It may be only 500-square-feet, but this shop is packed with all the labels of right now: Alexander Wang, Rag & Bone, Phillip Lim, Vena Cava. Our pick for Best Downtown Boutique. Mehr erfahren.
This is Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley's favorite bar, which he told us in a video tour of the East Village. Mehr erfahren.
This spot takes the drinks-and-a-cut concept to the next level, w/ a 2-seat barber shop up front & behind a sliding door, a cocktail lounge decked w/ leather-cushioned wooden booths & old-school sofas Mehr erfahren.
This Greenpoint spot recently overhauled its soundsystem, which makes its free monthly Dubstep parties-on first Saturdays-even more thumping. Mehr erfahren.
Get your rocks off and your climb on. Basically, just don’t fall. Mehr erfahren.
Tucked on the second floor of this Japanese bookstore is a counter selling perfect afternoon snacks. Food & Wine editor Dana Cowin loves the umebashi plum rice balls, she told us in her NY Diet. Mehr erfahren.
P.S.1 holds an enormous dance party in their courtyard every Saturday this summer. Arrive around 7 to skip the heat and see the best bands and DJs perform. Mehr erfahren.
At happy hour, get a free boat of freshly fried Tater-Tots with every drink. Add a hot dog for just $3. Mehr erfahren.
Don’t miss the dumpling stand here for dim sum master Joe Ng’s take on har gow with shrimp and bacon. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Mehr erfahren.
This indie spot boasts a tremendous fiction section, a roomy children’s nook, and lots of coffee-table books on hand-built bicycles and other Brooklyn preoccupations. Great author readings, too! Mehr erfahren.
This three-floor ode to Oaxacan culture features a top level art gallery, subterranean cinema/music venue, and a street level festive mescaleria. Mehr erfahren.
On Saturdays and Sundays from 4 to 8pm, every tap beer, wine and well cocktail ($4–$7) that you buy comes with a plastic dinosaur on the side that you can cash in for another drink. Mehr erfahren.
Hard-living Ukranians swear by cabbage soup as a hangover cure, and we think the bowl here packs an extra restorative sauerkraut punch. Get it the morning after to kill the pain. Mehr erfahren.
Best Bet: The words vegan and fashion needn't form an oxymoron. Find chic Fall 2010 handbags by Matt by Matt & Natt here in buttery-soft, faux-leather. Mehr erfahren.
Creatives from Weiden + Kennedy kick off a monthly party series here this Friday from 11 p.m. - 4 a.m. featuring $6 glasses of sangria and treats from the Joyride frozen-yogurt truck. Mehr erfahren.