Battery Park Lower Manhattan New York, NY Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E to Chambers St FREE Located at the southern tip of Manhattan, my earliest recollection of the 21.88 acre Battery Park is an endless, futile struggle to parallel-park our car on a side-street near the park in the mid-1990s. A kindly soul […]
Truth be said, I haven’t ventured that much into Harlem as I have in Manhattan or Queens. Here is a sparse list of food carts in East Harlem: Pueblan Taco Stand Lexington Ave (Northeast corner with 117th St) New York, NY 10035 Torta de papa $2 Subway: 6 to 116 St Morelense Taco Stand Lexington […]
There is no dearth of cheap food joints in Tribeca. From $1 Pizza slices to Witchcraft Sandwiches to Pakistani Vegetable Combo meals, you have ’em all. Here is my list of cheap eats in Tribeca: Pakistan Tea House 176 Church St. (Between Duane St and Reade St) New York, NY 10013 Ph: 212-240-9800 Favorite of […]
When it comes to Food Carts/Trucks, Queens is not far behind other parts of NYC. I have seen food carts in Astoria, Jackson Heights and other parts of Queens serving a diverse array of cheap food to the hungry masses. Halal Food Cart , Jackson Heights, NY (Corner of 74th St & 37 th Ave) […]
New York Public Library Foremost among the many NYC libraries is, of course, the main branch of the New York Public Library on 5th Avenue (at 42nd St). This is a cavernous building containing over 50 million items (print and electronic) including rare books and microfilms you wouldn’t find anywhere else in New York City. […]
When it comes to food carts offering cheap eats, there are plenty all over Manhattan. While you find them more in Midtown and Downtown, there are a few options in SoHo as well. Here’s what I got for you all in SoHo area of Manhattan: Kimchi Taco Truck Truck’s namesake Kimchi Taco is hot favorite. […]
Shakespeare in the Park Delacorte Theatre in Central Park New York, NY FREE A NYC summer tradition, Shakespeare in the Park is one of the many joys of living in the Big Apple. The 50th Anniversary of Shakespeare in the Park is being celebrated in 2012. Daniel Sullivan, who directed acclaimed productions of All’s Well […]
If you think food carts are ubiquitous only in Midtown Manhattan, you are so wrong. For there are quite a good number of food carts even in Downtown. I’ve eaten at several downtown food carts/trucks with mucho delight and strongly recommend the Dosas (South Indian crepes) at NY Dosas. Here is my selection of food […]
