"It’s consistently voted best Chinese food in Seattle for a reason — namely fresh, spicy, budget-friendly dishes. Dumplings and hand-shaved noodles are to die for."
Expect nothing more than slightly sweet, tender pork soaked in the tangy ketchup-and-vinegar-based sauce the region is famous for. One look at its giant smokers out back will verify its authenticity.
Kreuz Market, the oldest and best-known BBQ joint in Lockhart (arguably the barbecue capital of Texas), has been smoking for more than a century. Go early before the best cuts sell out.
Even hard-core in-towners trek outside the perimeter for the finger-licking feasting (get the KB-Korean-style sauce for a hot-sweet taste).
The Flatiron restaurant flies in Kreuz Market sausage, Big Red soda, Lone Star beer, and Blue Bell ice cream daily. Chef Elizabeth Karmel’s penne mac and cheese or green bean casserole are must-tries.
It’s an overwhelming experience to enter Portland’s most popular juice bar — options, options, options. So let us break it down: Order a Life Blood (beets, carrot, lemon, apple, ginger).
Perch on a swiveling stool and slurp mixologist Russell Davis’s nonalcoholic sodas, shakes, and floats.
The Dupont Circle fixture has an upscale urban-picnic vibe and food made with garden ingredients. Dig into root vegetable risotto.
Order your rotisserie chicken with a side of kitsch (check out the thrift store artwork on the walls) at this tiny Humboldt Park spot.
The right place for a quick glass of wine and cured meat and cheese perfection. Take a sandwich to go if you’re on the move. Mehr erfahren.
If you spy a herd of women in heels crossing the West Side Highway, you know a show just let out at this Fashion Week hub.
Stroll through the gourmet shopping mecca and break for lunch at celiac-friendly, comfort food haven Friedman’s Lunch.
The counterintuitive entrance is through the tiny courtyard on Sunset, not by the sign on Sanborn.
Ain't nothing like the pierogi with applesauce, served 24 hours at the NYC institution. Mehr erfahren.
Hit up David Pasternak's crudo bar and Nancy Silverton's bread station at the mega grocery, then seek out imported apple mustard (spicy and sweet). Mehr erfahren.
We like the ceviches and waterfront views, but we love the bustling happy hour with $5 cocktails. Mehr erfahren.
To some people, pole dancing, hip twisting, and stripper shaking sounds like a workout. For others, it sounds like a fun weekend.
The hour-long class, a Pilates/boxing blend, weaves cardio-based interval training with a few jabs and impressive dance moves.
A militaristic hour of cardio and resistance work. Buff instructors learn your name early so they can shout it out during steep hill runs and sprint intervals.
Impressive kids’ shows, adults-only plays, puppet-making workshops, and interactive exhibits go down in one of the country’s premier puppet centers which displays some of Jim Henson’s original puppets
This architectural stunner has a renowned collection of classic and contemporary art and an exhibit resume with highlights like Frida and Diego, Picasso to Warhol, and Salvador Dali: the Late Work.
Learn the history of the beloved beverage, get as close as you can to the secret formula, and go caffeine crazy in the Coca-Cola Freestyle room with more than 100 fizzy flavors to taste.
Mingle w/ the likes of Henri Rousseau, Roy Liechtenstein, and Umberto Boccioni & check a few masterpieces off your to-view list (Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans”; Dali’s “The Persistence of Memory”).
With its iconic, circular white building the Guggenheim presents important & extensive collections of impressionist,postimpressionist, & modern art, as well as showing the work of present-day artists.
Get lost in the 19,000-piece collection of paintings, photography, drawings, films, and more that touches on the works of greats like Georgia O’Keeffe.
After gawking at the old-school woodwork, original furniture, lush gardens, and early 20th-century glitz in general, check out the masterpieces of Goya, El Greco, van Dyck, Whistler, and more.
If off-kilter art is your thing, you are at home in the hallways of works from both emerging and famed artists. Head over for Sunday Sessions for weekly servings of film, performance, and discussion.
Large-scale works by Dan Flavin, Richard Serra & Andy Warhol are on display in this converted Nabisco factory that’s now on the National Register of Historic Places. Free tours on Saturdays at 1 p.m.
The 30-acre grounds host an awe-inspiring collection of large-scale sculptures & installations. The museum houses a rotating selection of exhibitions and collection of modern and contemporary artwork.
