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edited August 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
I know that I am not the only Pearl Jam fan traveling to New York to see Pearl Jam. So, I thought the natives could help us all out and tell us what to see while we're there. Any help and suggestions would be great (you all helped me out when I went to Philly last year...thanks again).

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Edit: Thanks everyone, wow. Now I just need 4 months (instead of 4 days) to do it all. :lol:
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    From CT but I've been to the city a lot for a day to tour it. I love going to Central Park and seeing the John Lennon memorial. I would say go to Virgin records, but they closed it. What a shame.
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  • YieldToNothingYieldToNothing Posts: 3,667
    take a walk i n the west village, hit up some real record stores. then stroll east to little italy and chinatown. if you want pizza, try ray's on prince or lombardi's. for chinese, go to wo-hop but make sure you go downstairs! if you're into shopping, spend a few hours in soho.

    i don't like to hang out uptown much, but you're a tourist and you should take a walk through central park. hit up the museum of natural history while you're there. i also love the roerich museum.


    anything else?


    stay away from times square...its a tourist trap and it sucks
    i have a paper here that entitles me to fast track status
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,321
    YieldToNothing wrote:
    take a walk i n the west village, hit up some real record stores. then stroll east to little italy and chinatown. if you want pizza, try ray's on prince or lombardi's. for chinese, go to wo-hop but make sure you go downstairs! if you're into shopping, spend a few hours in soho.

    i don't like to hang out uptown much, but you're a tourist and you should take a walk through central park. hit up the museum of natural history while you're there. i also love the roerich museum.


    anything else?


    stay away from times square...its a tourist trap and it sucks


    good call on wo-hop.
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    Yankees/Rays before the shows and Yankees/Mets on the weekend.
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  • trevorjtrevorj Portland, Oregon Posts: 63
    YieldToNothing, what record stores would you recommend? Thanks!
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    Not sure how much time you have to kill but I've been in NYC almost 9 years now, and these things never get old to me:

    Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge
    Walk along Hudson River Park
    Hit some good restaurants, my current favourites are 15 East for sushi, Crispo for Italian and Double Crown for brunch+all you can drink DIY Bloody Marys (for $32+tax+tip)
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    Also echo Central Park.
  • YieldToNothingYieldToNothing Posts: 3,667
    trevorj wrote:
    YieldToNothing, what record stores would you recommend? Thanks!

    generation records is one of my old favorites. bleecker street records has a good selection as well.
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  • YieldToNothingYieldToNothing Posts: 3,667
    also, if you want to eat the best sushi meal of your life, go to bayside queens. you can catch a train there from penn station (right next to msg). pm me if you're interested and 'll get you the info. low key hole in the wall type spot, but really the best fish you'll ever eat. its called mickey's place.
    i have a paper here that entitles me to fast track status
  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    YieldToNothing wrote:
    trevorj wrote:
    YieldToNothing, what record stores would you recommend? Thanks!

    generation records is one of my old favorites. bleecker street records has a good selection as well.
    i second that bleecker street records idea!
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  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    Oh, and pick out the current Time Out NY (or go to timeoutny.com) to see what's going on that week. You could see if you could score Daily Show or Cobert Report tickets now, check their websites.
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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    edited March 2010
    greatest city in the world.

    my opinion... no agenda is the best agenda. there is something to do everywhere. just walk around and you will be amazed at what you stumble upon. it's not a big city... on a nice day you can just about walk anywhere you want. stroll through times square, but i wouldn't spend alot of time there. it's overpriced and over crowded. actually... avoid it. i would hit up the lower east side or village for some neighborhood bars/restaurants. you will get a more "local" feel rather than all the tourist BS that NYC can really shove down your throat. plus booze is a little cheaper.

    oh, and central park really is beautiful in the spring/summer.
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,321
    YieldToNothing wrote:
    also, if you want to eat the best sushi meal of your life, go to bayside queens. you can catch a train there from penn station (right next to msg). pm me if you're interested and 'll get you the info. low key hole in the wall type spot, but really the best fish you'll ever eat. its called mickey's place.

    I'll have to try that. I live 10 minutes away and often find myself on that part of Bell Blvd.
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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    YieldToNothing wrote:
    also, if you want to eat the best sushi meal of your life, go to bayside queens. you can catch a train there from penn station (right next to msg). pm me if you're interested and 'll get you the info. low key hole in the wall type spot, but really the best fish you'll ever eat. its called mickey's place.

