While this stylishly decorated, minimalist dim-sum restaurant may look different from others in Chinatown, the food is no less delicious, as owners Colette Rossant and Guy Lieu focus on the freshness of their ingredients.
You never know who's going to pop up on stage at this subterranean comedy mecca.
The Coney Island Amphitheater is a 5,000-seat covered open-air outdoor live entertainment venue.
Visit this chic West Village spot for eye-popping Italian-American specialties.
Alan Cumming's nightclub and cabaret space in the East Village features an eclectic lineup of performers and DJs.
This old-school Italian classic in Ozone Park doesn't look like much, but it's beloved for baked clams, linguine with clam sauce, spaghetti with copious amounts of garlic and oil, and a tender broiled veal chop.
Founded in 1754 (check out their vanity phone number!), and based in Morningside Heights since 1897, Columbia is New York City's claim to Ivy League fame (or source of shame, if you're talking football).
The menu at Dagon, named for the Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture and the earth, showcases modern Israeli cuisine with Levantine influences.
Amanda Cohen tapped into the fabulous-but-not-funky vegetarian trend years ago: her first Dirt Candy location opened in the East Village in 2008.