Try the red velvet layer cake. It has just enough cocoa to deliver a hint of chocolate, & have it frosted with either cream cheese icing or vanilla frosting. Mehr erfahren.
Don't let the homey atmosphere fool you; make a reservation at least a week in advance. Popular lunch items include include the turkey sandwich, cheeseburger, and the whole wheat pizzas. Mehr erfahren.
Order seafood salad or tuna tartare. Follow with Thai-spiced lobster or steak. And ask for help on the wine. Do prom right this time around. Mehr erfahren.
The best hotel for a staycation has perfected the urban-resort concept. The tri-level pleasure complex boasts a pool with an open view of the Empire State Building, five bars and the Exhale spa. Mehr erfahren.
The best museum to spend the day in boasts unparalleled holdings in 20th- and 21st-century art, the Sette MoMA restaurant, a plush movie theater and the MoMA Design Store. Mehr erfahren.
The best place to gawk at priceless art has a collection that is seemingly endless, spanning creepy Egyptian tombs to the shimmering Impressionist paintings to an unparalleled costume collection. Mehr erfahren.
PHOTO: Light streaming through the windows sets this cinematic shot of Grand Central Terminal, snapped in 1937! Mehr erfahren.
Recommended: Cereal-milk soft-serve ice cream, chocolate-chocolate cookie, candy-bar pie, chocolate cake with yellow-cake icing, banana cake with hazelnut crunch, Chinese-sausage focaccia. Mehr erfahren.
Try the Dave, a baguette stuffed with Italian sausage, fresh tomato, diced broccoli rabe, house-made piri-piri sauce & a layer of melted mozzarella. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks of 2011. Mehr erfahren.
The best place to remember why you love Manhattan takes you above the city while keeping you rooted in urban life. Walk through a field of wildflowers as cabs zoom along the street beneath you. Mehr erfahren.
Sample quirky treats like the decadent Salty Pimp, a chocolate-dipped vanilla cone with dulce de leche and sea salt. The shop is small, so get your cones to-go. Mehr erfahren.
Try the sausage polenta. Creamy polenta is stocked with white pepper & Parmesan, spread w/ pork-sausage ragù & capped w/ bread crumbs & melted stracchino. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks 2011 Mehr erfahren.
Try the fantastic steakhouse-style cheeseburger, built with tangy dry-aged cuts of grass-fed Piedmontese beef, available in the dining room or as a takeaway item from the downstairs lunch counter. Mehr erfahren.
Keith McNally's reborn Minetta is a masterpiece—an old New York saloon, modern steakhouse and celeb haunt all in one. The problem: getting in. (The Black Label Burger is worth it.) [Eater 38 Member] Mehr erfahren.
Their irreproachable, house-made smoked meat—the joint’s foundational item—gives a smoldering, peppery kick to a loosely packed patty of mineral-rich brisket in their Smoked-meat Burger. Mehr erfahren.
Try the smoky pulled duroc pork sandwich. Smoky spiced-honey-glazed pork is crowned with julienned pickled carrots, fresh cilantro & sliced cucumber. It’s one of our #100best dishes & drinks of 2011. Mehr erfahren.