    I'll have to try that. I live 10 minutes away and often find myself on that part of Bell Blvd.

    where in nyc are you X?
  • YieldToNothingYieldToNothing Posts: 3,667
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    YieldToNothing wrote:
    also, if you want to eat the best sushi meal of your life, go to bayside queens. you can catch a train there from penn station (right next to msg). pm me if you're interested and 'll get you the info. low key hole in the wall type spot, but really the best fish you'll ever eat. its called mickey's place.

    I'll have to try that. I live 10 minutes away and often find myself on that part of Bell Blvd.

    seriously go. it is the best sushi i've ever eaten in my life. i live in midtown and make the trip there at least once a week. its worth the trip. make sure to order the house special kanda roll
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,321
    singularity wrote:
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    YieldToNothing wrote:
    also, if you want to eat the best sushi meal of your life, go to bayside queens. you can catch a train there from penn station (right next to msg). pm me if you're interested and 'll get you the info. low key hole in the wall type spot, but really the best fish you'll ever eat. its called mickey's place.

    I'll have to try that. I live 10 minutes away and often find myself on that part of Bell Blvd.

    where in nyc are you X?

    Northeast Queens near the Little Neck-Douglaston area.
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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    Northeast Queens near the Little Neck-Douglaston area.

    yeah, sorry.. reread that post and overlooked that sushi place was in queens.

    SO unfamiliar with queens. forgotten borough to me.

    shouldn't you be a mets fan? ;)
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,321
    singularity wrote:
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    Northeast Queens near the Little Neck-Douglaston area.

    yeah, sorry.. reread that post and overlooked that sushi place was in queens.

    SO unfamiliar with queens. forgotten borough to me.

    shouldn't you be a mets fan? ;)

    I lean more towards the Yankees, but I don't dislike the Mets, at least not the players and friends who are fans. As for the people running that team, that's another story.
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  • PrlJam27PrlJam27 Colonia, NJ Posts: 346
    McSorley's is a must for some great beer with some cheese and crackers!!!
  • PearlybakerPearlybaker Posts: 217
    OK - Just went for a week in February - here are my suggestions:

    Magnolia Bakery - tourist trap from Sex in City but instead of getting the cupcakes like a tourist, ask for banana pudding. I made it two blocks in freezing cold before I finished it and turned around and got back in line to get another.

    Lombardi's Pizza on Spring st. (I think) - then get a canoli on Mulberry street.

    MOMA may still have the Tim Burton exhibit which is awesome as well as a number of Jackson Pollocks, Seurat, Warhol, Monet Waterlilies and Van Gogh.
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,321
    Pearlybaker wrote:
    OK - Just went for a week in February - here are my suggestions:

    Magnolia Bakery - tourist trap from Sex in City but instead of getting the cupcakes like a tourist, ask for banana pudding. I made it two blocks in freezing cold before I finished it and turned around and got back in line to get another.

    Lombardi's Pizza on Spring st. (I think) - then get a canoli on Mulberry street.

    MOMA may still have the Tim Burton exhibit which is awesome as well as a number of Jackson Pollocks, Seurat, Warhol, Monet Waterlilies and Van Gogh.

    every time I've passed Magnolia, the line is around the block and I never feel like waiting.
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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:

    I lean more towards the Yankees, but I don't dislike the Mets, at least not the players and friends who are fans. As for the people running that team, that's another story.

    yeah, i hear ya. i'm originally from north jersey... a state that doesn't even have a baseball team. the best we have is yogi's new jersey jackals. luckily, my dad had the yankees/rangers jersey on me at an early age.

    but as a matter of fact, my first baseball game was in like '86 or '87. my dad got free tickets mets tickets through work, and i got to see cone & strawberry as mets. was was young as shit, but i do remember bits of the game. and like a week later he took me to my first yankee game. don't remember much about that..... after all, it was a 1980's yankees team.
  • Paul AndrewsPaul Andrews Posts: 2,489
    Try to get in to see a taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, It is over on 11th and 52nd. I scored tickets from their website on the morning of the show. You gotta line up for a few hours, but after I did all day waiting for GA front row over here, a couple of hours was nothing. Free to attend.

    On the way back, stop off at Heng Thai (http://www.henghengnyc.com/) and have a really fast yet very good thai meal. Or stop there for lunch on the way to the show - great lunch specials. To tell the truth, I went before and after the show :)
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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    YieldToNothing wrote:
    also, if you want to eat the best sushi meal of your life, go to bayside queens. you can catch a train there from penn station (right next to msg). pm me if you're interested and 'll get you the info. low key hole in the wall type spot, but really the best fish you'll ever eat. its called mickey's place.
    That's really funny. Mickey's used to be in Forest Hills and is my mom's favorite sushi. She will now travel the 10 miles from FH to Bayside to eat sushi... This person knows the deal...
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    I like going to Washington Square and watching all the dogs in the dog play area in the park. (I don't live in NYC, but when I go, which is often as I can afford and have time, I like to just walk around different parts of the city). If you've never been into Grand Central station it is quite beautiful and worth going in.

