Manhattan Living

Cocoron Soba Noodles: Best Noodles on Delancey Street New York

Soba has never captured the passions of New York City's noodle-loving masses the way, say, ramen exploded in the mid-aughts and beyond (have you tried to stop by the excellent Ippudo for a meal anywhere close to dinnertime, even after all these years? Don't bother, unless you don't mind waiting an hour…). Cocoron Soba, a […]


A New Beautiful Lincoln Center Movie Theater

Welcome, the new Lincoln Center movie theater… welcome to Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, to the Upper West Side, to New York City, a new Lincoln Center cinema. We've been waiting a long time for another state-of-the-art theater to open up in this town, one that shows first-run indies and documentaries, and has comfortable stadium […]


A Midtown West Restaurant Near Emerald Green Apartments: Casa Nonna

Glenwood residents of Emerald Green looking for midtown west restaurants–and anyone who lives in, works near, or frequently passes through this somewhat culinarily-challenged stretch of Midtown West–just received some excellent pizza-related news. Less than a month ago the folks at ESquared Hospitality (whom New Yorkers know mostly for their first-rate BLT restaurants) brought their well-regarded […]


MoMA PS1 Warm Up: Holding Pattern by Interboro Partners

One of the New York City's best–and certainly one of its liveliest–summer traditions kicked off last Saturday with the launch of MoMA PS1 Warm Up always-a-blast  music and dance party. Here's how it works: every Saturday between now and September 3, from around 2:00 in the afternoon until 9:00 at night, MoMA PS1 turns its […]


Caffe Falai: Best Restaurants NYC Italian between Soho and Nolita

It's been almost four years now since Caffe Falai opened on Lafayette Street, reaching up from Chef Iacopo Falai flagship Falai proper on Clinton, and we've been fans of Caffe Falai's simple, fresh Italian dishes since week one. Then and now, Caffe Falai has been a favorite salad-and-pasta spot in this neighborhood, sitting conveniently on […]


The Standard Hotel NYC: New York Hot Spots with Cool Views

The restaurants, bars and clubs of the Standard Hotel NYC, which straddles the High Line in the Meatpacking District, are about as fabulously trendy as you'd expect, given its location; it's of-the-moment design (sleek, shiny, AND retro), and its reputation, both here and in Los Angeles, as being a celebrity magnet. But none of that […]


Courtyard Gardens: Secret New York Gardens

In a city of eight million people--and, in the case of New York, eight million super-savvy people always on the lookout for something new and special--knowing about, and having access to, a secret anything is as rare as it is exciting.


Rockaway Beach Restaurants: Rockaway Taco and Babycakes NYC

A friend introduced us to Rockaway Beach a few years ago, and from the moment we spread our sheet on the (relatively) clean, soft sand, and dove through (relatively) clear, cool waves, we were totally sold.


Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty at the Met FINAL WEEKS

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, a generous expansive, provocative, and wildly entertaining fashion exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been drawing huge crowds since it opened in early May, and will undoubtedly continue to do so until it closes in just a few weeks, on August 7, which is a week later than the Met had originally planned, to try and satisfy the overwhelming demand.


Electric Vehicle Charging Stations : Emerald Green in NYC gets THREE

Parking at Emerald Green, with three electric vehicle charging stations starting in July, is located at 320 West 38th Street (enter on 38th or 37th Streets) between 8th and 9th Avenues.