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Superb croissants, big open windows, great coffee, free wifi. AND wine and jazz at night! All just a 3 min walk from home. UPDATE: seems they mostly do table service now, so less of a cafe hangout...
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Petite Boucherie
14 Christopher St
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Superb croissants, big open windows, great coffee, free wifi. AND wine and jazz at night! All just a 3 min walk from home. UPDATE: seems they mostly do table service now, so less of a cafe hangout...
16 fun flavors of fro yo that you serve yourself, with a big topping bar that you ALSO serve yourself. All paid by weight. Yum!
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16 Handles
153 2nd Ave
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16 fun flavors of fro yo that you serve yourself, with a big topping bar that you ALSO serve yourself. All paid by weight. Yum!
For serious ice cream people (and the artificial flavors of 16 Handles down the street), GROM is your spot. Deliciously authentic (I lived in Rome for 4 years, so I know!) gelato and Sicilian granita!
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Grom
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For serious ice cream people (and the artificial flavors of 16 Handles down the street), GROM is your spot. Deliciously authentic (I lived in Rome for 4 years, so I know!) gelato and Sicilian granita!
Perfect date spot - tiny, well lit, just the right volume music, and delicious continental food (always a great fish special, famous meatballs, fresh veggies). Tough to get in - go early or late!
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Little Owl
90 Bedford St
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Perfect date spot - tiny, well lit, just the right volume music, and delicious continental food (always a great fish special, famous meatballs, fresh veggies). Tough to get in - go early or late!
Great neighborhood spot with sidewalk (and inside) tables. Lowkey ambience, great food and fun wine flights to try.
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The Cornelia Street Cafe
Cornelia Street
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Great neighborhood spot with sidewalk (and inside) tables. Lowkey ambience, great food and fun wine flights to try.
Great Italian food and superb ambience with a great garden out back!
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Palma
28 Cornelia St
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Great Italian food and superb ambience with a great garden out back!
Excellent tacos for a meal-on-the-go right around the corner from home!
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Dos Toros Taqueria
137 4th Ave
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Excellent tacos for a meal-on-the-go right around the corner from home!
Gelato popsicles with optional, customized chocolate and nut toppings. Yum! http://www.pop-bar.com/
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Popbar
15 West 38th Street
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Gelato popsicles with optional, customized chocolate and nut toppings. Yum! http://www.pop-bar.com/
Excellent sandwiches and salads as well as the mind-blowing selection of cheeses you'd expect. Perfect for grabbing picnic food! If you want to sit down, Murray's Cheese Bar is just down Bleecker.
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Murray's Cheese Bar
28-30 Jackson Avenue
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Excellent sandwiches and salads as well as the mind-blowing selection of cheeses you'd expect. Perfect for grabbing picnic food! If you want to sit down, Murray's Cheese Bar is just down Bleecker.
DELIcious, simple food at all times of day (breakfast/brunch offerings too), fresh from their farm in upstate New York. Great selection of veggie sides when you get tired of full vacation meals!
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Westville West
210 W 10th St
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DELIcious, simple food at all times of day (breakfast/brunch offerings too), fresh from their farm in upstate New York. Great selection of veggie sides when you get tired of full vacation meals!
LPQ has become a New York staple - you'll find them almost anywhere you go in the city, and it's a great choice any time of day whether just to rest your feet and have a coffee, or full meal.
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Le Pain Quotidien
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LPQ has become a New York staple - you'll find them almost anywhere you go in the city, and it's a great choice any time of day whether just to rest your feet and have a coffee, or full meal.
Owned by the same group as The Little Owl, this spot is a little bigger and more casual, but no less delicious. Lots of clam-focused items, but not only. Also very popular - go early or late!
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The Clam
420 Hudson St
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Owned by the same group as The Little Owl, this spot is a little bigger and more casual, but no less delicious. Lots of clam-focused items, but not only. Also very popular - go early or late!
Exquisite Italian (and remember I lived in Italy for 4 years!) food in a great atmosphere. Tough to get reservations, but they save tables for walk-ins, so try your luck.
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Perla Cafe
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Exquisite Italian (and remember I lived in Italy for 4 years!) food in a great atmosphere. Tough to get reservations, but they save tables for walk-ins, so try your luck.
Excellent casual Brazilian food with delicious caiprinhas and other traditional Brazilian recipes.
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Berimbau Brazilian Kitchen
43 Carmine St
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Excellent casual Brazilian food with delicious caiprinhas and other traditional Brazilian recipes.
$1 oyster happy hour 4-7 pm! And they're excellent oysters! A full menu of other seafood (and non) treats - small, cozy, delicious.
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Mermaid Oyster Bar
89 MacDougal St
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$1 oyster happy hour 4-7 pm! And they're excellent oysters! A full menu of other seafood (and non) treats - small, cozy, delicious.
Excellent sitdown taco spot! Gets pretty scene-y (noisy, crowded) on the weekends, so if you want to avoid that, go on a weeknight or earlier (lunch or before 7:30 pm).
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Empellon Taqueria
230 West 4th Street
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Excellent sitdown taco spot! Gets pretty scene-y (noisy, crowded) on the weekends, so if you want to avoid that, go on a weeknight or earlier (lunch or before 7:30 pm).
IF cupcakes are your thing, this is your spot! The original NYC famous source for small cake-y treats.
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Magnolia Bakery
401 Bleecker St
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IF cupcakes are your thing, this is your spot! The original NYC famous source for small cake-y treats.
Excellent coffee and more in a lovely well-lit spot.
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Cafe Minerva
302 West 4th Street
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Excellent coffee and more in a lovely well-lit spot.
I don't recommend it, but if you must, Starbucks does serve a certain purpose, and it's right out front from the apartment, opens early (5:30 am) if you're jetlagged.
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Starbucks
405-409 Union Ave
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I don't recommend it, but if you must, Starbucks does serve a certain purpose, and it's right out front from the apartment, opens early (5:30 am) if you're jetlagged.
Delicious coffee (with the best almond milk option in town: Califia Farms), lovely atmosphere, curated selection of baked goods and some yummy treats cooked in house including Marmite toast..!
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Partners Coffee
125 N 6th St
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Delicious coffee (with the best almond milk option in town: Califia Farms), lovely atmosphere, curated selection of baked goods and some yummy treats cooked in house including Marmite toast..!
Great SoHo spot that just opened in the West Village!
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Jack's Wife Freda
50 Carmine St
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Great SoHo spot that just opened in the West Village!
JUST opened 4/29/15, I expect this will become THE go-to breakfast (and all day) spot in the neighborhood! Dominique is famous for Cronuts first, but they're doing some other new stuff here.
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Dominique Ansel Kitchen
137 7th Ave S
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JUST opened 4/29/15, I expect this will become THE go-to breakfast (and all day) spot in the neighborhood! Dominique is famous for Cronuts first, but they're doing some other new stuff here.
Great smoothies, acai bowls, oatmeal, and right downstairs from Barre3 and Uptown Pilates, making for a very healthy corner!
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Liquiteria
West 15th Street
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Great smoothies, acai bowls, oatmeal, and right downstairs from Barre3 and Uptown Pilates, making for a very healthy corner!
My favorite juice place of the proliferating chains in NYC. Right around the corner, and the kale salad is DElicious if you want to actually chew your lunch :)
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Juice Generation
210 Bedford Ave
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My favorite juice place of the proliferating chains in NYC. Right around the corner, and the kale salad is DElicious if you want to actually chew your lunch :)
Excellent selection of healthy salads, entrees, juices. And lovely lowkey atmosphere.
Ellary's Greens
Excellent selection of healthy salads, entrees, juices. And lovely lowkey atmosphere.
Delicious all day long, be prepared to wait, or get there right at opening for fantastic breakfast!
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Jeffrey's Grocery
172 Waverly Pl
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Delicious all day long, be prepared to wait, or get there right at opening for fantastic breakfast!

