What I Ate in NYC
Last Thursday, I had a work event in New York City, so Alex met up with me afterwards and we spent the weekend eating our way through the city. We’d both explored New York separately but this was our first trip together, so it was a fun adventure! Friday morning, we set out to explore Chelsea. I hadn’t been to that part of town so I was excited to see a few new things.
Our first stop was breakfast at Cafeteria. They had a lot of breakfast options but I couldn’t resist the avocado toast. I’m pretty sure there were 4 lbs of avocado on my toast. (Not complaining.) And I had about 3 cups of coffee. I can never have enough coffee.
After breakfast we went to the Chelsea Market and walked around some of the shops inside.
After some window shopping, we walked over to 192 Books. We did some browsing and I ended up grabbing a book recommended by the girl that worked there. I told her I wanted something in the non-fiction section and she suggested this book, Evicted. I’m about halfway through and it’s so interesting. It’s all about the rental market in Milwaukee and some of the struggles and challenges that people below the poverty line face. It’s really eye opening and I can’t wait to finish it.
After we were thoroughly caffeinated, we headed back out to grab lunch.
I actually can’t remember the name of the restaurant but we split a veggie sandwich and a side of fries. The sandwich was piled high with carrots, cucumbers, hummus, avocado, lettuce, and sprouts. The bread was perfectly toasted and we both enjoyed it.
We went out for another walk, switching hotels and carrying our bags across the city. It turned out to be quite a workout since New York City blocks were a bit longer than I thought. After we got settled into the new spot, we hopped on the metro to go to Greenwich village for a comedy show. While we were on our way to a comedy club, a guy stopped us and told us about a free show happening at the bar we were standing outside of. Our curiosity (or maybe our midwestern politeness) got the best of us so we agreed to check it out.
We were super skeptical when we went down to the basement. It was almost completely empty but the guy told us he’d give us a free round of drinks so we figured we had nothing to lose! It ended up being a pretty hilarious night of stand up comics. It wasn’t what we expected but it was fun!
Afterwards we tried to go to By Chloe for dinner but it was too packed, so we walked across the street to an Italian place and grabbed pizza.
The pizza was actually on the small side (it’s hard to tell in the photo) so we stopped for a little dessert on the way home. We actually tried to get gelato but every place was closed so we settled for a pint of Ben & Jerry’s.
I actually only have one picture of us from the trip (clearly my focus was on the food… oops.) but we did snap a quick picture in Central Park before heading home on Sunday afternoon!
We had such a great time and it was fun spending the weekend exploring New York City but I was pretty happy to be reunited with my bed on Sunday night. Traveling makes me appreciate home!
If you’ve been to New York City, what’s your favorite restaurant?
Linking up with Laura for What I Ate Wednesday!
Hoping to visit NYC soon with my family. I went for the first time in 2004 and always wished to go back again
I LOVED eating my way through NYC and seeing all of your food here that looks so delicious reminds me once again how many more places I need to try when I come back and visit again! 🙂
NYC blocks once you’re on the grid (i.e. above 14th Street) are all 1/20th of a mile, so 20 blocks is a mile, and the avenues are typically 1/10th of a mile, FYI for next time 🙂
As NYC is my hometown I can’t name just one favorite restaurant, but for categories, Atlantic Grill for seafood, EJ’s Luncheonette for a diner, Pizza Beach for gluten free pizza, Sarabeth’s for brunch, and JG melon for old school burger and fries.
Hah! I thought the blocks had some sort of standard measurement thing but clearly I didn’t know what it was. Oops! 🙂
I love visiting New York, but I feel like I somehow always end up at the Whole Foods hot bar with a 10 lb and $30 salad instead of an actual restaurant. Good to see there are some delicious eats out there! 😀
HAH! I could totally see myself doing that!
NYC is so fun!!! That avocado toast looks absolutely amazing.
xo,
Angela
I went to NYC, but we didn’t try any restaurants… If I went back, I’m now equipped with the gift of so many bloggers who have so many delicious recommendations for that beautiful city. It looks like you took full advantage of that awesome day in NYC.