ATTENTION NEW YORKERS! New York Visit- Advice please

duggro

I require the following:

Top 3 things to do
Best place to get breakfast
Best place to get an epic sandwich
Best place for some nice beers


Also, I'd quite like to catch a basketball game over there, and I see the knicks are playing when i am over there (2nd-9th jan)- would i be able to get tickets on the night?

the website is confusing as there are about a million different tickets to buy!

THANK YOU!

Black Diamond

My favorite Breakfast if you are into bagels and lox especially - Barney Greengrass on Amsterdam and W 86th
Sandwiches - Either 2nd Avenue Deli, Carnegie Deli or Fox's
Nice Beers - Peculiar Pub on Bleeker in the city has over 500 beers (18 on tap) available. For an interesting an fun time Mc Sorley's Ale House has either light or dark beer and you can spend a whole day in there.

Knicks are looking better these days and tickets should be available but might sell out... I would get them in advance...

CROJAM95

This place rocks if you make it out to Queens


http://www.cherryvalleydeli.net/Locations.aspx

decides2dream

visit ellis island/statue of liberty
go to the top of the empire state building and/or top of the rock
stroll thru central park
hit up any # of our amazing museums, tho i am partial to MoMA and the guggenheim
walk, walk, walk everywhere...but especially downtown


check out this:
http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=117208
for some cool restaurant suggestions.

Black Diamond

decides2dream wrote:

visit ellis island/statue of liberty
go to the top of the empire state building and/or top of the rock
stroll thru central park
hit up any # of our amazing museums, tho i am partial to MoMA and the guggenheim
walk, walk, walk everywhere...but especially downtown


check out this:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=117208
for some cool restaurant suggestions.

Was at the Gug two weeks ago, That Kandinsky exhibit was terrific...

decides2dream

Black Diamond wrote:

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decides2dream wrote:

visit ellis island/statue of liberty
go to the top of the empire state building and/or top of the rock
stroll thru central park
hit up any # of our amazing museums, tho i am partial to MoMA and the guggenheim
walk, walk, walk everywhere...but especially downtown


check out this:
http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=117208
for some cool restaurant suggestions.

Was at the Gug two weeks ago, That Kandinsky exhibit was terrific...

oooooooooooooo....kandinsky.....*drools*
perhaps during my time off, may have to hit it up!

Black Diamond

decides2dream wrote:

oooooooooooooo....kandinsky.....*drools*
perhaps during my time off, may have to hit it up!

Take a 7 year old (you can borrow mine) to help you get a glimpse of his shapes and colors through their eyes, it was quite awesome and sometimes comical.

decides2dream

Black Diamond wrote:

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decides2dream wrote:

oooooooooooooo....kandinsky.....*drools*
perhaps during my time off, may have to hit it up!

Take a 7 year old (you can borrow mine) to help you get a glimpse of his shapes and colors through their eyes, it was quite awesome and sometimes comical.

thanks for the offer, but i think i'll pass on that.
i've "seen" art thru the eyes of many a child, for 10 years in fact - all ages....and it is pretty damn interesting their thoughts on it. that said, i have zero desire to take a 7 year old to a museum with me or, well really....anywhere. :? hahaha. nice try for a free babysitter tho.

CROJAM95

decides2dream wrote:

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Black Diamond wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

oooooooooooooo....kandinsky.....*drools*
perhaps during my time off, may have to hit it up!

Take a 7 year old (you can borrow mine) to help you get a glimpse of his shapes and colors through their eyes, it was quite awesome and sometimes comical.

thanks for the offer, but i think i'll pass on that.
i've "seen" art thru the eyes of many a child, for 10 years in fact - all ages....and it is pretty damn interesting their thoughts on it. that said, i have zero desire to take a 7 year old to a museum with me or, well really....anywhere. :? hahaha. nice try for a free babysitter tho.

BD's kids arent your ordinary kids.....they rock out at shows

Happy Holidays BD

Black Diamond

CROJAM95 wrote:

BD's kids arent your ordinary kids.....they rock out at shows

Happy Holidays BD

Yo!!! My main man!! Such a pleasure to hang out with you in NYC, then LA, then SD and then Philly!!
Many more in 2010 hopefully

Merry Xmas to you and you know who

decides2dream

Black Diamond wrote:

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CROJAM95 wrote:

BD's kids arent your ordinary kids.....they rock out at shows

Happy Holidays BD

Yo!!! My main man!! Such a pleasure to hang out with you in NYC, then LA, then SD and then Philly!!
Many more in 2010 hopefully

Merry Xmas to you and you know who

and yet, we still haven't even met!
not even at the morrison hotel/lance mercer thing.
and i am sure your kids are awesome....and yet....i stand by my answer.
i like children accompanied by their parents, or for very short periods of time....or both.
i think i got my fill being a full-time nanny for a few summers, then 10 years in the classroom....so i'm good.


and back to NY...i look forward to the new year.....less tourists clogging the streets!

