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The Ridgewood Guide: Where to Eat, Drink and Go Out in 2026
The best outdoor dance floor in the city, a wood-fired restaurant worth the M train, and a German beer hall from 1924. Ridgewood is Queens at its most quietly great.
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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 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 Concept Stores and Boutiques in New York
Beyond the big names, these are the design-led New York shops where fashion, art books, and beautiful objects share the same shelves.
The best electronic music venues and clubs in NYC
From subterranean techno bunkers to intimate listening rooms, here are the spaces driving New York's electronic music scene.
The Best Breweries and Beer Bars in New York City
Forget Manhattan. The real heart of New York beer beats in the warehouses of Brooklyn and Queens, from world-class IPAs to perfectly poured lagers.
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 Listening Bar Boom: Where to Hear Records on a Great Sound System in NYC
New York went all in on hi-fi bars, the Tokyo-style rooms where a vinyl selector and a wall of vintage speakers matter more than the cocktail list. Here are the ones worth your ears.
The Best Record Stores in New York City
Eighteen shops worth the subway ride, from Rockefeller Center's two-level Rough Trade to a Ridgewood crate-digger's haven and a jazz specialist tucked into an eighth-floor office.
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.
Where to Dance in New York: Clubs, Warehouses and Late Rooms
The dance floors worth your Saturday, from Queens techno bunkers and Brooklyn warehouses to tiny rooms where the DJ is two feet away and nobody is filming.