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 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
Twenty 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.
