Miscellaneous Off to New York

[mizmar]

Starsky or Hutch?

 

[rhysonsax]

Starsky or Hutch?

Rabbit Hutch.

Rhys

 

[ESJohn]

Some travelin' music for your trip home! Hope you had a great time over here!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBhpiUFSYWI

 

[saxyjt]

Police cut backs...

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New York is definitely different to the rest of this country... That's smart, but it a Smart although it looks very similar.

 

[Mikey B]

Whatever you do it will be a great experience. We spent ages just wandering around and seeing all the famous places, Central Park, Empire State, Grand Central, New York Library, etc. Ground zero is a place for reflecting what happened there. A subway ride down to Brighton beach and stroll along the boardwalk. As previously said Statue of Liberty is worth a look and walking across Brooklyn bridge. Katz deli on Houston Street is great if you like your sandwich big, very expensive though, don’t lose your ticket! If you like cheesecake then Venieros in East Village is the place to go. Jacobs pickles up in Amsterdam Ave, Upper West Side is a cool place to eat. A lot of places is just like pub grub and not great value for the money. We found that NYC is not very big and very easy to walk around being mostly flat, you can get to see many places in a day. Beware of people trying to scam and sell you junk around Times Square. Subway travel card for the week is a cheap way to get around but you miss a lot of the sights. True New Yorkers I found are very friendly and helpful. Food and drink very expensive and don't forget to tip.

 

[Jules]

massive jealous, I love new york

 

[Targa]

New York is definitely different to the rest of this country... That's smart, but it a Smart although it looks very similar.

It's a Smart Fortwo.

 

[saxyjt]

It's a Smart Fortwo.

Actually it felt it was so alien to reality I couldn't believe it was one. Even my keyboard played tricks on me...

 

[dooce]

Arthur's Tavern, Greenwich Village. My missus is absolutely no jazz fan but we both loved that place so much she actually wanted to go back for a 2nd visit.

 

[DavidUK]

What did we do...

Empire State, Central Park, Subway (train, not food), 911 Memorial, New York Library, Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller tour, Big Bus (freezing!). Did a Go City 5 attraction pass for most of these.

Bad eats: Juniors breakfast; Andrews breakfast. Both good on Tripadvisor, crap in reality.

Great eats, as recommended by the Bryant Park Hotel staff who were 100% right in their well informed choices: Red Flame Diner for breakfast; Tony's Di Napoli; Heritage (twice); Croton Reservoir; The Parlour Room.

Heritage bakery good too - Pistachio Crufin. Yum.

Average breakfast £30-40 for two. Average dinner £60-80 for two. Tipped 20% of pre-tax total.

The Bryant Park Hotel is FANTASTIC - Go there, nowhere else!

Three random Pizza slice joints were good (avoided the scruffy ones).

We will go again, maybe when it's warmer, but then you get the crowds too.

We'd rate it number one, alongside Rome, for a city break.