    Bryant park has free internet.

    Candle Cafe on 75th and 3rd is a tasty vegan restaurant. Red Bamboo is overrated. Blossom is good.

    Get a day pass to the subway if you're going to be going around a lot. Its cheaper. And if you don't use the subway learn, if you want to save money. Hopstop.com is handy for figuring out subway routes, and it has an iphone app too.

    The first time I went into the city many years back I made a pilgrimage to CBGBs. While it is closed and I haven't seen what's there now, you could still go to where it was.
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  • mavimavi Posts: 941
    singularity wrote:
    my opinion... no agenda is the best agenda.
    Agreed, I'm not much into typical touristy destinations. And NYC is such an interesting, culturally rich city -side to side- it's worth just walking around. Wherever it takes you I'm sure there'll be something you won't regret seeing.
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  • PearlybakerPearlybaker Posts: 217
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    Pearlybaker wrote:
    OK - Just went for a week in February - here are my suggestions:

    Magnolia Bakery - tourist trap from Sex in City but instead of getting the cupcakes like a tourist, ask for banana pudding. I made it two blocks in freezing cold before I finished it and turned around and got back in line to get another.

    Lombardi's Pizza on Spring st. (I think) - then get a canoli on Mulberry street.

    MOMA may still have the Tim Burton exhibit which is awesome as well as a number of Jackson Pollocks, Seurat, Warhol, Monet Waterlilies and Van Gogh.

    every time I've passed Magnolia, the line is around the block and I never feel like waiting.

    Go to the one near 30 rock - it moves fast and well worth it my friend.
    "Hey, listen asshole, one more fucker throws a fuckin' quarter up here and we're outta here, I'm tellin' ya, FUCKER! What the fuck, you're blowin' it for fuckin' everybody. Hit me with a fuckin' quarter again and, fuck it, I'm outta here. We're all outta here. Fuck you, and if anyone sees someone throw fuckin' change right next to them, you have my permission to beat the fuckin' holy shit outta them."
  • mauichickmauichick Posts: 964
    Agree with alot of what's been posted and adding Shake Shack (amzn burgers,fries and shakes....Concrete Jungle!) and Grimaldi's for pizza in brooklyn after the walk over the brooklyn bridge (highly,highly recommend doing this)
    My Manhattan pizza picks are Pomodoro on Spring or Arturo's on Houston (both super yum!!) .my fav part of central park is further uptown (conservatory garden) english style and gorgeous when its in bloom

    Ferrara's for a cannoli for sure :)

    Def pick Billy's bakery (21st/9th ave) over Magnolia, but if you are a sex n city fan, do the tour...its super fun and you get a cosmo at scout

    If anyone needs help, feel free to pm...NYC is not as scary as it seems. You'll have a great time, just be aware of yr surroundings as with any big city
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  • mauichickmauichick Posts: 964
    edited March 2010
    JaneNY wrote:
    I like going to Washington Square and watching all the dogs in the dog play area in the park. (I don't live in NYC, but when I go, which is often as I can afford and have time, I like to just walk around different parts of the city). If you've never been into Grand Central station it is quite beautiful and worth going in.

    Bryant park has free internet.

    Candle Cafe on 75th and 3rd is a tasty vegan restaurant. Red Bamboo is overrated. Blossom is good.

    Get a day pass to the subway if you're going to be going around a lot. Its cheaper. And if you don't use the subway learn, if you want to save money. Hopstop.com is handy for figuring out subway routes, and it has an iphone app too.

    The first time I went into the city many years back I made a pilgrimage to CBGBs. While it is closed and I haven't seen what's there now, you could still go to where it was.

    John Varvatos store (sight of former CBGB's RIP) well worth it...high end men's str but they have a lot of vintage vinyl and cool posters...there's also a morrision hotel (rock photography gallery) next door worth cking out
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  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    The old CBGBs is now John Varvatos (cringe). To his credit, he tried to preserve the feel of it, and I think some of the original walls is still there. It's across the street from my current favourite brunch place of the moment, Double Crown (see earlier post!).

    Also echo Billy's Bakery being better than Magnolia but if you really must try Magnolia, they have a shop set up in the Grand Central foodcourt. Hardly any line everytime I've walked by. If you hit Billy's, you can continue on to Chelsea Market and just have an all out feast :)

    For chocolates, check out L.A. Burdick on 22nd St. Yum.
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