NYC recommendations

If you go to Chelsea market, get some tacos. Cheap and quick eats

Campagnola - upper east side

Gramercy Tavern
Cosme

More Expensive but Worth It:

Le Coucou
Blue Hill New York

wife and i went back in march, here are a few items that i loved

if you go to smorgasburg, hit up Jian Bing, chinese crepes seriously excellent snack



if you're in chelsea market, hit up Very Fresh Noodles. the hand-pulled noodles were fantastic



Prince Street Pizza - spicy spring extra crispy



i had other pics but can't seem to find any of them now.

The lamb burger at The Breslin is really good and for dinner they make Scotch eggs.. but they'll make one for you for lunch.

Eataly is on 5th Avenue at 24th Street.. It's an Italian food mecca where you can stroll around and take your pic of which area you want to dine in: Pasta, chacuterie, pizza, fish, desserts.. all magnificent and I highly recommend it.

Tao is an Asian restaurant and a very cool place to check out.

Gotham Bar and Grill is a chic New York restaurant that's also a quintessential New York experience. Delicious food and wine with excellent service.

Waverly Inn is a great place for brunch. Very hip place for drinks and star searching.

The Spotted Pig is in the West Village and the food is very good. Love the gnudi, which is goat's milk ricotta dumplings.. Yum

If you're venturing down to Chinatown, Joe's Shanghai has excellent sour dumplings.

If you're near Central Park, have lunch and a drink at The Boat House in Central Park

Serendipity on 60th Street on the Upper East side that has great sundaes and desserts.

If you go to Central Park on the weekend and walk east on 84th Street, at 84th and Second is Dorrian's. It's just an upper east side pub with really good burgers and laid back atmosphere. It's my favorite place in the city to get hammered.

If you want to take an adventurous trip to Harlem:
Red Rooster is a soul food restaurant that has a New Orleans flare.

I'll be in the city next week and plan to hit Arthur Avenue in the Bronx and do some other culinary exploration, and drinking with my friends at Dorrian's. Will post back here with any deserving, cool finds.

Grand Central Oyster Bar for Manhattan Clam Chowder. If you go...I promise you the next time you will go back.

Rudy's Bar, 45th & 9th, $3 Bud bottles and free hot dogs. CASH only.

Don't forget the 2.5 Hour Circleline Tour around Manhattan.

I'll second john's on bleecker. Also if you have a few hours one day, maybe look into doing a food tour. I've only been on one of the Foods of NY tours (original Greenwich village tour) and it was great. Heard the others ones are good too. But it's a cool way to sample some good food from different places and also learn a little of the history of the neighborhood.

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Levain Bakery - Chocolate Chip Walnut cookie was unreal.

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how that cookie stays so fricking moist in the middle, it's mind blowingly good

Sounds like a great trip. Congrats.. We stopped by John’s for pizza but the line was too long, so we walked down to Carmine Street and did Trattoria Spaghetto.

A French cafe that serves breakfast and great coffee is Buvette, 42 Grove Street in the West Village. Great atmosphere.. traditional.. Would print money if it were at Perkins Rowe or River Ranch. Buvette MENU

Take some time and walk around the neighborhoods.. The Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Chelsea, SOHO.. all have their own feel and things to do in the area.