Essentials

Basic, get-anything-you-need grocery store, RIGHT below the apartment!
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Gristedes
3 Sheridan Square
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Basic, get-anything-you-need grocery store, RIGHT below the apartment!
The snazziest grocery store in the neighborhood, particularly good for prepared food for picnics or eat-at-home evenings.
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Citarella Gourmet Market - West Village
424 6th Ave
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The snazziest grocery store in the neighborhood, particularly good for prepared food for picnics or eat-at-home evenings.

Everything Else

Great Barre method studio that just opened - more info at http://www.barre3.com/locations/west-village/
63 W 8th St
63 West 8th Street
Great Barre method studio that just opened - more info at http://www.barre3.com/locations/west-village/
The Go-To cheap mani/pedi ($32) place in the city, with a location conveniently just across the street. No need to book, and they're open pretty much all the time. Enjoy!
Q Q Nails & Spa
108 7th Ave S
The Go-To cheap mani/pedi ($32) place in the city, with a location conveniently just across the street. No need to book, and they're open pretty much all the time. Enjoy!
You'll see Chinese massage places all over the city. They all look shady. Some are. Others provide really cheap, really good bodywork. This is a good one! http://www.okuyamabodywork.com/
181 West 4th Street
181 West 4th Street
You'll see Chinese massage places all over the city. They all look shady. Some are. Others provide really cheap, really good bodywork. This is a good one! http://www.okuyamabodywork.com/
Great yoga studio, with some $10 community classes.
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ISHTA Yoga
816 E 11th St
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Great yoga studio, with some $10 community classes.
Excellent instructors for reformer classes, also just a few blocks north on 6th Ave and conveniently right upstairs from Liquiteria for a healthy snack after!
Uptown Pilates West Village
404 6th Ave
Excellent instructors for reformer classes, also just a few blocks north on 6th Ave and conveniently right upstairs from Liquiteria for a healthy snack after!

