Guidebook for New York

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Guidebook for New York

Food Scene

Fabulous food...very friendly people. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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East End Kitchen
539 East 81st Street
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Fabulous food...very friendly people. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Superb but pricey Italian food...for your one time splurge meal!
Divino Ristorante
1556 2nd Ave
Superb but pricey Italian food...for your one time splurge meal!
Reasonably priced yet yummy Italian food. Be sure to try the lemoncello dessert!
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Caffe Buon Gusto
236 E 77th St
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Reasonably priced yet yummy Italian food. Be sure to try the lemoncello dessert!
Best Pizza in Manhattan in my humble opinion! Also a casual Italian restaurant. It's all in the sauce and theirs is delicious!
Mimi's Pizza & Restaurant
1248 Lexington Avenue
Best Pizza in Manhattan in my humble opinion! Also a casual Italian restaurant. It's all in the sauce and theirs is delicious!
Unlimited (all you can eat) sushi!! Very fresh and reasonably price, especially if you're very hungry!
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Yuka
1557 2nd Ave
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Unlimited (all you can eat) sushi!! Very fresh and reasonably price, especially if you're very hungry!
closest Starbucks
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Starbucks
301 W 145th St
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closest Starbucks
Good diner, very close.
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The Mansion Restaurant
1634 York Ave
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Good diner, very close.
Excellent, reasonably priced Indian food.
Mumtaz
1582 York Ave
Excellent, reasonably priced Indian food.
Outdoor eating right by the John Jay Park and swimming pool. Excellent french fries!
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Barking Dog
1678 3rd Ave
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Outdoor eating right by the John Jay Park and swimming pool. Excellent french fries!
A little bit of Paris in NYC! Reasonably priced French food - steak, fries, salad and a glass of wine - for about $26. Identical restaurants in Paris and London. Delicious!
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Le Relais de Venise L'Entrecôte
155 Lexington Ave
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A little bit of Paris in NYC! Reasonably priced French food - steak, fries, salad and a glass of wine - for about $26. Identical restaurants in Paris and London. Delicious!
Fine Italian Dining. Very romantic!
IL Tesoro Ristorante
Fine Italian Dining. Very romantic!
Unusual, delicious Turkish food. Recently moved from its small space on 80th Street around the corner to Second Avenue. The coffee will give you a jolt!
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Agora Turkish
1565 2nd Ave
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Unusual, delicious Turkish food. Recently moved from its small space on 80th Street around the corner to Second Avenue. The coffee will give you a jolt!
Fun, fifties themed restaurant with tater tots for the kids and great chicken & salads for the grown-ups.
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Big Daddy's Upper East Side
1596 2nd Ave
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Fun, fifties themed restaurant with tater tots for the kids and great chicken & salads for the grown-ups.
Delicious, casual Italian dining.
Ottomanellis Cafe
1626 York Ave
Delicious, casual Italian dining.
BYOB (beer & wine) sushi!
Yuko
1531 York Ave
BYOB (beer & wine) sushi!

Everything Else

Apple Bank - closest currency exchange. Open M-F 9a - 4p, Thurs til 6, Sat 10a - 2p
1555 1st Ave
1555 1st Avenue
Apple Bank - closest currency exchange. Open M-F 9a - 4p, Thurs til 6, Sat 10a - 2p
Closest liquor store.
East End Wine Exchange
68 East End Ave
Closest liquor store.
Laundromat Center Service and Self Service Pick Up & Delivery Open 7 Days 212-988-2720
1554 York Ave
1554 York Avenue
Laundromat Center Service and Self Service Pick Up & Delivery Open 7 Days 212-988-2720
Closest supermarket.
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Gristedes
40 East End Ave
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Closest supermarket.

