Best-Kept Secrets in NY?
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don't know if this is much of a secret,
but when entertaining visitors around christmas time, ALWAYS go here:
Rolf's French Bavarian Brasserie
281 3rd Ave
New York, NY 10010-5501
Phone: (347) 394-7000
if you don't know, then don't look it up. just show up on dec. 10th or whatever for some drinks... pretty cool stuff!
but when entertaining visitors around christmas time, ALWAYS go here:
Rolf's French Bavarian Brasserie
281 3rd Ave
New York, NY 10010-5501
Phone: (347) 394-7000
if you don't know, then don't look it up. just show up on dec. 10th or whatever for some drinks... pretty cool stuff!
http://www.freenyc.net/
Tonight it led me to a party sponsored by Belvedere vodka. Free cocktails, some sort of new pre-mixed vodka drink they're debuting (40% alcohol!), free burgers (meat and veggie) and corndogs. There was also a live band. When I left, there was a line of two dozen+ people security was trying to keep back.
Tonight it led me to a party sponsored by Belvedere vodka. Free cocktails, some sort of new pre-mixed vodka drink they're debuting (40% alcohol!), free burgers (meat and veggie) and corndogs. There was also a live band. When I left, there was a line of two dozen+ people security was trying to keep back.
I want to throw the NY Masonic Lodge (23rd & 6) out there as my Best Kept Secret. Free tours every day, 11 to 3, of the most ornate buildings in NYC. You get to see all the Lodge rooms, ask all the questions you want about a secret society, and scope out rooms that you can rent out for major parties and stuff. You can bring a date.
Speak easies. There's one I enjoyed on Norfolk (find the sign that says "Lower East Side Toy Company" then head down the scary alley way) called the Back Room. There's another in the East Village that I actually don't feel right in mentioning as it was told to me in secret and I have yet to go there myself.
Also, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Yeah I know people know about it but I know few people who have actually gone to it. I recommend going in early May to see the Cherry Blossoms in full bloom.
Also, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Yeah I know people know about it but I know few people who have actually gone to it. I recommend going in early May to see the Cherry Blossoms in full bloom.
These secrets are just barely more secretive then the beer gardens but anyway....
Di Fara's - Best pizza in the city at Ave J off the Q train. There is only one cook who is very old but as you wait in the hour line watch the main pizza-maker perform his very very slow moving art-form. Don't go if you don't have an hour+ to stand waiting even if there are only three people in front of you, but go soon, cause Dom may not be with us much longer.
Russian Baths (E 10th btw 1st & 2nd) - The best $35 you can spend to get rid of a hangover or on-coming sickness. The four different rooms of heating along with the ice-cold pool this is a weird expeince that you can't find this side of Budpest. (That all said its pricey and I am sure native Brooklyners know of cheaper less tourist various of this out in the likes of Brigton Beach)
Di Fara's - Best pizza in the city at Ave J off the Q train. There is only one cook who is very old but as you wait in the hour line watch the main pizza-maker perform his very very slow moving art-form. Don't go if you don't have an hour+ to stand waiting even if there are only three people in front of you, but go soon, cause Dom may not be with us much longer.
Russian Baths (E 10th btw 1st & 2nd) - The best $35 you can spend to get rid of a hangover or on-coming sickness. The four different rooms of heating along with the ice-cold pool this is a weird expeince that you can't find this side of Budpest. (That all said its pricey and I am sure native Brooklyners know of cheaper less tourist various of this out in the likes of Brigton Beach)
I love the beergardens... but these days you've gotta show up at 2PM or you're waiting on line. Also, they'll throw a cover charge in there every once in a while.
Anyway, if the establishment in question has been put into a video game (Steinway Beer Gardens/GTA IV,) then i don't think you can consider it a secret anymore.
Theres a beergarden in Forest Hills that is kind of nice... i think its next to a really nice twin movie theater thats also pretty cool.
Cherry Valley Deli in whitestone, queens has amazing chicken cutlet sandwiches 24 hours a day. the beast: chicken cutlets, swiss cheese, bacon, and onion rings on toasted garlic bread with hot sauce and gravy. if you go at 3AM, there is a 100% chance you will see "Long Island Guidos."
And finally, this isn't a secret really, but if you haven't gone to the Lemon Ice King of Corona yet, please be sure to get there before the summer is over.
Thank you.
Anyway, if the establishment in question has been put into a video game (Steinway Beer Gardens/GTA IV,) then i don't think you can consider it a secret anymore.
Theres a beergarden in Forest Hills that is kind of nice... i think its next to a really nice twin movie theater thats also pretty cool.
Cherry Valley Deli in whitestone, queens has amazing chicken cutlet sandwiches 24 hours a day. the beast: chicken cutlets, swiss cheese, bacon, and onion rings on toasted garlic bread with hot sauce and gravy. if you go at 3AM, there is a 100% chance you will see "Long Island Guidos."
And finally, this isn't a secret really, but if you haven't gone to the Lemon Ice King of Corona yet, please be sure to get there before the summer is over.
Thank you.
a few things I like:
Essex Street produce market (right before Delancey Street)
Orchard Corset (maybe not the secret you were looking for)
De Robertis pastry shop (not exactly a secret but far better than rat-dwelling Veneiros across the street, and much less crowded. Get your espresso and ices there, they are fantastic.)
Essex Street produce market (right before Delancey Street)
Orchard Corset (maybe not the secret you were looking for)
De Robertis pastry shop (not exactly a secret but far better than rat-dwelling Veneiros across the street, and much less crowded. Get your espresso and ices there, they are fantastic.)
