VISIT

• ✔ Times Square -->
• ✔ Central Park
• Top of the Empire State Building
• Rockefeller Center - NBC, the tree, the skating rink
• The Village
• High Tea at Bergdorf Restaurant or St. Regis Hotel
• Bryant Park
• The High Line (Meatpacking District) - great to see the sunset in Mimi's New York vlog
• ✔ Le Bernardin (Eric Ripert)
• ✔ Broadway: Phantom of the Opera
• Little Italy
• Chinatown
• Fifth Avenue
• Russian Tea Room
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET)
• Statue of Liberty
• Madison Square Garden
• ✔ Jackson Heights
  • Piran - got my green saree here, nice selection of sarees
  • Silk Road Fashion - got shawls here, has nice selection of shawls and salwaars
  • Aura - Aiysha got her mehendi salwaar here, I got my red one
  • Lavanya - Brishti got her 2 sarees here
  • Saawariya - shawls here too
  • Amit's Fabric Store - for salwaar fabrics
  • Amrita's - right across from Amit's
  • Maharaja Sweets - for sweets
    • Chaat and Chai
    • Motichoor Ladoo
    • Cham-Cham
    • Plain Burfi
    • Kaju Katli
  • Al Naimat - for Chole Bhature and Sweet Lassi
• Coney Island
• Things besides a grocery store or mcdonalds is open after 10. Place to walk around...people to talk to, safe. Something is always open

FOOD

• Junoon - $$$
• Truffle pappardelle at Scalinatella - $$$$
• Per Se (Thomas Keller) - $$$$
• Poke - Sushi
• Supper - Italian - recommendation: gnocchi
• The Spotted Pig - celebrity hotspot
• JG Melon for Cheeseburber
• The Meatball Shop
• Chicken over Rice - the stall in Jackson Heights or Halal Guys
• Punjabi Grocery & Deli - for their chai
• Haandi - for their chai
• La Maison Du Chocolat
• Ladurée Macaroons (Paris & New York)
• Bouchon Bakery & Café (Thomas Keller)
• Dos Caminos - Midtown East (Saw in Million Dollar Listing)
• Chelsea Market
• Ramen Burger
• DRINKS
  • The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog (named #1 on World's 50 best bars)
  • Attaboy (#5)
  • Employees Only (#7) - has food too, must try the bone marrow poppers - $$$
  • The NoMad Bar (#8) - aims to emulate a classic NYC tavern - must try their food too - $$$
• Rooftop Lounge
• Juniors Cheesecake
• Pastrami
• Koryodang Bakery Red Bean Paste Bun
• ✔ NY Slice Pizza - Joe’s Pizza (7 Carmine Street (near Bleecker St. and 6th Ave.) New York, NY 10014)
• ✔ Serendipity - Frozen Hot Chocolate
• ✔ Levain Bakery - largest, most divine chocolate chip cookies
• ✔ Clinton Street Bakery - Brunch
• ✔ Grom Gelato
• ✔ Grey's Papaya - Hotdog
• ✔ Soft Pretzel
• ✔ Zabars - 2245 Broadway (at 80th Street) | New York, NY 10024
• ✔ Eli's Manhattan - 1411 Third Avenue (corner of East 80th Street)
• ✔ Jacques Torres Hot Chocolate and Chocolate Chip Cookie
• ✔ Lady M Cake Boutique - crepe cake
• ✔ Big Gay Ice Cream Truck
• ✔ Amorino Gelato
• *UPDATES 1/9/19**
• Chip - to compare their chocolate chip cookie to Levain
• Maharaja Sweets - for Bengali Sandesh

First Day

• NY slice pizza - Joe’s Pizza
• Serendipity - Frozen Hot Chocolate

Next

• Lunch at Le Bernardin
• Walk in Central Park
• Broadway show

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TRIP # 2

• Levain Bakery (for their famous giant Chocolate Chip Walnut cookie)
• W Hotel for candle
• Empire State Building
• Broadway
• Jackson Heights
  • mitthai - burfi & laddoo
  • Classic Autumn color shawls from Silk Road Fashion (Maroon, Beige & Chocolate Brown, Ivory & Chocolate Brown)
  • Home Items (kitchen items, decor pieces)
  • Indian Grocery Store (spices, pantry items)
• Serendipity (for Frozen Hot Chocolate)
• Afternoon Tea @ Bergdorf Goodman
• Gelato place
• Rice to Riches (Rice pudding - saw on Hitch)
• Neuhaus Chocolates

ALL MY TRIPS TO NEW YORK

• 1 - College Bus Trip Senior Year - 2007
• 2 - Jackson Heights wedding shopping 2011
• 3 - W Hotel w/ Priscilla - 2012
  • Clinton Street Bakery
  • Joe's Pizza
  • Serendipity
  • Times Square
  • Phantom of the Opera
  • Central Park
  • Le Bernardin
• 4 - Jackson Heights for the day December 2012
• 5 - August 2013
  • Avenue Q
• 6 - Solo Trip on AmTrak, Met up with Nisha September 2015
  • Aladdin
  • Serendipity
  • The Smith
  • Levain Bakery
• 7 - With Christin & Riya July 2016
  • Halal Guys
  • Hillsong Church
  • Levain Bakery
• 8 - Stayed w/ Nisha September 2016
  • Joe's Pizza
  • Grom
  • The Smith
  • Chelsea Market
  • Serendipity
• 9 - November 2017 with Riya
  • Eataly
  • Joe’s Pizza
  • Serendipity
  • The Smith
  • Levain Bakery
• 10 - September 2019 with Riya