Essentials

organic fruit & vegetables, fish, meat, cheese, wine Saturdays from 10a - 2p.
Church of St Stephen-Hungary
414 E 82nd St
organic fruit & vegetables, fish, meat, cheese, wine Saturdays from 10a - 2p.
Best priced supermarket.
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Morton Williams Supermarkets
278 Park Ave S
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Best priced supermarket.
Gourmet foods to picnic with!
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Agata & Valentina
64 University Pl
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Gourmet foods to picnic with!
Good bagels - half price on Mondays from 4p - 7p!
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Bagel Bob's
1641 York Ave
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Good bagels - half price on Mondays from 4p - 7p!
An extraordinary organic food market w/ amazingly good prices. A foodies heaven! Open til midnight.
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Fairway Market 86th Street
240 East 86th St
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An extraordinary organic food market w/ amazingly good prices. A foodies heaven! Open til midnight.
A butcher par excellence! But they also have the best coffee and in the summer iced coffee for $1.50 and $2.00! 2-for-the-price-of-1 muffins after 4pm! A neighborhood favorite.
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Ottomanelli Bros
1549 York Ave
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A butcher par excellence! But they also have the best coffee and in the summer iced coffee for $1.50 and $2.00! 2-for-the-price-of-1 muffins after 4pm! A neighborhood favorite.

Shopping

24 hour store that sells anything a weary traveler might have forgotten: snacks, pharmacy items, toiletries, etc.
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CVS
115 W 125th St
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24 hour store that sells anything a weary traveler might have forgotten: snacks, pharmacy items, toiletries, etc.

Sightseeing

Best small park in Manhattan. 2 dog runs, a children's playground, promenade on the East River - peaceful and beautiful.
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Carl Schurz Park
East End Avenue
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Best small park in Manhattan. 2 dog runs, a children's playground, promenade on the East River - peaceful and beautiful.
Free swimming all summer long! A huge pool w/ a separate diving pool. Open every day. Bring a bathing suit, a towel and a lock. Free lockers and showers.
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John Jay Pool
77 Cherokee Pl
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Free swimming all summer long! A huge pool w/ a separate diving pool. Open every day. Bring a bathing suit, a towel and a lock. Free lockers and showers.
Official Mayor's residence...and our new mayor actually lives there! A beautiful mansion surrounded by a waterfront park!
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Gracie Mansion Conservancy
East End Avenue
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Official Mayor's residence...and our new mayor actually lives there! A beautiful mansion surrounded by a waterfront park!
Strawberry Fields, the Carousel, Ice Skating in the winter, a Victorian amusement park in the summer, bicycling year round and nature in all its glory...
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Central Park
85 S Jefferson Rd
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Strawberry Fields, the Carousel, Ice Skating in the winter, a Victorian amusement park in the summer, bicycling year round and nature in all its glory...

Entertainment & Activities

Best burger in town! Reasonable dinner. Take the kids!
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Shake Shack
Madison Avenue
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Best burger in town! Reasonable dinner. Take the kids!

Arts & Culture

You can't do it all in one day, but I highly recommend a visit to the Costume Institute, the Impressionists, the Egyptians and the American architecture exhibits. Part of Museum Mile on 5th Avenue.
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Metropolitan Művészeti Múzeum
1000 5th Ave
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You can't do it all in one day, but I highly recommend a visit to the Costume Institute, the Impressionists, the Egyptians and the American architecture exhibits. Part of Museum Mile on 5th Avenue.
Small, lovely museum on Fifth Avenue.
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Frick Gyűjtemény
1 E 70th St
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Small, lovely museum on Fifth Avenue.
Another part of Museum Mile. A stunning structure filled with amazing design exhibits.
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St
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Another part of Museum Mile. A stunning structure filled with amazing design exhibits.
I always imagined rollerskating from the top to the bottom. DO NOT TRY THIS! The building alone makes this a really fun museum, but it has modern art masterpieces.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Múzeum
1071 5th Ave
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I always imagined rollerskating from the top to the bottom. DO NOT TRY THIS! The building alone makes this a really fun museum, but it has modern art masterpieces.
Reasonably priced and interesting exhibits that give a real flavor of New York. See the dollhouse!
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New York város múzeuma
1220 5th Ave
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Reasonably priced and interesting exhibits that give a real flavor of New York. See the dollhouse!