Frommer's irreverent guide to Manhattan

320 Pages·2006·15.677 MB·English

by  Quarles, Karen;Wolff, Ethan

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other titles in the
IRREVERENT GUIDE
series
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Irreverent Los Angeles
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Irreverent Paris
Irreverent Rome
Irreverent San Francisco
Irreverent Seattle & Portland
Irreverent Vancouver
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Irreverent Washington, D.C.
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About the Author
Ethan Wolffis a native New Yorker (born and raised in Virginia,but that was a geo-
graphic anomaly).When not being irreverent,Ethan enjoys being cheap.Frommer’s
NYC Free & Dirt Cheaphas all the details.
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to Anna Sandler and Evelyn Grollman for all their hard work,and to
Cate Latting for her stellar editing.
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C O N T E N T S
INTRODUCTION 1
Maps
Map 1 Manhattan Neighborhoods 5
YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW 6
Where to find the best New York panorama (6) • How to get the best
view ofGround Zero (7) • How to stay out oftrouble (8) • How to
walk the walk (9) • How to talk the talk (9) • How to get around
underground (9) • How to drive around town (11) • How to do
lunch at an expensive restaurant and still have enough left over for
dinner (11) • How to flag a taxi (11) • Where to smoke (12) •
Where to find the facilities (12)
1 ACCOMMODATIONS 14
Basic Stuff 16
Winning the Reservations Game 16
Is There a Right Address? 17
The Lowdown 18
What’s New (18) • Places to misbehave (19) • For culture vultures
(19) • Deal Breakers (20)• Art attack (20) • New York’s Celluloid
Alter-Ego (21) • So very literary (21) • Luscious love nests (21) •
For stargazing (22) • Such Indexision (22)• Broadway bound (22) •
Money talks (23) • It’s a small world (23) • Location,location,
location (24) • Drop-dead decor (24) • For shopoholics (24) • For the
body beautiful (25) • Suite deals (25) • Taking care ofbusiness (26) •
Family values (26) • Money’s too tight to mention (26) • Ringing in
the new year (27) • Try these when there’s no room (27)
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Maps
Map 2 Manhattan Accommodations Orientation 28
Map 3 Downtown Accommodations 29
Map 4 Midtown,Chelsea,the Flatiron District & Gramercy Park
Accommodations 30
Map 5 Uptown Accommodations 32
The Index 34
An A to Z list ofplaces to stay,with vital statistics
2 DINING 48
Basic Stuff 50
What Will It Cost? 50
Tipping 51
Getting the Right Table 51
When to Eat & How to Dress 51
Where the Chefs Are 52
The Lowdown 52
TriBeCa hot spots that won’t cool down (52) • Where’s the beef,yo?
(53) • Something fishy (54) • Bangs for Your Buck (54)• Vegging
out (55) • Young Americans (55) • Morning Grub (56)• Americans
feeling their hautes (57) • Le top-of-the-line French (58) • Ciao down
with chic Italian (58) • The Lowdown on Little Italy (59)• Hipster
Italian (59) • Italian when papa’s paying (60) • Like a big pizza pie
(60) • China chic (61) • In Chinatown,Jake (61) • Pots and pan-
Asians (62) • Cone Heads (63)• Sushi queue (63) • Cooking to a salsa
beat (64) • South ofthe border (64) • Mediterraneo (65) • Home/
style (65) • Good for the soul (66) • The Caffeine Scene (66)• We
never close (67) • New York classics (68) • Out in the open air (68) •
Hello deli (69) • Show starters (70) • Bistros with cachet (70) •
Sometimes a great noshin’ (71) • Voyage ofthe bagel (72)
Maps
Map 6 Manhattan Dining Orientation 73
Map 7 Downtown—East Village,Lower East Side,Chinatown,
Little Italy,SoHo & NoLita Dining 74
Map 8 Downtown Westside Dining 75
Map 9 Midtown Dining 76
Map 10 Uptown Westside Dining 78
The Index 79
An A to Z list ofplaces to dine,with vital statistics
3 DIVERSIONS 100
Basic Stuff 102
Getting Your Bearings 102