mother's recipe], and definitely have a glass of wine.
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In Vino
215 E 4th St$$ Charming and delicious. Try the meatballs [they're the owner's mother's recipe], and definitely have a glass of wine.
Pommes Frites
128 MacDougal St$ French fries like woah.
Anyway Cafe
1602 E 2nd St$$ A restaurant and bar, very Russian, very yummy.
$$ Good Latin American food if you want more space than Mercadito and larger portions.
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Esperanto
145 Loisaida Ave$$ Good Latin American food if you want more space than Mercadito and larger portions.
Shopping
Dusty Buttons
324 E 9th St$$$ Vintage clothing amazingness. Not the cheapest, but they always have a gem.
$$ If you're in the mood for a new vintage 40s or 50s dress, this is the place to buy one. They also sell undergarments that are decade appropriate.
Enzs
76 E 7th St$$ If you're in the mood for a new vintage 40s or 50s dress, this is the place to buy one. They also sell undergarments that are decade appropriate.
The Upper Rust
143 7th Ave S$$ A wonderful antique store full of treasures.
A Repeat Performance / Deep End Club
156 1st Ave.$$ Hole-in-the-wall antique store
Perfidia's Salon Venus
302 Bowery$$ Last minute lingerie and sooo much more
Drinks & Nightlife
$$ A handsome pub with fatteningly delicious snacks. If you can name 15 of the writers on the walls you get a free drink.
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Dorian Gray
$$ A handsome pub with fatteningly delicious snacks. If you can name 15 of the writers on the walls you get a free drink.
$$ Very dark and awesome inside, they serve cheese plates and fondu and make bizarre cocktails you're gonna wanna try.
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The Bourgeois Pig
111 East 7th Street$$ Very dark and awesome inside, they serve cheese plates and fondu and make bizarre cocktails you're gonna wanna try.
$$ One of the East Village's hidden bars. It looks like a hot dog restaurant, but...
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Please Don't Tell
113 St Marks Pl$$ One of the East Village's hidden bars. It looks like a hot dog restaurant, but...
Essentials
$-$$$ Best wine store in the area. Great selection of $12-$20 wines as well as the more expensive stuff.
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Alphabet City Beer Co.
96 Loisaida Ave$-$$$ Best wine store in the area. Great selection of $12-$20 wines as well as the more expensive stuff.
Bee Liquors
225 Avenue B$-$$$ A wide selection of wine and liquor
Sightseeing
A lovely and historic park complete with basketball court, outdoor swimming pool and dog run!
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Tompkins Square Park
East 10th StreetA lovely and historic park complete with basketball court, outdoor swimming pool and dog run!
Everything Else
$$ In case you're in the mood for a tattoo or piercing, this is the place to go. Clean, beautiful, fabulous jewelry to buy. Saturday walk-ins.
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New York Adorned
269 Elizabeth St$$ In case you're in the mood for a tattoo or piercing, this is the place to go. Clean, beautiful, fabulous jewelry to buy. Saturday walk-ins.
East Yoga Center
96 Avenue BA one-room yoga studio with friendly teachers. $10 classes for students.
Arts & Culture
Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Ave$ In the mood for a real film?
IFC Center
323 6th Ave$ Real films, and comfortable seating.
Stuyvesant Oval
Stuyvesant Oval$