How To See NYC in 3 Days (Without The Stress!)
OK, you must make time to get a pastrami sandwich. Not just any, but one from Katz', the undisputed leader. Massive, tender, salty, briney and fabulous. Lunch and dinner in one. It's an adventure.
Located in the old meat packing distract, this is where it all began, before the hipsters took over, warehouses and lofts.
Also, be selective about your NYC bagel. See if you can find H&H Bagel.
https://www.hhbagels.com/contact#locations
Stop kvetching, you're in N.Y. already! Fuggedaboutit !
So, here we go.
SIGHTSEEING
Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island Service Advisory:
http://www.statuecruises.com/ferry-service/welcome.aspx
HELPFUL TIPS TO AVOID WAITING
- Purchase Tickets Online
- Print Tickets at home prior to arrival
- Choose Reserve Tickets whenever possible
The elevator at Liberty Island (Statue of Liberty National Monument) is back in service. Guests with Crown Access Tickets must be able to climb 354 steps to reach the crown of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
Guests who choose to depart after 2:00 pm will only be able to visit either Liberty Island or Ellis Island. Unfortunately, there will not be enough time to visit both landmarks.
Year round daily service to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, current wait time is generally about 30 minutes to enter the screening facility at Battery Park, New York. The wait time at Liberty State Park in New Jersey is about 15 minutes. Wait times are less during Autumn and Winter months. We strongly suggest you book in advance to guarantee access inside the Statue of Liberty with a Pedestal / Museum Ticket.
Other Sightseeing
Walk around Washington Square Park, by NYU, skip going to Central Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Square_Park
Walk around Rockefeller Plaza, midtown, go next door to St. Patrick’s Catherdral”. located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York. It faces Rockefeller Center.
Have lunch at a cheap place midtown, see link list below:
http://nymag.com/search/search.cgi?t=restaurant;q=Midtown%3AMidtown%20West;N=1148;rpp=25
Avoid SOHO, a bit much these days. Try the West Village instead.
Eat in Chinatown and in Little Italy.
Don’t have a place for you in Chinatown but here’s a list:
http://nymag.com/search/search.cgi?fd=All&Ns=Relevance|0&search_type=sw&N=0&textquery=Chinatown+restaurants&x=0&y=0&scope=sc-all
This place in Little Italy is great.
Joey's Paesano
136 Mulberry St (Chinatown)
New York, NY 10013
(212) 966-3337
Probably the cheapest deal in the 'very authentic' Little Italy. We were rubbing elbows with every other patrons, but that's the way it seemed at any outdoor patio on Mulberry. Get a carafe of house wine. Good food and service.
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/3/30890/restaurant/Chinatown/Joeys-Paesano-New-York
…and nearby to Chinatown and Joey’s is Ferrara, well known.
Ferrara Café
(212) 226-6150
195 Grand Street
b/w Mulberry & Mott St
New York City, NY 10013
http://nymag.com/listings/stores/ferrara/
Veniero’s below is also fantastic, I think the cannollis are better, but it’s a hike to get there, pretty far east if you are starting from the West Village, and otherwise, no sightseeing destinations nearby. Chinatown and Little Italy spots above are more convenient.
Veniero's Pasticceria & Cafe
Note: this is the East Village, pretty far over from the West Village.
342 E 11th St
New York, NY 10003
(212) 674-7070
www.venierospastry.com
Great coffee and amazing desserts, what more could you ask for? If you are headed here for take out, immediately get a number and then start browsing. If you want a table, push your way past the first room and into the back where someone will seat you, if you're lucky. The New York Cheesecake is probably the city's best.
http://eatinganddrinkingmywayaroundnyc.blogspot.com/2008/11/venieros-pasticceria.html
Old Town Bar & Restaurant
(212) 529-6732
45 E 18th St
New York, NY 10003
This is an authentic NYC Bar, great old NY feel. This is the opposite of “NY chic”. Run down, bartenders and wait staff are ancient. Don’t expect them to be sympathetic. Or in a good mood. Just deal with it.
http://nymag.com/listings/bar/old_town_bar/
Midtown Near Theatre District
Stop kvetching, you're in N.Y. already! Fuggedaboutit !
So, here we go.
