Park Slope, Brooklyn

Really good modern Mexican food. Has bomb margaritas!

Park Slope, Brooklyn

Latin food and really good, strong drinks. Owned by the same owner of Miti Miti & right across the street from it.

Financial District, Manhattan

My favorite bagels I ate while I was in NYC. Get a bacon, egg & cheese on a toasted everything bagel.

Several Locations (just google which is closest)

Huuuge pizza slices with really thick crust.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn | East Village, Manhattan

This is probably my favorite restaurant that I went to in NYC. They have Venezuelan food with, of course, arepas, but also offer other Venezuelan foods as well. The East Village location is really small and not well-suited for large groups, but fine for a couple of people.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn | Lower East Side, Manhattan | Queens (several locations)

They’re best known for their chicken & waffles, which is a typical southern American food, but have really good food in general.

Two locations in Brooklyn

A food market that takes place on weekends. On Saturdays it’s in Williamsburg and on Sundays it’s in Prospect Park. The Prospect Park location closes for the season September 1st so the Williamsburg one will be the only option after then. The Williamsburg one has a good view of Manhattan though!

Two locations in Brooklyn

A food market that takes place on weekends. On Saturdays it’s in Williamsburg and on Sundays it’s in Prospect Park. The Prospect Park location closes for the season September 1st so the Williamsburg one will be the only option after then. The Williamsburg one has a good view of Manhattan though!

Midtown East, Manhattan

A nightclub in  that my friends saw in Sex & the City so we decided to go and it ended up being our go-to club. Tickets are usually $30 and drinks are expensive so drink before! Dress decently, we used to go in heels. They oftentimes have live DJs so check which DJ they’ll have on their website.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

This was my friend’s and my favorite bar in NYC. It has a dance floor, indoor bar area, outdoor bar area and even a taco truck! The tacos are delicious and the place is really good for meeting new people.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

This is a pretty bizarre place. They have acrobats swinging on the walls and cabaret performances. It’s pretty popular so make sure to buy tickets before going. I think the music changes depending on the evening, but when my friends and I went they played techno.

Noho, Manhattan

A salsa dancing club that my friends and I really loved going to. The crowd is a bit older and we oftentimes ended up dancing with older dudes, but had fun nonetheless haha.

Crocodile Lounge

Peter Cooper Village, Manhattan (Now Alligator Lounge?)

This places gives out a free, personal-sized pizza with every drink you buy. The pizza crust is really thin so it’s not super filling, but if you order two drinks and have two pizzas then you have yourself a meal for the night! Good vibes with non-pretentious people.

East Village, Manhattan

By day it’s a barber, by night a bar. You walk through the barber shop and there is a “secret” door you enter to go into the bar. It’s small and gets pretty cramped. Lower East Side is also a fun area in Manhattan to go out to in general. I can’t remember a specific place we’d go to there, but if they want to check out a few bars in one night this is a good area to go to.

Greenwich Village, Manhattan

My friends used to go here a lot for comedy shows and sometimes they have surprise guests which can be pretty famous, like Aziz Ansari or Hasan Minhaj (at least famous in the US, don’t know if your friends know them haha). Check their website for show times and lineups.

**THE MOTH THIS IS JUST ONE LOCATION ON WEBSITE**

Various Locations

This was one of my favorite things that I did in the city. It’s live, impromptu storytelling shows. There is a theme of each night, i.e. “balance” or “cheating,” and people from the audience submit a ballot if they want to go up on stage to share a personal story related to that theme. If they get chosen, they go up on stage, share their story and then get scored on how good their storytelling was by three random audience members. The winner of the night goes on to another “Grand Slam” where they have to compete with other winners for best storytelling. The best stories even go on their podcast.