This is where I am housing my updated list of things of interest to people visiting me in NYC.
Purely Tourism
Culture/Art
Socrates Sculpture Park
Bushwick wall art
Great Views
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
Walk down Joralemon Street to Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn
Prospect Park
Local Flavor
Smorgasburg
Food
Urbanspace Vanderbilt
Korzo – famous breaded burgers
Bar/Entertainment
Grand Central’s Campbell Apartment (closed but reopened again?)
Marie’s Crisis
Craft Beer
Some interesting places by neighborhood
Park Slope
The double Windsor
The owl farm (Beer)
Korzo
Cafe Steinhof
American Cheez (Dive bar)
Freddy’s (south slope, dive)
Talde (park slope) – Asian fusian
Greenwood Park (outdoor bar)
Gowanus
Other half brewing
Threes brewing
Strong Rope Brewery
Pig Beach (fun outdoor bar)
The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club
Greenpoint
Sunshine Laundromat & Pinball
Torst (Good craft beer)
Williamsburg
Zona Rosa (Mexican)
Cheeseboat (Cheese Boats)
Santos Anne (rustic mexican)
Caracas Arepa Bar (Venezuelan)
Barcade (arcade bar)
Full Circle Bar (skeeball bar)
Brooklyn Bowl (Bowling plus live music venue)
Bushwick
Roberta’s (argued to be one of the best pizza places)
Heavy Woods (New Orleans style dishes)
The Sampler Bushwick (good beer selection)
Arrogant Swine (BBQ plus whisky cocktails)
Fort Greene
Madiba (South African food)
Prospect Heights/Crown Heights
Gladys (Caribbean)
Upper East Side
The Auction House (lounge)
Chelsea
Gallow Green Rooftop bar
Chelsea Market
Highline
Long Island City (LIC)
M. Wells Dinette at MOMA PS1 (Only open certain days during lunch)
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Loopy Doopy Bar at Conrad Hotel |