What are your cheap must-do's when you go to New York?

[MrDaniels]

Originally Posted by jaychiz

Any decent pizza by the slice in town?
Right around the corner from your hostel and MASSIVELY greasy. http://newyork.citysearch.com/profil...ine_pizza.html

 

[MrDaniels]

Originally Posted by jaychiz

what's a good way to spend a full Sunday in Manhattan, i still have zero plan for what to do once i arrive and dump off my bags at 8-9am

 

[MrDaniels]

Originally Posted by amnesiac

Is it better than ippudo? If so I must try it. Either way I will though. And again, I repeat, get a levain cookie

Repeat it again...Levain is amazing. Another good choice for Sunday is Orchard Street shopping/ people watching...along with a prayer that Donut Plant has not sold out. Also in your hostel 'hood: http://nussbaumwu.com/ Got to love a Jewish-Chinese bakery. Be sure to get a black and white cookie.

 

[SField]

Originally Posted by jaychiz

what's a good way to spend a full Sunday in Manhattan, i still have zero plan for what to do once i arrive and dump off my bags at 8-9am

Go to the Frick, it's free.

 

[amnesiac]

Originally Posted by MrDaniels

Repeat it again...Levain is amazing.


Another good choice for Sunday is Orchard Street shopping/ people watching...along with a prayer that Donut Plant has not sold out.


Also in your hostel 'hood:

http://nussbaumwu.com/

Got to love a Jewish-Chinese bakery. Be sure to get a black and white cookie.

If you're up by Columbia and want jewish-chinese then go to Absolute Bagel.

Oh also, at 96th by the Gristedes off broadway there's a taco truck Super Tacos, that's really good.

 

[jaychiz]

i'll be checking out that nussbaum & wu for sure before the week is over, went to absolute bagels already, awesome stuff, they load so much creamcheese on those puppies

went to levain yesterday and that cookie was amazing, gonna bring a couple back for friends and family before i leave

i keep seeing that taco truck on 96th but don't know what i should order

 

[gomestar]

tacos?

 

[kungapa]

Originally Posted by MrDaniels

Right around the corner from your hostel and MASSIVELY greasy.


http://newyork.citysearch.com/profil...ine_pizza.html

Decently good slice-joint, but not amazing.

Also, Sal & Carmine have had - so to speak - interesting interactions with the department of health in the past. Given that they have reopened, I guess it is safe to say they are safe now.

 

[1969]

I enjoyed Grimaldi's. I was starving, they played "Some Girls" from start to finish and I just blocked out the tourists (myself excluded of course). I used to toss pie's as the token anglo for some mafia guys from Binghamton so I really felt at home.

 

[kungapa]

Originally Posted by 1969

I enjoyed Grimaldi's. I was starving, they played "Some Girls" from start to finish and I just blocked out the tourists (myself excluded of course). I used to toss pie's as the token anglo for some mafia guys from Binghamton so I really felt at home.

I'm not saying Grimaldi's isn't good - it is. However, having tried the really great Neapolitans in NYC, it doesn't live up to its hype.

 

[MrDaniels]

I've always liked John's of Bleeker Street for a classic NYC coal oven pizza. Plus, you can get ice cream from the amazing Cones (right next door) afterward.


http://newyork.citysearch.com/profil...cones_inc.html


And anyone who does not love Cones is a complete philistine and should have a twist cone at McDonald's instead.

 

[gomestar]

Originally Posted by SField

Go to Bouchon bakery.

this post has been sticking in my head for the past few days so I went to Bouchon Bakery to pick up a light dinner for tonight. Damn it's good. Pate sandwich, soup, meat tart, and some sweets. I never go to TWC because of the mall atmosphere, but BB makes it all better.

They're putting a Bouchon Bakery near my office, yusssss.

 

[jaychiz]

Endless Summer Tacos in Williamsburg was surprising, found it by accident, full sized tacos for $2.50 are a great deal. The only "authentic" tacos we have in Vancouver are like half the size, 3 inch diameter, and the same price

 

[poorsod]

Originally Posted by jaychiz

I've got a hostel bed just west of Central Park on 101st along the #1 subway, not that I'm restricted by the Manhattan area.
I stayed at that hostel when I first moved to NYC. It was a cheap place to stay while I was apartment hunting. Cheap places in the neighborhood I like are the Hungarian Pastry shop (Amsterdam between 110th and 111th) and Saji's (256 W 109th St, New York 10025, btwn Broadway & Amsterdam Ave). I should add that Saji's is best for their Katsu, mackerel and donburi. They serve sushi, but I've never dared to try it.

 

[MrDaniels]

Another vote for Hungarian Pastry Shop. And don't forget to stop into the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.