Black Diamond

decides2dream wrote:

and yet, we still haven't even met!
not even at the morrison hotel/lance mercer thing.
and i am sure your kids are awesome....and yet....i stand by my answer.
i like children accompanied by their parents, or for very short periods of time....or both.
i think i got my fill being a full-time nanny for a few summers, then 10 years in the classroom....so i'm good.


and back to NY...i look forward to the new year.....less tourists clogging the streets!

Oh we will, we will. 2010, guaranteed!

CROJAM95

Black Diamond wrote:

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CROJAM95 wrote:

BD's kids arent your ordinary kids.....they rock out at shows

Happy Holidays BD

Yo!!! My main man!! Such a pleasure to hang out with you in NYC, then LA, then SD and then Philly!!
Many more in 2010 hopefully

Merry Xmas to you and you know who

Heck ya it was. I couldn't believe how up to speed your son was on his PJ......I wasn't anywhere near as evolved as he is at that age.You've taught em well.Glad to see the boys fulfill some requests.The Gibson was the shit, they need to hit that place up again...after msg of course

decides2dream

Black Diamond wrote:

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decides2dream wrote:

and yet, we still haven't even met!
not even at the morrison hotel/lance mercer thing.
and i am sure your kids are awesome....and yet....i stand by my answer.
i like children accompanied by their parents, or for very short periods of time....or both.
i think i got my fill being a full-time nanny for a few summers, then 10 years in the classroom....so i'm good.


and back to NY...i look forward to the new year.....less tourists clogging the streets!

Oh we will, we will. 2010, guaranteed!

MSG!
:thumbup:



(and i'll holdya to that BD)

Black Diamond

decides2dream wrote:

show previous quotes

Black Diamond wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

and yet, we still haven't even met!
not even at the morrison hotel/lance mercer thing.
and i am sure your kids are awesome....and yet....i stand by my answer.
i like children accompanied by their parents, or for very short periods of time....or both.
i think i got my fill being a full-time nanny for a few summers, then 10 years in the classroom....so i'm good.


and back to NY...i look forward to the new year.....less tourists clogging the streets!

Oh we will, we will. 2010, guaranteed!

MSG!
:thumbup:



(and i'll holdya to that BD)

Yes!!! My boys have already been quaraling on if they play 4x, who gets to go to the last night . I'm not raising no dummies

decides2dream

Black Diamond wrote:

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decides2dream wrote:

Black Diamond wrote:

Oh we will, we will. 2010, guaranteed!

MSG!
:thumbup:



(and i'll holdya to that BD)

Yes!!! My boys have already been quaraling on if they play 4x, who gets to go to the last night . I'm not raising no dummies

what if they play 2 nights (which is much more likely)...then they get to quarrel over who gets first night and then last night...and which is "better".....

Get_Right

duggro wrote:

I require the following:

Top 3 things to do
Best place to get breakfast
Best place to get an epic sandwich
Best place for some nice beers


Also, I'd quite like to catch a basketball game over there, and I see the knicks are playing when i am over there (2nd-9th jan)- would i be able to get tickets on the night?

the website is confusing as there are about a million different tickets to buy!

THANK YOU!

1. breakfast-well if its bagels you want, Ess-a-bagel-for bagels and lox (51st and 3rd).
2. Epic sandwich-really only one choice-Katz's on the lower east side-simple pastrami on rye with mustard, not huge, but the best pastrami and corned beef on the planet. (Stage, carnegie and all the others just make em really big-the combos at those places are good, but you really cant beat the simplicity of Katz's).
3. Nice beers? Truly unique experience-try burp castle on 7th st (I think) in the east village-otherwise, I suggest rattle and hum (33rd between madison and fifth) tremendous selection of beers and not too crowded.
4. Knicks-just go to the box office the day of the game ask whats available-they rarely sell out these days (by the way rattle and hum is a great place to go before the game-its close-food is so so, but decent enough).

duggro

cheers for all the info everyone

i REALLY cant wait to get over there

Gary Carter

Go to fat annies truck stop if you want a good burger. its right across da street from msg. Fat annies is in between 2 bars. One is called blarney rock and the other is called scruffy duffys. Go to blarney rock. Scruffys is yuppish. Also go to joes pizza. I think that's on bleeker(sp cause I'm drunk lol) street

xavier mcdaniel

metsfan wrote:

Go to fat annies truck stop if you want a good burger. its right across da street from msg. Fat annies is in between 2 bars. One is called blarney rock and the other is called scruffy duffys. Go to blarney rock. Scruffys is yuppish. Also go to joes pizza. I think that's on bleeker(sp cause I'm drunk lol) street

I think you mean Stout. Scruffy Duffy's is on eighth avenue near the Port Authority Bus Terminal.