SIGHTSEEING
Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island Service Advisory:
http://www.statuecruises.com/ferry-service/welcome.aspx
HELPFUL TIPS TO AVOID WAITING
- Purchase Tickets Online
- Print Tickets at home prior to arrival
- Choose Reserve Tickets whenever possible
The elevator at Liberty Island (Statue of Liberty National Monument) is back in service. Guests with Crown Access Tickets must be able to climb 354 steps to reach the crown of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
Guests who choose to depart after 2:00 pm will only be able to visit either Liberty Island or Ellis Island. Unfortunately, there will not be enough time to visit both landmarks.
Year round daily service to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, current wait time is generally about 30 minutes to enter the screening facility at Battery Park, New York. The wait time at Liberty State Park in New Jersey is about 15 minutes. Wait times are less during Autumn and Winter months. We strongly suggest you book in advance to guarantee access inside the Statue of Liberty with a Pedestal / Museum Ticket.
Other Sightseeing
Walk around Washington Square Park, by NYU, skip going to Central Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Square_Park
Walk around Rockefeller Plaza, midtown, go next door to St. Patrick’s Catherdral”. located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York. It faces Rockefeller Center.
Have lunch at a cheap place midtown, see link list below:
http://nymag.com/search/search.cgi?t=restaurant;q=Midtown%3AMidtown%20West;N=1148;rpp=25
Avoid SOHO, a bit much these days. Try the West Village instead.
Eat in Chinatown and in Little Italy.
Don’t have a place for you in Chinatown but here’s a list:
http://nymag.com/search/search.cgi?fd=All&Ns=Relevance|0&search_type=sw&N=0&textquery=Chinatown+restaurants&x=0&y=0&scope=sc-all
This place in Little Italy is great.
Joey's Paesano
136 Mulberry St (Chinatown)
New York, NY 10013
(212) 966-3337
Probably the cheapest deal in the 'very authentic' Little Italy. We were rubbing elbows with every other patrons, but that's the way it seemed at any outdoor patio on Mulberry. Get a carafe of house wine. Good food and service.
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/3/30890/restaurant/Chinatown/Joeys-Paesano-New-York
…and nearby to Chinatown and Joey’s is Ferrara, well known.
Ferrara Café
(212) 226-6150
195 Grand Street
b/w Mulberry & Mott St
New York City, NY 10013
http://nymag.com/listings/stores/ferrara/
Veniero’s below is also fantastic, I think the cannollis are better, but it’s a hike to get there, pretty far east if you are starting from the West Village, and otherwise, no sightseeing destinations nearby. Chinatown and Little Italy spots above are more convenient.
Veniero's Pasticceria & Cafe
Note: this is the East Village, pretty far over from the West Village.
342 E 11th St
New York, NY 10003
(212) 674-7070
www.venierospastry.com
Great coffee and amazing desserts, what more could you ask for? If you are headed here for take out, immediately get a number and then start browsing. If you want a table, push your way past the first room and into the back where someone will seat you, if you're lucky. The New York Cheesecake is probably the city's best.
http://eatinganddrinkingmywayaroundnyc.blogspot.com/2008/11/venieros-pasticceria.html
Old Town Bar & Restaurant
(212) 529-6732
45 E 18th St
New York, NY 10003
This is an authentic NYC Bar, great old NY feel. This is the opposite of “NY chic”. Run down, bartenders and wait staff are ancient. Don’t expect them to be sympathetic. Or in a good mood. Just deal with it.
http://nymag.com/listings/bar/old_town_bar/
Midtown Near Theatre District
Keen's is a classic NYC steakhouse. They've been doing it old world style since 1885. Expensive but memorable steakhouse. Enormous steaks and chops in a maze of old world paneled rooms.
Address: 72 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018
Phone:(212) 947-3636
11:45 am – 10:30 pm
Reservations: opentable.com
http://www.keens.com/OurMenus/Dinner/index.html
Address: 72 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018
Phone:(212) 947-3636
11:45 am – 10:30 pm
Reservations: opentable.com
http://www.keens.com/OurMenus/Dinner/index.html
Keens Steakhouse owns the largest collection of churchwarden pipes in the world. The tradition of checking one's pipe at the inn had its origins in 17th century Merrie Old England where travelers kept their clay at their favorite inn - the thin stemmed pipe being too fragile to be carried in purse or saddlebag. Pipe smoking was known since Elizabethan times to be beneficial for dissipating "evil homourse of the brain." Keens's pipe tradition began in the early 20th century.
