The Chinatown Guide: Chinatown, Two Bridges and Dimes Square in 2026
Dim sum since 1920, dumplings for pocket change, a queer Asian American bookstore and the downtown scene's favorite corner. Here is how to do Manhattan's Chinatown right.
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Where to Throw a Bachelorette Party in NYC
Drag brunch, a private pole class, karaoke rooms that hold 30, burlesque on Orchard Street and rooftops with a view. The best bachelorette plans in New York, plus a night you can copy.
The Best Cheesecake in NYC
Fourteen slices that define New York cheesecake, from Junior's and a Bronx bakery that supplies Peter Luger to Basque burnt tarts and an ube jiggly cake in Chinatown, plus how cream cheese made it all possible.
The Best Cookies in NYC
Twenty cookies worth crossing the city for, from Levain's six-ounce chocolate chip and Red Gate's toffee cookie to black and whites on the Upper East Side and pignoli by the pound in the Bronx.
The Best Happy Hours in NYC
Fifteen happy hours worth leaving work early for, from $1.50 oysters in the West Village to $10 negronis on MacDougal and half-price wings in Williamsburg, with the days and hours for each.
The Best Places to Write and Work Creatively in NYC
Find your muse at these quiet, inspiring nooks across the city, from stunning public library reading rooms to cozy cafes that actually tolerate laptops.
The Best Sustainable Fashion Boutiques in NYC
Shop ethically without compromising on style at these eco-conscious New York boutiques prioritizing upcycled materials and fair-trade production.
The Best Tailors and Alteration Shops in NYC
A good tailor is a New Yorker's best kept secret. Here is where to go for invisible denim repairs, bespoke suits, and emergency hems.
Birthday Ideas in NYC for Every Budget
Private karaoke rooms, family-style tables that seat 12, a drag dinner show, a free ferry at sunset. Where to spend a birthday in New York, sorted by what it costs.
First Time in New York: What Locals Actually Tell Their Friends
Where to stay, which landmarks are worth the line, how the subway works now that it is all tap to pay, what to tip, what to skip, and a three day plan.
The NYC Bucket List: 50 Things Every New Yorker Should Do Once
Not the Empire State Building. A dawn walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, a lime rickey at Tom's, a free kayak on the Hudson, a 1 a.m. set at Smalls. Fifty specific things, and how to do each one.
NYC With Kids: The Guide for Parents Who Live Here
The best museums, playgrounds, food halls, and climbing walls for keeping toddlers, kids, and teens entertained in the city right now.
Things to Do Alone in NYC
A bar seat at Via Carota, a 10 p.m. set at the Vanguard, free Friday nights at the Morgan. The best solo plans in New York, and how to do them well.
Things to Do in NYC as a Couple (Beyond Dinner)
You have done the dinner. Here is what to do with the rest of the night, or the whole Saturday: classes, museum evenings, late jazz, a trolley through Green-Wood and day trips up the Hudson.
Things to Do in NYC With Teenagers
Where to take a 14 to 18 year old in New York without getting eye rolls, from sneaker shops and retro arcades to the city's best pizza.
NYC Is Closing 160 Streets for Its Largest-Ever Halloween Celebration
New York's Trick-or-Streets initiative returns this October, turning 160 streets and plazas across all five boroughs into car-free Halloween havens.
The Best Cooking Classes in New York City
Master the art of handmade pasta, perfect sushi rolls, or classic French pastry with these hands-on culinary workshops.
The Best Indian Restaurants in New York City
Savor the regional diversity of Indian cuisine in New York City, from fiery coastal seafood to modern tasting menus that require booking weeks in advance.
The Lottery Is Open for the NYC Bakery Run. Here Is How to Score a Spot.
The 13.1-mile route swaps water stations for cardamom buns and includes a seated pastry course inside Eleven Madison Park.
The Best French Restaurants in New York City
From classic brasseries to intimate natural wine bistros, New York's French food scene is thriving. Here is where to find the perfect steak frites.
The Best Home Decor Stores in NYC
Upgrade your apartment aesthetic with curated finds from the city's top home design boutiques, vintage furniture shops, and tableware havens.
The Best Magazine Shops and Newsstands in NYC
Support print media by browsing the incredible selections at these dedicated independent newsstands, bookstores, and specialty shops.
How to Join a Book Club in New York
From silent reading parties to bookstore groups and library meetups, here is where to find your people and talk about books in New York City.
The Best Burlesque Shows in New York City
Step into the glittering, subversive world of New York's modern burlesque scene, where these 16 venues offer spectacular, seductive performances every week.
The Best Cafes for Remote Work in NYC
Tired of working from your apartment? We found the best coffee shops, hotel lobbies, and public spaces to open your laptop.
