First time traveler to NYC - Tips and suggestions welcome!

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  1. JetsVilma28

    JetsVilma28 Well-Known Member

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    V&T pizza 110th and amsterdam (its a real sit down old fashion great pizza place). It is the shit, go with the peppers and meatball. There is a huge cathedral church next door and Grant is close by. I think the Church is the largest Gothic style cathedral in the world or something like that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_John_the_Divine

    You should check out McSorley's on the east side, I think its on 13th or 7th btw 2nd and 3rd. It's the oldest bar in Manhattan. They serve 2 beers, dark or light. They have a lantern above the bar with turkey bones all over it. Say the turkey bones were their 'regulars' who didn't come back from WWII. Every once in awhile the whole bar will break out to "God Bless America."
     
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    Dierking Well-Known Member

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    Not a bad call on all fronts, however if you're going to go that far up town for pizza, you're much better off at Patsies on the upper east side. Far superior to V&T. Shittier neighborhood, though.
     
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  3. JStokes

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    My favorite speakeasy of all time closed 2 years ago- The Back Fence on Bleeker Street.

    I still like the Old Town Bar just north of Union Square, a block or two over from the famous landmark the Flatiron Building.

    Cool bar we used to go to was the Spice Market in the Meat Packing District, a block or 2 from the Highline. Hogs and Heifers is right around the corner. Go see all the bras hung on the ceiling.

    Most unique and unknown bar for drinks is the Campbell Apartment in Grand Central Station (well, just outside, the entrance is on Vanderbilt. As long as you're going to see GCS, might as well go for a drink there. Very cool. Also the Spy Corner (or Whisperers Gallery) under Grand Central is a cool 2 minute diversion. Just outside the Oyster Bar.

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  4. JStokes

    JStokes Well-Known Member

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    Good call on McSorleys. Also PJ Clarkes 3rd and 55th is pretty cool. Told a skyscraper to fuck off.

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  5. Geno007

    Geno007 Well-Known Member

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    Let me guess your grandmother was from NY also? Just for the record I did live in Harlem,NY for a little over 10 years. Why do you give a shit what anybody on internet even says? If it makes you feel good about yourself to call me names? Feel free to call me whatever you like....I really don't care and I lose no sleep over it.
     
  6. JStokes

    JStokes Well-Known Member

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    Hey I just like calling you an illiterate piece of shit douchebag, but thanks for your permission.

    No my grandmother was born in Italy and had no formal education and SHE was 10 times more literate than you. You must be proud of that.

    Seriously asshole, if you don't have any relevant travel tips, GTFO and don't feel compelled to troll.

    You illiterate piece of shit douchebag you.

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  7. Geno007

    Geno007 Well-Known Member

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    Maybe we can meet one day at a Jets game and I will buy you a few beers?
     
  8. JStokes

    JStokes Well-Known Member

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    I told you before. I don't hang out with assholes. Especially illiterate ones.

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  9. Geno007

    Geno007 Well-Known Member

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    I've always been told the only people who care what you think about them is the ones who know what your saying is true about them. So maybe that survey was wrong about New Yorkers. The 1600 people they interviewed was your family.
     
  10. JStokes

    JStokes Well-Known Member

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    Don't you have 3 jobs to attend to and disabled parents to take care of? Why are you wasting your time trolling a fan forum?

    Dude go back to school and get your GED so you can take some pride in yourself instead of being an illiterate dumb fuck for the rest of your life.

    Or give a good recommendation on where to eat in Harlem. Be a part if this community or STFU and GTFO.

    Dinosaur BBQ is the only joint up there I've been to.

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  11. Geno007

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    I'll would tell him to stay out of Harlem because to damn many people begging for money. I know it like that pretty much in all NYC areas. I think Harlem is the worse unless shit changed since I been there.
     
  12. joe

    joe Well-Known Member

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    Hello,
    Asshole here from New York: born in the borough of Manhattan and currently residing in New York as well.

    May I ask where you hail from and currently reside?


     
  13. Geno007

    Geno007 Well-Known Member

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    Va on both questions.
     
  14. JStokes

    JStokes Well-Known Member

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    It's much better. Addition by subtraction. The more douchebags that leave an area automatically make the area better.

    You're the asshole-type that needed to leave Harlem so that the gentrification could start.

    Harlem thanks you for your service.

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  15. Geno007

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    That was funny. Got to give you that. I can say this I never begged for anything in my life.
     
  16. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    You've been begging for a clue since the day you registered.
     
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  17. JStokes

    JStokes Well-Known Member

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    I was looking for a snappy comeback.

    Well done Sir.

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  18. The Waterboy

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    Been to McSorley's quite a few times but don't really think it is worth it for someone on a short schedule to take time out to go to, I know I mentioned a couple of bars earlier but there really are no bars worth going out of the way for. If someone is in the neighborhood OK but not for a special trip. Same thing with pizza, there could be an entirely separate thread just on the best pizza, too many places to count.
     
  19. The Waterboy

    The Waterboy Well-Known Member

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    I'm confused, I thought a speakeasy was an after hours joint. The Back Fence was a cool spot but not a speak easy as far as I was aware, been a while though.

    Old Town owner is a Jet fan, before my dad passed he hooked us up with a couple of his tickets to the last game me and my pop went to together.
     
  20. Geno007

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    What? Google couldn't help you this time?
     

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