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I'm so upset
So L'Industrie pizza happened to open their west village location right next to Talea and it's a convenient place to eat some pizza
I understand requiring everyone in the party to buy a drink and pay 20% gratuity when food is brought in... but then, the staff were obnoxious pricks about clean up and an employee even shouted at someone in my group, literally chasing them down the block to scold them on how to properly throw out pizza boxes
Honestly never cared for their beer, but that interaction was a huge buzzkill to where if I'm ever bringing pizza into that location again, I'm making absolutely sure no one in my party orders their beer - on the plus side, they also serve mixed drinks
I understand requiring everyone in the party to buy a drink and pay 20% gratuity when food is brought in... but then, the staff were obnoxious pricks about clean up and an employee even shouted at someone in my group, literally chasing them down the block to scold them on how to properly throw out pizza boxes
Honestly never cared for their beer, but that interaction was a huge buzzkill to where if I'm ever bringing pizza into that location again, I'm making absolutely sure no one in my party orders their beer - on the plus side, they also serve mixed drinks
How was it? I understand booking far out, I don’t think the locals understand how expensive hotels have gotten.Hello, sorry for the extremely last-minute-ness of this, but I’ll be in NYC this Friday night through midday next Tuesday (April 4–8). I’ve already got too many landmarks pinned to see, and I thiiink I have a decent list of beer places that I’ve mainly drawn from searching this thread, but I could use some recommendations:
Lastly, other than doing one of the observation decks on Monday (since it’s currently looking like that’s the least rainy day), my scheduling is pretty wide open at the moment, so if anybody wants to grab a drink somewhere, shoot me a DM.
- Cocktail bars, especially for spirit-driven drinks (I’m a bijou/negroni/old fashioned/manhattan/etc. kind of person – I generally don’t prefer fruity or sour cocktails). Bonus points if it’s easy to get a seat at the bar, extra bonus points if it’s quiet, extra extra bonus points if it’s close to my AirBnB in Queens (first item on the maps below).
- Food. As you can see I already have a few Taiwanese and regional Chinese places scoped out (I also have Dame on there but I’ve already missed the reservation window). My rule of thumb when traveling is to try to get food I can’t easily get in San Diego. I’d also be curious if anybody has recs/anti-recs about any of the NY restaurants on this list.
It was great! I didn’t end up going north of Central Park or west to Hoboken (the latter because the cloud ceiling was very low the entire time so I wasn’t really going to get any good skyline photos anyway), but otherwise did most of the things I set out to do. The AirBnB was no problem – my host has been on AirBnB for 12 years and is a Superhost, and all the busses ran on schedule for me, even after midnight, so I always got home from Manhattan or Brooklyn within an hour. By far the most time-consuming transit part of my trip was… getting from the San Diego airport back to my house (1 hour and 45 minutes).
Shout out to the NY Transit Museum in particular – transit museums are already a thing I’m always inclined to do, but I had no idea all the old advertisements would be there, which I absolutely loved. My dad is an old hat graphic designer – like had a drafting table and can still do hand-lettering etc. – so I sent him a bunch of photos from there.
For eating and drinking, I think this is all the places I hit: Yozi (for duck blood soup) at New World Mall, Cello’s, Pastrami Queen, Lou Yau Kee (Hainanese chicken rice), Brooklyn Homeslice, Scarr’s, Dame (spendy but incredible food – I was totaly skeptical of the fish & chips and it blew me away with how flakey the fish was), L’Industrie Pizza, McSorley’s, Mace, Beer Witch, Wild East, Attaboy, Threes Greenpoint and Gowanus, Grimm, Covenhoven with Nathan, Gold Star, Hops Hill, and Maison Premiere.
I love McSorley’s!
Taking my son to NYC for the fist time at the end of the month.
Looking for recommendation of the best pizza place to hit up in NYC. Going to see the following places so I will be bouncing around.
World Trade Center memorial
Central park
Rockefeller center
Empire State building
Times Square.
Other touristy things I can think of.
What do all you fine people recommend.
Looking for recommendation of the best pizza place to hit up in NYC. Going to see the following places so I will be bouncing around.
World Trade Center memorial
Central park
Rockefeller center
Empire State building
Times Square.
Other touristy things I can think of.
What do all you fine people recommend.
Since it looks like you're not planning on leaving Manhattan, I would say Scarr's for pizza. If you go to Williamsburg though, go to L'industrie.
L'Industrie also has the location next to Talea in the West Village, although I doubt you'd wanna stand on line.
Also yes to Scarr's.
Joe's is still right up there for your slice
of foldable pizza nostalgia, as is Pizza Suprema up near the Garden (since you'll be in Midtown) though I haven't been there in a long time.
Also yes to Scarr's.
Joe's is still right up there for your slice
of foldable pizza nostalgia, as is Pizza Suprema up near the Garden (since you'll be in Midtown) though I haven't been there in a long time.unfortunately, a lot of the most well known slice shops aren't in the most touristy areas. There's a Joe's Pizza near Rockefeller Center and WTC. I haven't been to either location but all the other branches have been basically as good as the original. I would have no problem eating Joe's Pizza at multiple places, multiple times a day. NY Pizza Suprema on 8th, as stabby mentioned, is still good, a little dingy but very quintessential NY pizza place. Close to MSG, the big Post Office, etc. Mama's TOO, like L'Industrie, opened a West Village location. They're known for their squares but everything is good. They and L'Ind can have serious lines (I think L'Ind is usually a longer wait). Places like Scarr's and Jonny's and Cello are all really good but not near anything touristy.
There's a newish place I've not been to called My Pie Pizzeria Romano near the SE corner of Central Park. If you go to the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge, there's L&B Spumoni Gardens there now and that's the best square slice in the world. The waterfront and Brooklyn Bridge Park are great when the weather is nice, with great views of the bridges and the skyline.
Also, Little Island and the High Line are cool spots as well to check out.
in that case, ignore everything we've said. but seriously, places like Joe's will probably have lines unless you go off peak. They move fast though. Otherwise just check google reviews of pizza places you see as you go. There's plenty of solid slice shops that none of us have ever heard of. Or ask someone who looks like they might know. For instance, if you see a guy named Mario in overalls, that's a good person to ask.
I’ll probably go for a mid afternoon slice. I will try and get Scarr’s. If lines are crazy no big deal. I’ll pivot and figure something else out.
Scarr's on a weekday afternoon should be fine. If you have to pivot, you could go to Chinatown and get dumplings or rice rolls, etc.
I got a slice at Joe's near Union Sq on a Sat afternoon and didn't wait. There is hope.
I also like Cello's. sameasiteverwas have you been to the new L&B? It just seems so weird to me.
Also fine I'll ask R1pps, is your son also a Jets fan?
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Cellos
Rubirosa
Lucia pizza
Grand street pizza
(For best pizza my vote is Brooklyn - Luigi’s, F&F, L’industrie)
Pisillo Italian panini is a good option for a giant sandwich near WTC. Bring cash
Los tacos no. 1 (there’s one near times sq)
From lucie for a chocolate chip cookie
The Morgan library was cool for another non food option
Chinatown would be cool. That may be an option.
He is not a Jets fan,He is a 49ers fan.