Arts & Culture

Awesome standup comedy most nights of the week. You can reserve in advance without paying for your tickets - not a bad idea for popular shows (weekend evenings)! http://www.comedycellar.com/
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Comedy Cellar
117 MacDougal St
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Awesome standup comedy most nights of the week. You can reserve in advance without paying for your tickets - not a bad idea for popular shows (weekend evenings)! http://www.comedycellar.com/
THE jazz club of the world - incredible live performances in a tiny venue. Spend your minimum consumption on drinks - the food is very meh. More at www.bluenote.net/
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Blue Note
131 West 3rd Street
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THE jazz club of the world - incredible live performances in a tiny venue. Spend your minimum consumption on drinks - the food is very meh. More at www.bluenote.net/
Excellent indie film source right around the corner. Find all the latest festival winners, and often with the directors appearing live! Schedule and info at http://www.ifccenter.com/
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IFC Center
323 6th Ave
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Excellent indie film source right around the corner. Find all the latest festival winners, and often with the directors appearing live! Schedule and info at http://www.ifccenter.com/
Powerful and well done monument to one of New York's most significant events in recent history. Prepare for a long (~3 hours) and emotional visit. More at http://www.911memorial.org/
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Hồ Nam Bộ Tưởng Niệm 11/9
180 Greenwich St
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Powerful and well done monument to one of New York's most significant events in recent history. Prepare for a long (~3 hours) and emotional visit. More at http://www.911memorial.org/
Super fun way to see the city (in the summer months) and try a fun sport. It's not nearly as hard as it looks if you just follow their instructions! Details: http://newyork.trapezeschool.com/
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Trapeze School
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Super fun way to see the city (in the summer months) and try a fun sport. It's not nearly as hard as it looks if you just follow their instructions! Details: http://newyork.trapezeschool.com/

Entertainment & Activities

Awesome urban reclamation: old train tracks that are now a botanically exquisite walking path above the traffic, with local food vendors selling snacks along the way! http://www.thehighline.org/
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Công viên High Line
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Awesome urban reclamation: old train tracks that are now a botanically exquisite walking path above the traffic, with local food vendors selling snacks along the way! http://www.thehighline.org/

Drinks & Nightlife

Best views of Manhattan (and the Statue of Liberty) from this genius floating bar. Buy tix to the ferry shuttle at http://www.myc.org/Clubhouse/purchasealaunchticket, bring your own dinner, and enjoy!
Manhattan Sailing School
Essex Street
Best views of Manhattan (and the Statue of Liberty) from this genius floating bar. Buy tix to the ferry shuttle at http://www.myc.org/Clubhouse/purchasealaunchticket, bring your own dinner, and enjoy!
Corner bar in the heart of the West Village for great cocktails, people watching, oysters, and even board games. http://barsardinenyc.com/
183 W 10th St
Corner bar in the heart of the West Village for great cocktails, people watching, oysters, and even board games. http://barsardinenyc.com/
Excellent speakeasy hidden above Five Guys just across 7th Ave from the apartment. Walk all the way into the burger place, and take the stairs up to the left of the cash register. Cheers!
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The Garret
296 Bleecker St
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Excellent speakeasy hidden above Five Guys just across 7th Ave from the apartment. Walk all the way into the burger place, and take the stairs up to the left of the cash register. Cheers!
Superb cocktails in a cozy atmosphere. Full menu too if you're looking for food, but I like this place for drinks at the bar!
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Fedora
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Superb cocktails in a cozy atmosphere. Full menu too if you're looking for food, but I like this place for drinks at the bar!
Great tiny cocktail spot off the beaten track.
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The Otheroom
143 Perry St
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Great tiny cocktail spot off the beaten track.
Awesome oyster bar on a historic ship. Always massively crowded.
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Grand Banks
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Awesome oyster bar on a historic ship. Always massively crowded.

Shopping

UK designer makes great professional clothes for ladies at a reasonable price point, with great occasional sales.
Reiss Bleecker Street
309-313 Bleecker St
UK designer makes great professional clothes for ladies at a reasonable price point, with great occasional sales.
Excellent assortment of natural / organic beauty products, and now also doing facial treatments.
CAP Beauty
238 W 10th St
Excellent assortment of natural / organic beauty products, and now also doing facial treatments.