Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
affordable luxury - probably nothing new to French guests but his kouign amann are good - I don't like the cronuts.
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Dominique Ansel Bakery
189 Spring Staffordable luxury - probably nothing new to French guests but his kouign amann are good - I don't like the cronuts.
John's of Times Square
260 West 44th Streetamazing
Manna House Bakery Inc
125 Mott Stgood roast pork buns which should be ready by 7am
Ho Won Bake
146 Hester St good egg tarts and good coffee
bread dough is yeastier than regular Asian bread
They close at 10pm. The menu is on the middle shelf of the black bookcase by the spiral staircase. Everything is good eg Pho, Pork Chop and Rice, Beef Rolls and Rice - recommended by someone who has eaten in Chinatown everyday for decades and has everything on their menu.
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Pasteur Grill and Noodles
85 Baxter StreetThey close at 10pm. The menu is on the middle shelf of the black bookcase by the spiral staircase. Everything is good eg Pho, Pork Chop and Rice, Beef Rolls and Rice - recommended by someone who has eaten in Chinatown everyday for decades and has everything on their menu.
Maybe not as ready in the early AM as Ho Won and Manna House but my family members seem to like them.
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Fay Da Bakery
83 Mott StMaybe not as ready in the early AM as Ho Won and Manna House but my family members seem to like them.
On the corner of LUdlow and Houston with lots of fancy retail around it most notably the Whole Foods supermarket on Bowery and Houston. The corned beef IS very flavorful and even better cut into hunks over white rice with gravy like Geng Seng on Pell Street used to sell on Fridays But if you mind fattiness - just a little - then pay a dollar more for the pastrami. One sandwich is enough for two people at $21 but it is also enough to split into six sandwiches if you bring it home and use steamed chinese coin purse buns from the Chinese supermarket (i prefer dung dung i..e. winter brand - just pick the bag with the same character twice). Also use cole slaw instead of a condiment in the sandw
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Katz's Delicatessen
205 E Houston StOn the corner of LUdlow and Houston with lots of fancy retail around it most notably the Whole Foods supermarket on Bowery and Houston. The corned beef IS very flavorful and even better cut into hunks over white rice with gravy like Geng Seng on Pell Street used to sell on Fridays But if you mind fattiness - just a little - then pay a dollar more for the pastrami. One sandwich is enough for two people at $21 but it is also enough to split into six sandwiches if you bring it home and use steamed chinese coin purse buns from the Chinese supermarket (i prefer dung dung i..e. winter brand - just pick the bag with the same character twice). Also use cole slaw instead of a condiment in the sandw
very old school with a courthouse crowd for lunch and the bar stays open until 2am
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Forlini's
93 Baxter Stvery old school with a courthouse crowd for lunch and the bar stays open until 2am
Sadly no longer at its original 80 Thompson Street location for which the Thompson chocolate which I think is the best one.
Kee's Chocolates
452 5th AveSadly no longer at its original 80 Thompson Street location for which the Thompson chocolate which I think is the best one.
Shopping
bibigo beef broth - not as wonderful as the restaurant stuff but decent and affordable and somwhat satisfying.
Chicken Ginseng Soup frozen is occasionally on sale for $8 otherwise who could afford it.
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H Mart
38 W 32nd Stbibigo beef broth - not as wonderful as the restaurant stuff but decent and affordable and somwhat satisfying.
Chicken Ginseng Soup frozen is occasionally on sale for $8 otherwise who could afford it.
affordable and has the staples for more affordable DIY restaurant food - Wu's rice cakes, Made in Henan vegetable dumplings, pho noodles, affordable baby portabello mushrooms, etc.
Good Fortune Supermarket Group
58-51 Maspeth Aveaffordable and has the staples for more affordable DIY restaurant food - Wu's rice cakes, Made in Henan vegetable dumplings, pho noodles, affordable baby portabello mushrooms, etc.
very thinly sliced prosciutto, very fresh. Italian Americans travel from other states to shop here. Take a picture of the Veterans plaque on the Mott Street side of the store.
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Di Palo's
200 Grand Stvery thinly sliced prosciutto, very fresh. Italian Americans travel from other states to shop here. Take a picture of the Veterans plaque on the Mott Street side of the store.
very crowded and seemingly third world - veggie leaves were everywhere when I was there but they have the Chinese supermarket staples that can be had more peacefully in Queens Chinese supermarkets.
128 Mott St
128 Mott Streetvery crowded and seemingly third world - veggie leaves were everywhere when I was there but they have the Chinese supermarket staples that can be had more peacefully in Queens Chinese supermarkets.
The best way to buy groceries for Manhattan is actually the cleaner calmer supermarkets in working places like College Point Queens. Also the store brand oat and quinoa breakfast bars are pretty good.
Stop & Shop
3106 Farrington StThe best way to buy groceries for Manhattan is actually the cleaner calmer supermarkets in working places like College Point Queens. Also the store brand oat and quinoa breakfast bars are pretty good.
Drinks & Nightlife
Irving Plaza
17 Irving Pl not a bar but a music venue
Essentials
Chinatown Health Clinic Foundation
268 Canal Stsame day appointment on busy saturday for tetanus shot
lent me their scissors in a blizzard and they rent boxes to take your mail and packages so you can have an official address that is not the building where you live
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The UPS Store
217 Centre Stlent me their scissors in a blizzard and they rent boxes to take your mail and packages so you can have an official address that is not the building where you live
pharmacy with a copy machine and household essentials and also the "Front Desk" that signs for UPS packages for our building - they held a bulky headboard for us for a few days when we didn't realize where the UPS delivery had gone
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Chinatown Pharmacy Corp
111 Mott Stpharmacy with a copy machine and household essentials and also the "Front Desk" that signs for UPS packages for our building - they held a bulky headboard for us for a few days when we didn't realize where the UPS delivery had gone
6 Doyers St
6 Doyers StreetChinatown Station Post Office an easier walk than Canal Street Station
Ming Fay Book Store
Sightseeing
One World Trade Center
285 Fulton StGetting Around
Confucius Plaza
17 Bowerythe van to Flushing Queens
for the same price as subway fare, this is an easier no transfer way to get to Flushing's Chinatown
chinatown bus stop
129 Boweryfor the same price as subway fare, this is an easier no transfer way to get to Flushing's Chinatown
Arts & Culture
a shoutout to a good guest with a cool job i.e. Park Ranger for United States Parks
Trivia: "The Institute was able to secure a $35,000 per month lease at 168 Canal Street. Apparently all of the remaining tenants will be making the journey to Chinatown. Just across the Bowery. It’s a five-year lease, and the A.J. Muste Institute is still looking to buy new headquarters."
A.J. Muste Memorial Institute
217 Centre Sta shoutout to a good guest with a cool job i.e. Park Ranger for United States Parks
Trivia: "The Institute was able to secure a $35,000 per month lease at 168 Canal Street. Apparently all of the remaining tenants will be making the journey to Chinatown. Just across the Bowery. It’s a five-year lease, and the A.J. Muste Institute is still looking to buy new headquarters."