The Ultimate NYC GuideNew York City
New York City
Tours, Guides & Reviews
By people who live here, for anyone who wants the real thing: locals, and visitors we'd happily walk around with. 231 places with real soul, nowhere anyone paid to be, and the list keeps growing.
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Everything on MUSEENYC
231 places, 15 walking tours and 47 guides. Pick where to start.
Eat & drink
See & do
- Walking toursSelf-guided routes with maps and printable PDFs15 tours
- Museums & galleriesWhat to see, and when it’s free15 places
- Parks & placesParks, bridges, beaches and streets48 places
- Everything elseStadiums, cigar rooms and odd shops11 places
- Day tripsOut of the city by train, back by dinner4 trips
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The M List
We cut far more than we keep. The M is the list we'd give a friend who just moved here — the one you can't get from a search result, because nobody paid to be on it and nobody can ask.
Walking tours and guides
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Where to eat
31 neighborhoods · 29 cuisines
9.9Pommes FritesFresh Belgian frites, a wall of sauces, and the most generous beer pour in New York.9.9Spicy VillageBig tray chicken on Forsyth Street — spicy, numbing, and built for a table, though we know someone who finishes one alone.9.8Joe's PizzaThe benchmark. If you only eat one New York slice, this is the one every other slice gets measured against.
Where to go out
16 neighborhoods · 7 kinds of night
9.9H0L0The best-tuned sound system we have heard in New York — deep, loud, and somehow never harsh.9.8Cellar DogJazz downstairs, ping pong and shuffleboard in the same room, and the only cover charge in the city we would call cheap.9.6BasementThe techno club under Knockdown Center in Maspeth, and a world of its own until morning.
Browse by neighborhood
All 56 neighborhoods →West Village4 Charles Prime Rib · Cellar DogLower East SideScarr's Pizza · The BoxMidtownMagdy's · King Cole BarWilliamsburgCozy Royale · 3 Dollar BillUpper East SideHeidelberg · Bemelmans BarEast VillageMary O's · NubluGreenwich VillagePommes Frites · Le Poisson RougeUpper West SideBarney Greengrass · Smoke Jazz & Supper Club
The city, lately
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