The hard clay churchwarden pipes were brought from the Netherlands and as many as 50,000 were ordered every three years. A pipe warden registered and stored the pipes, while pipe boys returned the pipes from storage to the patrons.
The membership roster of the Pipe Club contained over ninety thousand names, including those of Teddy Roosevelt, Babe Ruth, Will Rogers, Billy Rose, Grace Moore, Albert Einstein, George M. Cohan, J.P. Morgan, Stanford White, John Barrymore, David Belasco, Adlai Stevenson, General Douglas MacArthur and "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
Prior to 1885, Keens was a part of the Lambs Club, a famous theatre and literary group founded in London. Its manager was Albert Keen.
In 1885 Keens Chophouse opened independently under the ownership of Albert Keen, by then a noted figure in the Herald Square Theatre District. Keens soon became the lively and accepted rendezvous of the famous. Actors in full stage make-up hurried through the rear door to "fortify" themselves between acts at the neighboring Garrick Theatre. By the time Keens celebrated its 20th anniversary, you could glance into the Pipe Room and see the jovial congregations of producers, playwrights, publishers and newspaper men who frequented Keens.
The Old Homestead Steakhouse is a NYC treasure, not to be missed
Old Homestead
56 9th Ave (between 14th & 15th St.)
New York, NY 10011
212.242.9040
http://www.theoldhomesteadsteakhouse.com/?q=about
http://www.theoldhomesteadsteakhouse.com/?q=node
Still, The Old Homestead marches on, with melt in your mouth sirloins and freshest ever fish, plus all the trimmings.
Old Homestead has operated from the same place since opening its doors in 1868 – making it one of the longest continually serving restaurants in America. Look for the giant cow over the door and you're there!
Great sandwich spots abound in NYC
Old Homestead has operated from the same place since opening its doors in 1868 – making it one of the longest continually serving restaurants in America. Look for the giant cow over the door and you're there!
Great sandwich spots abound in NYC
https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Lunch&find_loc=New+York%2C+NY
http://www.yelp.com/menu/lennys-new-york-5
Budget Hotels
Budget-minded travelers often turn to websites like Craigslist.com, AirBnb.com, and Homeaway.com to find short-term apartment and room rentals in cities where hotels are out of their price range.
Check this one for great deals:
http://www.AirBnb.com
NY is a city of archetectural wonders, check out these classic buildings
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apthorp
For authentic Jewish food, and maybe some smoked Herring, try this...
On East Houston Street between Allen and Orchard on Manhattan's gentrified Lower East Side sits Russ & Daughters Appetizers, a century-old shrine consecrated to lox and bagels, herring, smoked salmon, caviar, chopped liver, and the rest. Today a fourth generation of Russes manages the business that their great-grandfather built from a pushcart in what was then a teeming Jewish ghetto. That this tiny gem should still flourish under the same family—a fifth-generation daughter has recently been born—is an urban miracle, a testament to the unfailing regenerative powers of New York and its people.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324001104578161343809868504.html#printMode?KEYWORDS=Smoked
http://www.russanddaughters.com/
http://www.yelp.com/menu/lennys-new-york-5
Budget Hotels
Budget-minded travelers often turn to websites like Craigslist.com, AirBnb.com, and Homeaway.com to find short-term apartment and room rentals in cities where hotels are out of their price range.
Check this one for great deals:
http://www.AirBnb.com
NY is a city of archetectural wonders, check out these classic buildings
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apthorp
For authentic Jewish food, and maybe some smoked Herring, try this...
On East Houston Street between Allen and Orchard on Manhattan's gentrified Lower East Side sits Russ & Daughters Appetizers, a century-old shrine consecrated to lox and bagels, herring, smoked salmon, caviar, chopped liver, and the rest. Today a fourth generation of Russes manages the business that their great-grandfather built from a pushcart in what was then a teeming Jewish ghetto. That this tiny gem should still flourish under the same family—a fifth-generation daughter has recently been born—is an urban miracle, a testament to the unfailing regenerative powers of New York and its people.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324001104578161343809868504.html#printMode?KEYWORDS=Smoked
http://www.russanddaughters.com/
Remember, NYC is all about eating and enjoying the many local neighbor restaruants and delicacies. Bad restaurants simply don't last. Enjoy !
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