Going to be in NYC for a couple days in January for work. Never been before, any suggestions on what do to? I was thinking of going to Katz, but I just had Tat's in Seattle a few minutes ago and can't imagine any better pastrami than that.

Really?
What is there NOT to do in NYC except carry a gun...
There's EVERY food from a around the world
Freedom tower 9/11 memorial/museam broadway
greenwich village
south street seaport
Bars, night clubs. rockafeller center. the upper west side
Wall Street mid town uptown and downtown.
The subways
The Tram car over the east river.
PIZZA Harlem
Other than that, I'm got nothing

Here's a couple of my favorite places:

Becco Restaurant
https://becco-nyc.com/

Intrepid Air & Space Museum
https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/

Chinatown. Indian food on 6th street. Swedenborg Church.

Go see a play on Broadway, Hamilton if you can get tickets: or some other broadway show..

https://hamiltonmusical.com/new-york/

Katz Deli maybe they are better than Tat's ya gotta try it to know for sure.

https://www.katzsdelicatessen.com/

Hit a Museum

https://www.timeout.com/newyor...tions/museums-in-nyc

Go to the top of the Empire State Building

Statue of LIberty/Ellis Island

Carnegie Hall, you'll need to practice first

Smith and Wollensky Steak House.

https://www.smithandwollensky.com/

Go to McSorleys oldest operating pub in the city since 1854

https://mcsorleysoldalehouse.nyc/

Canal Street then Little Italy

The cluster of Indian restaurants on E6th street has largely broken up. Still plenty of good Indian around, and some still there. But not the destination it once was.

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Originally posted by mr kablammo:
Chinatown. Indian food on 6th street. Swedenborg Church.

If you like fried chicken, even a little, then you owe it to yourself to go to this place...

http://sylviasrestaurant.com/

I had seen it on a Buzzfeed video and we went there while checking out schools this summer and it was incredible!

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Originally posted by matai:

I was thinking of going to Katz, but I just had Tat's in Seattle a few minutes ago and can't imagine any better pastrami than that.

You can never have too much pastrami.

There is a story about a customer who was served by a Chinese waiter, who took the customer's order in fluent Yiddish.

The surprised customer mentioned this to Sam Katz, asking where they found a Chinese waiter who spoke Yiddish.

"Shhh," said Sam Katz. "He thinks we're teaching him English."

Cower in your hotel room because you can't go around armed?

flashguy

DON'T play 3 card monty with street bums.

I spent a week there last summer and I had a blast. Of course did all the tourist stops still worth it.

If you have the time and able to find the tickets "Book of Mormon" is worth it. I am sure that there are plenty of delis but Katz is worth a visit. I ate there twice. I was by myself and was lucky to get a table at Peter Luger's at the last minute.

Eat, drink, rinse and repeat..a lot.

This is a good tool to start your food search. There's very few places in the world that can rival NYC for food variety. Reservations are a must for restaurants regardless of where you're going...it's a city of 8-million. Catch up and watch any of Anthony Bourdain's show on NYC (No Res, Layover, Destination..) for some more ideas.

Break your visit down into neighborhoods/day so you're not running around all over the place, the subway system works, use it. If you normally carry a clip knife, keep it buried in your pocket, NYPD isn't friendly to personal defense, if they spot the clip on your pocket, it'll become an issue. Carrying a EDC light is a good alternative. Hot spots like Statue of Liberty, Empire State Bldg will have metal detectors to pass through so, carry wisely.

IF you visit Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island, start early in the morning and knock-it out before the crowds get super thick; lots of school field trips. You can visit the 9/11 memorial afterwards or, visit it along with Wall St area. The National Park System has a large system of sites and locations to visit. The Highline is worthwhile, a nice getaway from the hustle n'bustle below. Times Square I avoid, for first timers I recommend a quick hot-lap to say you've been there...you'll see/come across more examples of impressionable humans than you ever thought existed. Natural History Museum is one of the finest in the world, The Met and Guggenheim are also very worth while.

Museum of Natural History. That'll take 4-5 hours if you look at everything...

The best thing we did was go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I could spend an entire day there.

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Originally posted by two-two-niner-romeo:
Here's a couple of my favorite places:

Becco Restaurant
https://becco-nyc.com/

Intrepid Air & Space Museum
https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/

I just visited the Intrepid. Excellent.

You could check out V-Tail's birth place.

Develop an exit strategy.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
DON'T play 3 card monty with street bums.

OMG that is sooooooo 1980's!

Lombardi's. Oldest pizza in NYC.
https://www.firstpizza.com

The Ear Inn, also on Spring Street.
http://www.earinn.com

Go to Chinatown and find a place. If it's full of Chinese it's good.

Like Sushi? Sharaku in the east village.
http://www.thesushilegend.com/s

Italian? Carmine's on the upper west side. Bring friends.
http://www.thesushilegend.com/s

Any questions hut me up, I'm a native.

If your bored out of your mind take train to South Ferry and take the ferry to Staten Island and back.

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Intrepid Air & Space Museum

Defiantly but that will kill the better part of a day.

I always left the Broadway shows to my wife and friends. But you can

Try here to get some big discounts off a last minute show.

https://www.tdf.org/nyc/7/TKTS-ticket-booths

Every Christmas I'd meet my wife in the city for one of my rare outings. This was always a must. It has recently reopened.

https://faoschwarz.com/