The Best Food Halls in New York City
From historic markets to sprawling new destinations, these are the New York food halls worth your time and the single best thing to eat at each one.
The Best Ice Cream and Gelato in NYC
We rounded up the artisanal shops, classic parlors, and authentic gelaterias in New York that are actually worth standing in line for.
The Best Italian Restaurants in New York City
From red-sauce joints that feel like a movie set to the new wave of pasta labs, this is where to eat Italian in New York right now.
The Best Independent Jewelry Stores in New York City
Beyond the big boxes, these are the city's best local designers and curators for everything from permanent bracelets to custom engagement rings.
The Best Jewish Delis in New York City
From mile-high pastrami on rye to perfect matzo ball soup, these classic delicatessens are true New York institutions.
The Best Lesbian Bars and Queer Spaces in NYC
New York City has more dedicated bars and parties for queer women than anywhere else in the country. Here is where to go out right now.
The Best Barbershops and Hair Salons in New York City
From a quick fade in a classic barbershop to a transformative color treatment, these are the New York City spots we trust for great hair.
The Best Omakase Menus in New York City
Treat yourself to a masterclass in sushi at the city's finest tasting counters, from the $600 blowout to the $69 weeknight steal.
The Best Open Mic Nights in New York City
Whether you have five minutes of new stand-up, three chords and the truth, or a poem to get off your chest, these are the stages to find.
The Best Oysters and Raw Bars in New York City
Where to find the city's sharpest mignonettes, deepest raw bars, and oyster happy hours that actually justify leaving your apartment.
The Best Photography Galleries and Museums in New York
From the Chelsea powerhouses to vital non-profits and museums with world-class collections, here is where to see the best photography in New York City.
The Best Sandwiches in New York City
From the platonic ideal of a pastrami on rye to the bodega-born chopped cheese, these are the sandwiches that define New York.
The Best Speakeasy Bars in New York City
Secret phone booths, hidden doors and unmarked stairwells lead to the city's best cocktails, if you know where to look.
The Best Sushi in NYC
From affordable neighborhood hand-roll counters to life-changing luxury omakase, New York has it all.
The Best Tattoo Shops in New York City
Looking to get inked by world-class artists? We highlight the most reputable, hygienic and stylistically diverse tattoo parlors across the city.
The Best Thai Restaurants in New York City
From fiery Isan duck larb in Elmhurst to upscale coastal curries in NoHo, here is where to eat Thai food in New York right now.
The Best Vegan Restaurants in New York City
Plant-based dining in New York has moved past the era of sad salads and dry veggie burgers.
The Ultimate NYC Ferry Guide
Ditch the crowded subway and take to the water with our comprehensive guide to the NYC Ferry system's best routes, ticketing tricks, and skyline views.
The Best Rainy Day Things to Do in New York City
Your phone says it’s going to rain all day. Here is our list of the best museums, movie theaters, markets and other indoor escapes that are actually worth your time.
New York Art Fairs: The Calendar and How to Do Them
A guide to the big tents, the downtown discoveries, and the specialist shows that make up the New York art market calendar.
The Best Bagels in New York City
Eighteen bagel shops worth the line, from century-old appetizing counters to sourdough upstarts, with exactly what to order at each one.
The Best Bakeries in New York City
Eighteen bakeries worth the line, the train ride and the sugar crash, from Greenpoint croissants and Bahraini morning buns to Bensonhurst cannoli and Bronx sfogliatelle.
The Best Brunch in New York City
Where to find the pancakes, eggs and morning cocktails that are actually worth getting out of bed for, from SoHo to Prospect Heights.
Great Meals in New York for Under $20
Twenty-one places across four boroughs where a twenty still buys a real meal, from birria at midnight to roti in Bed-Stuy and a $6 patty in the Bronx.
The Best Cocktail Bars in New York City
Twenty bars pouring the best drinks in New York right now, plus a straight answer on whether the hidden-door speakeasy is still worth the hunt.
The Best Date Night Restaurants in New York City
Eighteen rooms for every stage of the thing, from the first drink to the anniversary, with what to order, where to sit and how to get in.
The Best Dive Bars in New York City
Twenty-one bars across Manhattan and Brooklyn where the beer is cheap, the jukebox has opinions and nobody has redecorated since the last recession.
The Best Flea Markets in New York City
From the essential Brooklyn lots with skyline views to curated Manhattan showcases for vintage collectors, these are the markets worth your weekend.
Where to Hear Hip-Hop Live in New York
From open mics in Harlem to DJ sets in Bushwick, these are the rooms and recurring nights that keep the city's essential art form moving.
