Cerberus Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Club A is outstanding. You're missing a trick if you don't go there if visiting New York. Best steak I've ever had and the service was brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Yonah Schimmel Knish bakery and North China Dumpling in the Lower East Side are a must for some snacks. I also like Quality Meats for steak. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musketeer Gripweed Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Keens Steakhouse on 36th Street, but you need to book it. Carmine's in Times Square for Italian. If you are down Battery Park any restaurant in and around Brookfield Pace. Even the food court is brilliant. Avoid any Applebee's, and don't even think about going to Ellen's Starlight Diner, I have no idea why that dump is so popular. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekorean Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Lived in New York for over 15 years. Horrible place. Overcrowded. Do not come here. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Looking to go again in October for the Jets Patriots game. Is it me or have accommodation prices gone absolutely tits mental there now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MSU Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Heading back to Connecticut this weekend for a family wedding. Hoping we'll have time on Sunday to nip into The Bronx for the Dale Chihuly exhibition that's on at the Botanical Gardens. Cannae beat a bit of fancy glass sculptures. https://www.nybg.org/event/chihuly/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glens lad Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Best shop in NY. [emoji41]And yes I took this photo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glens lad Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I love New York. My wife and I go there twice a year [emoji172] in March for St Paddy's day and a week in September on route to Florida for our two week summer break. I absolutely adore New York. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 3 hours ago, Glens lad said: Best shop in NY. And yes I took this photo. I bought an acoustic 12 string ovation from that shop. It's some size of place! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glens lad Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I bought an acoustic 12 string ovation from that shop. It's some size of place! Nice guitar [emoji1360]I remember this store before it relocated ☹️it was on 48th between 6th & 7th Ave. but my favourite guitar store closed its doors in 2009. Manny's music which was also on 48th street. Love my music love my visits to New York. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glens lad Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Theres a really really cool guitar shop on Bleeker street, loads of vintage gibsons and fender strats from the 60's its just wall to wall guitar porn. That will be Matt's guitars. Down in Greenwich Village. Yeah had my time down there too. [emoji23]Fortunately my wife indulges my passion for music. Especially guitars [emoji450] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glens lad Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 On a side note. When to see Richard Thompson in Carnegie hall on 7th Ave. March 2011, I paid $32 dollars for two tickets [emoji6]And it was an amazing night. We are going back across the pond in September. Again I'm so looking forward to our time in New York [emoji1360][emoji41] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 On 03/07/2017 at 13:49, kilbowie2002 said: Some pretty cool record shops in and around there too. Being a baseball fan I loved going to Yankee stadium and have heard citi field is a great day out too, would have liked to see one of the minor league teams play. For anyone going to New York, if youre only there for a few days then please don't waste one going to the outlets. I'm also not a big fan of wasting loads of time queuing for the tckts booth etc, go out of season, midweek etc and you'll be able to get deals from the show box office. I write this at least once a week on this thread but if you leave it until an hour or less before the show starts there is no queue at TKTS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Booked up again! December for a few days. Can't wait to see it all Christmassy. Got a great deal, flights and 4 nights for £600pp at probably the most expensive time of the year. Time to start planning the itinerary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Booked up again! December for a few days. Can't wait to see it all Christmassy. Got a great deal, flights and 4 nights for £600pp at probably the most expensive time of the year. Time to start planning the itinerary. Macy's (might be an e in there somewhere) on Christmas Eve is nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. Very manageable. Central Park on any day at that time of year is beautiful. For me though, the best thing was an accidental wee Irish bar for late lunch on Christmas Eve. The atmosphere was just brilliant, really really friendly. A genuine new york moment. Don't pack the itinerary too much - new york's best bits happen every day in every wee nook and cranny (usually just off the beaten stretch). Have fun! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 3 weeks until me and the Mrs off again. Heading for a week this time. Staying up by central park this time. Well familiar with everything from CP south but never ventured north of the park before is it worth it/safe? University looks nice enough for a wander. I see you can do bus tours of the Bronx which on the one hand I guess you can do anywhere but on the other hand seems slightly poverty porn/racist. Anyone done it? No plans as such other than one NFL and one NHL game so I think any more sport would be pushing it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 1 hour ago, invergowrie arab said: 3 weeks until me and the Mrs off again. Heading for a week this time. Staying up by central park this time. Well familiar with everything from CP south but never ventured north of the park before is it worth it/safe? University looks nice enough for a wander. I see you can do bus tours of the Bronx which on the one hand I guess you can do anywhere but on the other hand seems slightly poverty porn/racist. Anyone done it? No plans as such other than one NFL and one NHL game so I think any more sport would be pushing it. I was in The Bronx over the summer with the missus, checking out the Dale Chihuly exhibition that was going on at the New York Botanical Garden (it's finishes at the end of October and I'd definitely recommend it). We went for a wander around afterwards and felt perfectly safe. Got a great curry on 235th Street and Katonah and then restocked on Irn Bru from the Irish Deli across the street. It's been gentrified over the years and isn't anything like its 1980/90s reputation would have you believe. Bronx Zoo was pretty good too but we were rushed as we'd spent so long in the NYBG. Of course, I wouldn't recommend wandering around dark alleys at 1am whilst drunk and flashing your traveler's checks, but I didn't feel any less safe there than I do in Manhattan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheProgressiveLiberal Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 14 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: 3 weeks until me and the Mrs off again. Heading for a week this time. Staying up by central park this time. Well familiar with everything from CP south but never ventured north of the park before is it worth it/safe? University looks nice enough for a wander. I see you can do bus tours of the Bronx which on the one hand I guess you can do anywhere but on the other hand seems slightly poverty porn/racist. Anyone done it? No plans as such other than one NFL and one NHL game so I think any more sport would be pushing it. Never had a problem feeling uncomfortable or unsafe in Harlem / Upper Manhattan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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