Best coffee bar in NY. Chat with the sweet people here while sipping a Shakerato. They also bake wonderful pastries and have a special coffee cocktail every month.
Get the blueberry cookie crumble – It's in plastic boxes below the counter – and have it at Tompkins Square Park. If you're hungry get the Pho Real or the Joe-Bama.
Takoyaki + Okonomiyaki or Yakisoba = 😻 Get it to go and eat it at Cooper Square (There's a nice seating area to the west of the Cooper Union foundation building)
Great place for a cheap lunch – get a bento box from the fridge and heat it in their microwave. You should also get some weird Japanese candy or pastry for dessert.
This is the best thing you can get on a very hot day, indeed not cheap but it's worth it.
This is a bagel Mecca. Just get one of their special cream cheese spreads if it's your first time. The baked salmon spread is also a great choice.
Good selection of magazines here. Spend a bunch of time here to spy on real New Yorkers going about their day, buying water, cigarettes, lottery tickets...
Sure, you need to fight a bunch of 12 year olds who eyed the same table as you at exactly the same time, but then you get to eat what you ordered and you're like "Yay! I love everybody!"
The meatballs are divine. Get a Whiskey Float and a side of risotto and you're set.
Go straight to the back, check out all the collector toys and the alternative comics.
Get one slice and a soda and you're all set for lunch, but be warned: only the artichoke pizza is worth a try. Crab on pizza, as tempting as it sounds, is not a good idea.
Cool independent zine store located inside the Metropolitan subway station near the entrance & passageway to the L.
Sign up for the Rewards Club to receive a free chocolate every month. Just do it.
Bazooka! Absinthe Gum! Halva! Tabasco Candy! Turkish Figs! Jellybeans! 90s TV shows trading cards! Helpppp
Very upscale and pricey, but they have an interesting collection of clothes/accessories/objects on display. Also, there's some good galleries worth checking out in this area.
The original's a bit on the weird side but very good and huge and done right, and comes with fries on the side. If you're a group you can share cheddar tots which are excellent.
When your pork soup noodles come, take one and poke a little hole in it to cool it down a bit, then put the whole thing in your mouth and have the bite of your life.
Great place for a latte and a little break on the back deck. Check out their cool magazine.
If you like your food sans preservatives and free of bad things, you will find it here at reasonable prices. Also, wonderful treats. During peak hours the 6th Avenue location is roomier and quicker.
Satiate your sock fetish here, but don't get too wallet happy – you'll find most of the items at Century 21 for considerably less.
