Attractions in New York City

A lot of these recs come from my experience during 2022’s Thanksgiving trip, beginning 2022-11-25.

Food

Bread and Spread in Dumbo for hole-in-the-wall sandwiches. Best roast beef sandwich I’ve ever had. Went there 2023-03-04.
Cha Cha Matcha. There’s a few locations. Incredible matcha chai; I got mine with almond milk (or oat milk?)
Kenka, a cheap (yes, actually cheap, not just by NYC standards) izakaya. You may have to wait to get in. Visited 2023-11-19. My fav budget restaurant. Vibes are immaculate and rather rowdy
Anita Gelato near Flatiron. Sooo good and I don’t typically like ice cream.
Fish Cheeks, a fancy and expensive but totally worth it Thai restaurant. Visited 2023-11-26.
NOTE TO SELF: I should figure out how to organize restaurant recs… there’s an epidemic of good restaurants in NYC and a Google Maps list is probably better than the markdown here.
From Christie: https://everythingiseverything.nyc/about/

The free weekend IKEA ferry leaving from Pier 76. I left on 4:30 on a Saturday and had the whole thing to myself and Chris plus we got to see the sunset. Great date idea or general activity near the Whitney museum area.
Whitney museum. Buy tickets in advance, the time you want may not be available last minute.
Chelsea Market
Pier 54. It’s an artificial island made of concrete spires that’s home to a concert venue / great sunset watching location.
The MoMA. If you want $10 off you can you can buy a student ticket when checking out at a kiosk, they don’t check student ID.
Bryant Park, particularly in wintertime for the holiday market
- There’s a Japanese bookstore 1 block down which is fun too.
Grand Central station’s whispering walls. There’s a spot in the first level basement level (you can walk there from the normal ramp) where you can speak straight into a wall and your friend behind you on opposite side of the room an hear you as if you’re right next to them. I took a video of this on 2023-11-10 in my camera roll.