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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The Four Weeks the City's Best Restaurants Do $30 Lunch
NYC Restaurant Week — the city's twice-yearly fixed-price dining promotion — is the only window in the calendar when more than 600 New York restaurants, including some of the most-booked-out rooms in the city, serve three-course meals for $30, $45, or $60. The Summer 2026 edition runs July 20 through August 16, with...
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The October Weekend New York Opens Its Locked Doors
For one weekend in October every year, more than 300 normally-private buildings across New York City open their doors to the public for free. Behind-the-scenes tours of working infrastructure. Architectural landmarks you've walked past a hundred times and never been inside. Private collections, vaults, rooftops, res...
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Watch the Monaco Grand Prix From Riverside Point — Brewerkz Singapore's Sunday 9pm F1 Light On the Quay
Brewerkz Riverside Point — Singapore's original craft brewpub on the river, eight house brews, six big TVs, and a Sunday 9pm SGT Monaco GP audience that knows the principality circuit by corner.
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Avengers: Doomsday in Dolby Cinema at AMC Empire 25 — The Times Square Auditorium Marvel Studios Mastered the Picture For
AMC Empire 25 Times Square Dolby Cinema — the auditorium Marvel Studios uses for press screenings, the only NYC venue with reference-grade Dolby Vision laser plus 64-speaker Atmos. Best for Avengers: Doomsday.
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Where to Buy a Sailor a Drink During NYC Fleet Week — Sweet and Vicious on Spring Street, the Garden-Patio Bar That Knows the Drill
Sweet and Vicious on Spring Street — Nolita dive bar with a hidden ivy-walled back garden, mason-jar candle tables, and a 25-year history of being where Fleet Week sailors actually end up after the parade.
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Watch the Preakness Stakes From the Longest Mahogany Bar in NYC — Old Town Bar at 45 East 18th, Triple Crown Saturday
Old Town Bar — 1892 Flatiron saloon, 55-foot mahogany bar, pressed-tin ceiling, one TV that the bartender will turn to NBC for the Preakness call. Saturday May 16, post time 7:01pm ET.
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Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning on the AMC Lincoln Square IMAX, the One Screen in NYC Tom Cruise Designed the Movie For
The AMC Lincoln Square IMAX laser screen is the one NYC venue Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning was framed for. 1.43:1 native aspect, six stories tall, 28k-watt sound. Best showtime: 7:30pm Tuesday.
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The Pony Bar at 637 10th Avenue — Where Hell's Kitchen Watches the Stanley Cup Playoffs Live
The Pony Bar on 10th Avenue — Hell's Kitchen's craft-beer Rangers bar, half-pint pricing, three big TVs, no cover. Arrive 6:30pm for an 8pm puck drop during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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Photo London 2026 at Olympia — Four Days When AI Photography Has to Make Its Argument
Photo London 2026 lands at Olympia May 13–17 — Steven Meisel as Master of Photography, an expanded Discovery section curated by Charlotte Jansen, and Tristan Lund's new Source section. Friday May 15, 12:30pm general entry is the cleanest civilian slot of the four public days.
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Frieze New York 2026 — The Five-Day Window When The Shed Becomes the City's Art Argument
Frieze New York 2026 lands at The Shed May 13–17 — 67 galleries from 26 countries, the Lumi Tan-curated Focus section, and the kind of computational practice that turns up in solo presentations whether or not a fair calls itself an AI fair. Thursday May 14, 1:30pm general entry is the cleanest civilian window of the week.
