We tend to be big planners, most trips I plan a year in advance (with the starts of that planning sometimes years out), but this was a very last minute trip for us. Six weeks of planning is all we had, and we managed to pack in most of what this city has to offer, with side trips to DC and Philadelphia as well.
Stay
NYLO, NYC on the Upper West Side, great location within a 2 minute walk to the subway
Eat
Barney Greengrass
For all your salmon cravings
Zabar's
Great place to grab and coffee and a bagel
Lexington Candy Shop
The choc chip pancakes were fabulous and we were able to try a Doughnut Plant doughnut without finding a store
Cookshop
Some of the freshest food we had, so colourful
Sarabeth's
Fabulous lobster rolls at Sarabeth's on the Upper West Side
Good Enough to Eat
This was a great local place with an extensive "American" menu
Shake Shack
They just didn't live up to the hype
Luke's Lobster
The crab roll was my favourite of the three
Cozys Soup N Burger
We were hungry after walking the two bridges and stumbled into this place as it was busy, good burgers, pushy service
Momofuku Milkbar
Porkbuns
Amy Ruth's
Worth the trip into Harlem for some southern comfort food
2nd Avenue Deli
Great Pastrami on Rye
The Meatball Shop
Our backup to Katz's Deli, so glad Katz's was too busy
Bagel Talk
Quick, tasty and cheap
Do
VIP Iceskating Rockefella Plaza
Walk the streets of Greenwich Village and SoHo
Walk the Highline
Walk Central Park
Midnight Run through Central Park on NYE
The Two Bridges
Top of the Rock
Observation deck at Empire State Building
Window shop 5th Ave, checking out the Christmas decorations
People watch Times Square
Ellis Island
9/11 Memorial
Apollo Theater in Harlem
It wasn't open but there were plenty of people taking pictures of this historic theater
Macy's
The largest store in the world - and from the amount of people in there I wasn't surprised
Grand Central Station
Chelsea Markets
Flatroin District
National Museum of the American Indian
Radio City Music Hall
I'd say that you did a pretty darn good job in terms of hitting the ground running as a New York tourist :) This coming from someone with family there and who has visited NYC dozens and dozens of times but never have seen the Flat Iron building!
ReplyDeleteThe only thing we didn't fit in was shopping! We needed another full day for that :)
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