New
York CITY
This is such an amazing, incredible, filthy, yet somehow wonderful, clusterfuck of a city. Some see it as the center of the world, and once your plane lands, you know exactly why. Everything you could ever want to do, and anyone you could ever want to meet is right here, you just have to find them...
Cheapest Bar to get blasted = Continental (4th and St. Marks [8th St])
Best club in the Lower East Side = Hotel Chantel
Most fun summer happy hour in Soho = Sweet & Vicious
Best/cheapest/most authentic Korean Food = Flushing, NY
Best park to run = Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Best/down to earth summertime rooftop = Berry Park, Brooklyn
Best happy hour caiparinha = 10 Degrees
Best Eggs Benedict of all time = Yuca Bar (East Village)
Best place to ride bikes = Governor's Island
Best place to catch early morning soccer = Banter Bar, Brooklyn
Best empanadas = Empanada Mama (L.E.S & Queens)
Best burlesque/variety show = Slipper Room
Best Pizza = Artichoke, Joe's, Prince Street, Tony's (Bushwick), etc. (this is a constant debate)
Best place for a walk if nothing to do = Highline (Meatpacking/Chelsea)
Best place to grab french fries = Pomme Frites
Best impromptu pop up event = The Met Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Moma Astoria summer weekend nights (NY museums basically convert to fancy night clubs during summer nights)
There is honestly SO MUCH to do here, so many places to go, and so much to see, that it's almost an injustice to do a typical TOP 5 of places to go. At one point, every member of the International Slayers Club has called this magical place home, and have all lived our own unique experience, so we'd most certainly all have different suggestions. We are going to try our hardest to make good, fun, affordable suggestions, which as you know if you've been here for any amount of time is possible, yet requires a bit of effort. So here it goes...