We noticed a few things this week.
A few theaters, some roasteries, that cute florist you didn’t know existed, and more cozy spots from the cities we live in.
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Barney Greengrass on Amsterdam — The Sturgeon King's Sunday Eggs With Nova, Untouched Since 1929
Sunday morning on the Upper West Side, Formica counter, faded 1929 wallpaper, and a plate of scrambled eggs with Nova salmon and onions that has been served the same way for ninety-seven years. Pull up a chair before the 10 a.m. line.
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The EMP Bar Room — A Three-Michelin-Star Madison Avenue Dinner Without Committing to the Full Tasting Menu
Eleven Madison Park's main room is a four-figure plant-based tasting menu. The Bar Room next door, a la carte and walk-in-friendly, is the same kitchen at a third the spend. Pull up a chair under Cass Gilbert's 1909 ceiling.
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Sweetings on Queen Victoria Street — The 137-Year-Old City of London Lunch That Closes at 3, Takes No Reservations, and Has Never Served Dinner
Open since 1889 in the City of London. Weekday lunches only. No reservations, no dinner, no website to speak of. The fish pie is the order. The Black Velvet is the chaser. Pull up a stool at the mahogany counter and watch the City eat.
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Trunk(Hotel) Yoyogi Park Rooftop Bar — Where Tokyo's Skyline Meets the Forest
Trunk(Hotel) Yoyogi Park opened on the eastern edge of Yoyogi Park in 2023. The rooftop bar, PUGNANI, has Y-system Y-shaped pillars, an open-air deck facing...
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Apothéke on Doyers Street, the Chinatown Speakeasy in a Former Opium Den
9 Doyers Street was a 19th-century opium den and the corner of one of the bloodiest gang turf wars in American history. Today it's a low-lit cocktail room...
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Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle — The Madeline Murals Are Worth $30 a Drink
The Carlyle Hotel's ground-floor bar has 1947 hand-painted murals by Ludwig Bemelmans, the Madeline children's book author who painted the room in exchange...
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Please Don't Tell — The East Village Speakeasy You Enter Through a Phone Booth Inside a Hot Dog Joint
A red vintage phone booth sits in the back of a 24-hour Crif Dogs on St. Mark's Place. Pick up the receiver, dial 1, give your name to the hostess on the...
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Vesuvio Cafe — Where the Beats Still Drink in North Beach
Open since 1948, across an alley from City Lights Bookstore. Kerouac and Ferlinghetti held court here. Now: open until 1 a.m. weeknights, 2 a.m. weekends,…
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Koreatown's 32nd Street After Midnight — Korean BBQ Half a Block From Madison Square Garden
One block of 32nd between Fifth and Broadway, stacked four stories deep with Korean BBQ, late-night soup, and bingsoo. Walk out of MSG, walk one block…
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Veselka — The 24-Hour Ukrainian Diner on Second Avenue Since 1954
A corner diner at Second Avenue and Ninth Street, opened by a Ukrainian refugee in 1954, still family-run, still serving pierogi at every hour. One of the…
