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Eat & Drink

New York has some of the best restaurants in the world, but since the pandemic many of my favourite hangouts have closed down. So in my visits back to New York I had to re-aquaint myself with the city’ dining scene. Here are my favourites:

Bergdorf Goodman

Lunch at Bergdorf Goodman restaurant on the top floor of the ladies wear store.

Pastis

Amazing! yes it was. Yes. It.

Russian Tea Rooms

Employees Only

RH Rooftop

Dinner/Lunch at RH Rooftop (oh and it’s a home furnishing store)

Salon de Ning

Drinks at the Penninsula Rooftop bar - Salon de Ning

River Cafe

Dinner at The River Cafe (dinner jacket needed) it’s under the Brooklyn bridge and looks out at Manhattan. Ask for a window seat

Joseph Leonard

Lunch and cocktails at Joseph Leonard - right by the Christopher Street memorial

Grand Central Station Oyster Bar

Lunch or dinner at Grand Central Station Oyster Bar it’s an institution also see the station at the same time

Katzs Deli

From When Harry Met Sally and ‘that’ scene.

Magnolia Bakery

Magnolia bakery for the cakes and bread

Sleep

Getting Around

Sightseeing

The Highline

Walk the Highline.

Little Island

The Costime Institute at the Met

MoMA

Visit the Museum of Modern Art and shop in their store it’s fun

Guggenheim

Visit the Guggenheim it’s iconic

The Plaza Hotel

Visit the Plaza Hotel just for Home Alone 2 vibes

Sex and the City bus tour

Do the Sex and the City bus tour

Statue of Liberty

Ground Zero / World Trade Center

Top of the Rock

Empire State Building Observatory

The Circle Line

A boat trip around Manhattan

Central Park

Go for a stroll through Central Park and see Strawberry Fields (the beetles)

Dakota Building

See the Dakota building where John Lennon was shot

Gay History

Be a Good Gay or an Enlightened Ally and make sure you visit these spots to get your gay history fix.

The Stonewall Inn

Visit Christopher Street and see where the Stonewall riots started and the gay rights movement. Take a picture outside the stonewall bar but don’t go in. It’s a dive.

Shopping

Shopping obviously. Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s. Sak’s Fifth Avenue, Tiffany, oh and the shops on Madison Avenue are better than those in Fifth in my opinion

Hair & Beard

New York has some of the best restaurants in the world, but since the pandemic many of my favourite hangouts have closed down. So in my visits back to New York I had to re-aquaint myself with the city’ dining scene. Here are my favourites:

Keeping Fit

New York has some of the best restaurants in the world, but since the pandemic many of my favourite hangouts have closed down. So in my visits back to New York I had to re-aquaint myself with the city’ dining scene. Here are my favourites: