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+# Coffee
+
+## Manhattan 
+
+* Stumptown Coffee - Inside the Ace Hotel lobby. These guys started in Portland but have a couple of locations in NYC. Amazing coffee.
+* Blue Bottle - Originally an SF joint, they've also expanded over to NYC. I have one two blocks from my house and go almost every morning ;) The cappuccino's and "New Orleans" (iced coffee with chicory and a tiny amount of sugar) are amazing. They usually have small pastries that are really good too.
+
+## Brooklyn 
+
+* Blue Bottle - The Brooklyn location is in Williamsburg
+
+# Food
+
+## Manhattan
+
+* Momofuku Ssäm Bar - Get the pork buns! Everything is really, _really_ good though
+* Motorino - Napoletana style pizza (wood fire oven) the best in the city I've had so far
+* The Breslin - Inside the Ace Hotel, mostly pork focused menu but really great food
+* The Spotted Pig - The parent restaurant to The Breslin, really small but great atmosphere and food
+* Mayahuel - Really good "fancy" mexican food and tequila bar. The drinks are incredible here.
+* The Nomad Hotel - The restaurant inside is incredible
+
+## Brooklyn
+
+* Pok Pok - Thai street food. One of my favorite restaurants in the world. Definitely hit this place up if you have a chance. The kafir lime leaf infused gin and tonic is awesome. Definitely get the fish sauce chicken wings (seriously).
+* Frankies Spuntino - Best Italian food in the US. Every single dish is amazing. Beautiful atmosphere too.
+* Bedford Cheese Shop - My favorite spot to grab a baguette, some cheese and a few snacks. They have a lot of imported foods too, mostly Italian I think.
+* Roberta's - Pizza and Italian food. There's a fun bar in the back too.
+
+# Fancy and expensive Food
+
+## Manhattan
+
+* Eleven Madison Park - Tasting menu. I haven't been yet but am dying to try it.
+* Marea - A la carte menu. Seafood focused.
+* Betony - A la carte menu
+* Momofuku Ko - Tasting menu. Only 12 seats, but worth every penny.
+
+## Brooklyn
+
+* Blanca - Tasting menu. This was one of my favorite dinners, ever. It's behind Roberta's.
+
+# Drinks
+
+## Manhattan
+
+* The Bar at the Ace Hotel - It can get pretty crowded at night but it's a fun place to hang out at. There's a DJ playing music almost every night.
+* Mayahuel - Same place that I mentioned above, just adding this here as well since they have such good cocktails ;)
+* Maysville - Great whiskey selection and great cocktails.
+* Brandy Library - *Huge* selection of rare whiskey and brandy.
+* The Nomad Hotel - There are 4 or 5 bars here. The "Library" is my favorite.
+
+## Brooklyn
+
+* Dram - Incredible cocktails
+* Radegast Hall & Biergarten - Brooklyn - Really fun (and loud) German-inspired beer garden. There's sausage and lots of beer.
+* Brooklyn Brewery - Brooklyn - The name says it all. They make pretty great beer.
+
+# Sweets
+
+## Manhattan
+
+* Grom - Best gelato you'll ever have. They're from Italy but have a couple of locations in NYC. I used to go _all the time_ when I lived in Florence.
+
+# Other stuff
+
+## Manhattan
+
+* Central Park - It's HUGE. Really cool place to wonder around though.
+
+## Brooklyn
+
+* East River State Park - Near the Williamsburg ferry stop, if it's nice out I LOVE grabbing some stuff at the Bedford Cheese Shop then walking over to this park to hang out and enjoy the view of the city. On the weekends there's a thing called Smorgasburg that happens there. It's kindof an art and antique market with some pretty good food trucks and stuff.
+* Brooklyn Bridge Park - Near the Brooklyn Bridge ferry stop. Amazing views of lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge.
+* Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge - Gorgeous walk over one of the oldest bridges in the city.