The Best Hotel Bars in New York City
From storied piano lounges on the Upper East Side to cinematic rooftops downtown, these are the New York hotel bars worth the trip, whether you're checking in or not.
The Best Independent Bookstores in New York City
Twenty-five shops across four boroughs where the staff picks are sharp, the readings are free and nobody minds if you browse for an hour and buy one paperback.
The Best Karaoke Bars in New York City
Where to sing in New York, from $1-a-song Chinatown stages and live piano rooms to Koreatown private suites that stay open until the trains get weird.
The Best Literary Bars in New York City
From historic taverns where Dylan Thomas drank to modern bookstore bars hosting the city's sharpest reading series, here is where to drink with writers.
The Best Menswear Stores in New York City
From Japanese denim specialists to custom tailoring houses, these are the independent shops that define men's style in New York right now.
The Best Movie Theaters in New York City
Beyond the multiplexes, New York's independent and repertory cinemas are where the city's real film culture lives, from downtown palaces to outer-borough originals.
The Best Museums in New York City
From the big names on Fifth Avenue to the experimental spaces in Queens, this is your guide to the New York museums that are actually worth your time and money.
The Best Natural Wine Bars in New York City
Seventeen places to drink skin contact, pét-nat and funky Jura in New York right now, from twelve-stool counters to backyard hangs with a pool table.
The 30 Best Novels About New York City
Gilded Age drawing rooms, Harlem tenements, Brooklyn stoops and a Manhattan apartment where a woman tries to sleep for a year. The city, told by the people who wrote it best.
The Best Pizza Slices in New York City
Nineteen counters across four boroughs, from the plain cheese that sets the standard to the burrata and oxtail slices worth crossing a river for.
The Best Ramen in New York City
From rich, porky tonkotsu to delicate shio, here is where to find the most satisfying bowls of ramen in the city, and how to get a seat.
The Best Rooftop Bars in New York City
Thirteen rooftops worth the elevator ride, from 64 floors above Wall Street to a Rockaway deck facing the Atlantic, with straight notes on prices, lines and dress codes.
The Best Small Museums in New York City
Leave the big crowds behind for these focused, fascinating collections, from Gilded Age mansions to a 1936 subway station and the city's last single-family home.
The Best Small Music Venues in New York City
24 rooms under 500 capacity where you can still stand ten feet from the band, pay less than a movie ticket and see someone before the rest of the city catches on.
The Best Sneaker Stores in New York City
From the impossible-to-get drops to the vintage grails, these are the only sneaker shops in New York that matter.
The Best Thrift Stores in New York City
Charity shops with Upper East Side closets, a Bushwick warehouse priced for students, and the buy-sell-trade counters that turn your old clothes into new ones.
The Best Vintage Stores in New York City
From Orchard Street designer racks to a Bushwick warehouse where the denim never ends, these are the vintage shops worth your Saturday and your rent money.
Is This Still It? The rooms that made New York rock again, and the ones you can still walk into
Between 1999 and 2005 a few hundred people in a handful of small clubs changed what guitar music sounded like. Most of the rooms are gone. Some are not.
The Museum and Gallery Shows to See in New York This Fall
Krasner and Pollock at the Met, manga in Brooklyn, Arthur Jafa on the Bowery and a Chelsea season stacked with heavy hitters. Our list for fall 2026.
First Shout: New York acts to see before everyone else does, fall 2026
Ten New York artists with records out and rooms to fill, from a Harlem rapper Tyler, the Creator already vouched for to a two-drummer electropunk band that played a laundromat.
Free and Pay-What-You-Wish Museum Hours in New York, Verified for 2026
The Met, MoMA, the Whitney and two dozen others can cost you nothing or close to it, if you know the right day, hour and ID to bring.
Where to Eat After Midnight in New York
Pastrami at 3am, pierogi at 4, empanadas whenever: the New York kitchens that stay open after the bars close, checked and confirmed for 2026.
The Lower East Side Guide: Where to Eat, Drink and Go Out in 2026
Pickles, pastrami, a doubled New Museum and the best cocktail bars in the city, all inside twenty blocks. Here is how to do the Lower East Side right now.
How to Do the New York Gallery Circuit: Chelsea, the Lower East Side and Tribeca
Free wine, free art and a crowd that dresses like it has somewhere better to be. Here is how Thursday openings work, and the galleries worth the walk.
Every Major New York Concert Venue, Ranked by How It Feels to See a Show There
Sound, sightlines, lines at the bar and the walk home. We ranked 25 New York concert venues from the 575-capacity perfect room to the arenas by the only measure that matters: the night itself.
Where to See Street Art in New York
From Bushwick's warehouse walls to a Harlem handball court Keith Haring painted in 1986, the city's best open air art costs nothing and changes every month.
