NYC travel

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Hey guys, made a post last week about finding a cabin near for a quick trip, well that has turned into going to NYC for a few days.

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Well that's a complete 180.

Budget? Number of people? Time of year?

If you like breweries, check out:

Other Half
Threes
Grimm (if their brewery is open when you go)
Singlecut

For nicer meals:

Le Coucou - seriously the best meal and dining experience of my life
Gramercy Tavern

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I really don't want to be touristy.

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Then the first thing I'd recommend is:

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Staying around Midtown East

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Do NOT do this. Midtown is the worst. I don't even live in NY (travel there fairly often for work though) and when I walk through Midtown even I start thinking "goddamn tourists get out of my way."



There's so many good restaurants that it can be overwhelming. If it's you and the wife, and you're not on a super tight budget (which it sounds like you're not) but you're also not making it rain throughout the city, I would pick one nice place to go for dinner one night. Again, I would highly recommend Le Coucou.

You can go to Gramercy Tavern for lunch and sit at the bar and get our of there for a reasonable price.

If you don't want to break the budget you can do an app called Todaytix and usually find a cheap broadway show at the 2 PM Saturday showing. We did that and then had a good dinner at Grammercy Tavern that night.

I can recommend a ton of places to eat. I think a really fun afternoon is lunch at either the Chelsea Market, or at Santina (under the High line, serves Amalfi coast type food) and then walk the Chelsea high line for a bit.
Also, lunch at Grimaldi's under the Brooklyn Bridge and walk it off over the bridge back into Manhattan is pretty cool.

My favorite cheap thing to do (slightly touristy, but fun esp when the weather is nice): walk across the Brooklyn Bridge into Brooklyn, then take a water taxi back up to Midtown. Cheap, scenic, offers a different perspective....

You'll get plenty of recommendations in Manhattan, but let me know if you plan to head over into Brooklyn. I live in Chicago, but my parents live in Williamsburg, so I've gotten to know Brooklyn, relatively, well.

From the videos I watch on YouTube, Brooklyn is where its at for pizza. That's like the one thing I want to do.

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but let me know if you plan to head over into Brooklyn

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I want to go for sure.

Been to New York 5 times now, stayed in Times Square for 4 of them and stayed in Williamsburg in December to see something different and this was my most enjoyable time
Pies n Thighs for some southern fried chicken and mac and cheese
9/11 memorial for sure. All the other tourist stuff isn't that great ( I was on top of the WTC in late August 2001, so this really meant a lot to me , I'd plan a lighter day if you do this first thing as it was draining emotionally )
Barcade- play arcade games together and drink beer, cool place in williamsburg

We enjoyed Tavern on the Green. Had lunch then strolled out the back, right into Central Park. Walked around and took photos for a couple hours

Trade Center area is a must do. Also you can walk to the harbor from there and see the Statue

The wife always has to go to Serendipity3. Loves the frozen hot chocolate. Carmines for Italian. Large portions. Pricey, but Michaels Jordans Steakhouse inside Grand Central Station is good, and great for people watching

Awesome, thanks for the recs everyone