Things to do in NYC?

[Dari]

NINJA is expensive. If you want to eat Japanese food but want something that's really delicious, head over to Village Yokocho in the East Village. You won't regret it.

 

[Acanthus]

Youre visiting the largest culturally diverse city in the world and need to find things to do?

Good god man.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: techs
Smoke crack?
Visit a hooker?
Make fun of the homeless?

There's lots of fun things to do in NYC.

You can't do that anymore, Giuliani ended all crime ever, remember? I think it was right after 9/11....

No true. I know a girl in an upscale apartment on the East Side. Asian, 5'2", super hot body and face who'll give you a once in a lifetime girlfriend experience for four bills. I don't know if she'll do couples, but maybe you can wait until the wife leaves.

Avenue Q is good too.

 

[imported_Tango]

Originally posted by: de8212
Going to NYC in a week and looking for some things to do. My wife is actually going on business so we'll have a day and a half together then I have two days alone.

She mentioned a Broadway show. Can anyone recommend one? Where is the best/chepaest place to get tickets? I don't want to get scammed on a street corner for them.

Any good places to eat? Not fancy suit and tie places but good NY food?????

Any other suggestions?

I have searched google and know all the "normal" tourist spots (Ground zero, empire state bldg, central park, etc.). I'm just looking for places that maybe you have been and would highly recommend that may or may not be one of the "normal" spots.

Broadway: Avenue Q is very good, The Lion King has quite amazing choreographies as does Billie Eliot. You also have the classics like Chicago or The Phantom of the Opera which are always good. Rent is also great. Right now you also have some good stuff off-Broadway: for example Piaf can be great or not depending on the fact that you like Edith Piaf's music, and many people gave me pretty good reviews of Altar Boyz. Adding Machine was very interesting to me, but a few friends found it boring so...
There's also great stuff currently opening at the Metropolitan Opera...

Things to do: go to places often outside of the common tourists' radars... for example Harlem, Park Slope, Williamsburg (although now it's becoming a tourist attraction for young crowds). If it's not too cold cross Brooklyn Bridge. It's a nice walk, not too long and the view is amazing. You get a great view on Manhattan at night from the Brooklyn promenade. Another great one can be enjoyed from the (free) ferry to Staten Island. The area around Columbia university is also pretty nice and diverse.

I would spend for sure some time at the MOMA, because their collection is simply great, but I know some people just don't like contemporary art. If you do, then also a walk around Chelsea is worth it, as you'll find plenty of galleries displaying what tomorrow might be in museums...

Explore the Greenwich Village and the East Village, where especially at night you'll find some of the most lively spots. If you like Jazz music then Smalls or Fat Cat are my favorite clubs, and they are cheaper than the usual suspects like the Village Vanguard or the Blue Note.

And if you still have time: explore. Just take a random subway to some place that looks distant to you (for example in Queens or Brooklyn), get out of the station and walk around some time. I found a lot of good restaurants this way when I initially moved here.

Food: as you might imagine, there's a lot of good food, and a lot of terrible food. Price seems to me quite an uncorrelated variable to the quality of the food, meaning I spent many time a lot of money for very poor food.

I read you lived in Italy (so did I) so I guess you might like Italian food... these are a few fairly cheap places with great stuff:

Da Andrea

Regional

Perbacco

For the Pizza... frankly I have been searching for years for something similar to what you find in Italy, but with no success. What comes closer in my opinion is:

'Apizz

so if you find anything better... let me know!

 

[sportage]

Dont forget to feed the rats. :thumbsup: