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Cool cozy places to hang out in the UES of Manhattan?
I just moved to the UES and I’m looking for cool little coffee shops/bars to hang out at. I hope i didn’t make a mistake with not choosing the UWS. The studio i got seemed so much cooler than the others i saw including the UWS. Any suggestions on where to go?
This of course is personal preference, but the UWS is much cooler and laid back than the UES. I’m a music lover and tere is very, very little live music on the Upper East Side. If you check all the local guides, New York Magazine, TimeOutNY…all the coolest places to go are downtown.
I’ve worked on the East side for years and every time I go to a bar there, they’re full of the bridge and tunnel crowd and are consequently rendered uncool. Just a few weeks ago I went to a very nice italian restaurant on 81st and it was like a bad episode of Jersey Shore in there.
Avoid places like Divino on 2nd – the local older crowd hangs out there…they’re fun people, but you won’t find many of your peers there unless you’re in your 50′s – 70′s.
Across the street from Divino is Yuka, my favorite Sushi bar with a killer daily sushi special…all you can eat for 20 bucks not including beverage. It’s small, relaxed and very friendly.
I hung out a few times at Brandy’s (a very non-stuffy piano bar) and it’s a fun place if you’re not a homophobe. It’s not exclusively a gay bar, but I’m sure you know, “If you play show tunes, they will come”. It’s one of the few places I’ve found in the area where you can find a very good cross-section of New Yorkers from all walks of life, age ranges and backgrounds.
Word on the Street is that Hospitality has made some great improvements (BBQ restaurant with a bar geared toward sports). Their reviews in the beginning were dismal but it seems they actually read them and made some changes.
David Copperfield’s on York usually has some great beers and good wines and a decent burger. Haven’t been there in years (had some problems with the then-manager) but they usually have a game of some kind on at the bar. My feeling is it’s more of a “guy” place.
The rule of thumb for bars is if you can’t find one you like, wait (figurative) five minutes, there’ll be a new one to try.
For coffee, try Pain Quotidien on 77th off 2nd. It’s a homey french bakery with great pastries and sandwiches, great coffee, private tables and a big communal table for those who want to break bread with the locals. There are a few more PQs on the east side…68th and 1st, and one on Lexington in the lower 60′s but 77th is the nicer, bigger one.
Impossible to Breathe
The Bean Opening Hypes the East Village; City Swiggers Brings Growlers to the UES (nymag)
**East Village**: The Bean opened this morning to eager customers at Second
Avenue and 3rd Street. [EV Grieve]
Vietnamese restaurant Sao Mai opened at 203 First Avenue on Saturday, offering
a 79-item menu that also features a vegetarian section. It’s open daily, 11
a.m. to 11 p.m. [Local/NYT]
Former chef of Cafe 81 opened Bar Kada, a pop-up Filipino restaurant operating
out of Ugly Kitchen at 103 First Avenue, Saturdays from 11 a.m. until
midnight. Although fellow Filipino pop-up Maharlika (now a permanent
restaurant) differs in its definition of Filipino food, both restaurants
praise the friendly competition. [Local/NYT]
**Financial District**: Taiwanese dumpling vendor A-Pou’s Taste Cart (located
at Liberty Street at Broadway) debuts a second cart on the east side of Water
Street, between Maiden Lane and Pine Street. [Midtown Lunch]
**Lower East Side**: Bowery Boogie reports the plywood was removed from
122-124 Ludlow Street last week, to reveal the front of what’s soon to be
Caffe Vita and Via Tribunali. The Seattle coffee shop and pizza restaurant
imports are scheduled to open January 5; see a sneak peek of their interior
here. [Bowery Boogie]
**Meatpacking District**: The team behind the Mulberry Project opens the
Vinatta Project in the …
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