2. Ray's Candy Store
8.7
113 Avenue A (btwn E 7th St. & St. Mark's Pl.), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Alphabet City · 81 tips and reviews
Greg N: Their chocolate malts could easily be renamed liquid cocaine. Go there. Get one.
Justin Breton: An East Village institution! Great for a late night snack. I personally love the fries! 🍟 Plus, tons of sauces to choose from! #nyceats
andres barreto: Try the beignets at your own risk, they are so good you'll be hopelessly hooked
4. Harlem Shake
7.7
100 W 124th St (at Lenox Ave), New York, NY
Burger Joint · Central Harlem · 175 tips and reviews
Nia: Don't expect lettuce & tomato fixin's. All other reviews, I agree with. Love the chocolate malted shake. They've got a seasonal pumpkin cinnamon shake, now. I didn't try it due to diet.
DatDamnNatasha: Perfect for a quick get together with friends or a bite with your neighbor. Try the Cheerwine. You won't be sorry you did! :)
Jelena Pasic: Hippest place in Harlem right now
5. Dichter Pharmacy
7.6
4953 Broadway (W 207th St), New York, NY
Pharmacy · Inwood · 8 tips and reviews
Tony Martignetti: Now with ice cream, egg creams and lunch at the counter.
Rachel Figueroa Levin: Jews wandered around the desert for 40 years seeking the holy land. I wandered around Inwood for 6 years seeking a good bagel. Today Manny sold me that bagel.
Nanci Bradshaw: This is the place where they know your name.....and you can be assured Manny will answer any questions you have.....
6. Joe's Pub
9.0
425 Lafayette St (btwn Astor Pl & E 4th St), New York, NY
Music Venue · NoHo · 89 tips and reviews
SideTour: Great date space and intimate performance space. Get here early to snag one of the coveted tables.
Concert Ticket Agency: Amazing place or dinner and a show. great live acts, communal seating, food and bev minimum is $12. See incredible acts here in a small setting before they get too huge!
Time Out New York: Catch the Happy Ending Series here, it’s the best reading series with a twist. Big names are required to take a risk onstage: Jesse Ball once taught the crowd how to steal a book from B&N. Read more.
8. The Pony Bar
8.4
1444 1st Ave (at E 75th St), New York, NY
Bar · Upper East Side · 129 tips and reviews
Matt Leva: Best beer menu in the city. Today I'm drinking Other Half, Grimm, and Hill Farmstead to name a few....
Time Out New York: Twenty taps dispense craft brews (Barrier, Empire) at this 50-seat beer bar, which is decorated with a white-pine-topped tables, exposed brick and lamps made from growlers. Read more.
Brew York: The Pony heads east! $5 beers, 20 rotating craft brews on tap, 2 casks, and great food... everything you came to expect at their Hell's Kitchen location. When they ring the bell, yell "NEW BEER!"
9. Milk Bar UWS
7.8
561 Columbus Ave (at W 87th St), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Upper West Side · 113 tips and reviews
Ed Tapan: Crack pie, compost cookies and Cereal Milk anything. Love this place. The crack pie is my favorite NYC dessert.
Amber Kho-Udom: Awesome staff <333 ordered the cereal milk soft serve and tipped it over :( staff immediately said "it was already tilting anyways" and gave me a new one for free!!! Ahhh :)
Serious Eats: Whacky flavors of soft serve, sweet cake balls, and big, chewy cookies are the hallmarks of this bakery.
10. Black Iron Burger
7.8
245 W 38th St (btwn 7th & 8th Ave), New York, NY
Burger Joint · Garment District · 82 tips and reviews
Ben Young: Excellent burgers, very rich, often have specials for free fries or a pint with your burger.
Brad Garoon: The Masterpiece burger has double patties topped with Swiss cheese, carmelized onions, a fried egg, and applewood smoked bacon. It's the only burger I'm willing to eat over and over again in NYC. Read more.
Sara 🌈⚔🍾: Garlic fries are amazing! The burgers are really good, but I wish the horseradish mayo had a little more kick. They only serve beer and wine.
12. The Smith
8.5
55 3rd Ave (btwn E 10th & E 11th St), New York, NY
American Restaurant · East Village · 518 tips and reviews
How To Make It In America: One-size-fits-all kind of place that's open early and late. A varied American menu with something for everyone, a hopping bar, plenty of tables in a buzzy room and a photo booth in the basement.
Peter Barko: Check out the peephole downstairs showing black and white porn
naveen: go downstairs with two others. get into the photobooth. and do photobooth things.
13. Beer Authority NYC
7.5
300 W 40th St (at 8th Ave), New York, NY
Bar · Garment District · 169 tips and reviews
Willem Ockhuysen: Nice roof top. Amazing beer selection!
Brew York: The long-awaited sister bar of Rattle-N-Hum is a godsend to Port Authority commuters. And with 80 beers on tap, a booming space, and a well-crafted food menu, you might actually WANT to go to Midtown.
marianne myers: Good beer. Horrible music for this concept. Top 40 is not acceptable for a beer bar. One and done.