Event Going to NYC in May. Suggestions?

[EL PRESIDENTE]

If I went to NYC I'd have to try a Rueben sandwich and break my vegetarian diet for the trip....I've been on a lifelong quest to have the best Rueben sandwich I can find!

LA has some good delis too, which is kind of surprising. But Katz's should have a good rueben too.

 

[yankeesince59]

I've done Ess-a-Bagel (long ass line) and Russ and Daughters for bagels. Planning on hit up old school Zabars this trip.

I'm staying in midtown which is kind of a culinary dead zone. We'll see whats up.

Same here, I stayed 3-4 block South of Central Park. My moniker picture is from Strawberry Fields on my first trip in '02.

 

[riverman]

LA has some good delis too, which is kind of surprising. But Katz's should have a good rueben too.

I've had the Rueben at Katz's, had it a Pennyfeathers, lots of places, North Beach, Chicago.....everywhere I go people say the good stuff is in New York City ...I was a bartender with another bartender working Duck games who was as New York as he could be....we had Rueben's on the menu and he laughed at the idea they were called that! I ordered one in Eugene and they didn't even know sauerkraut was an ingredient!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Same here, I stayed 3-4 block South of Central Park. My moniker picture is from Strawberry Fields on my first trip in '02.

Yeah, never been in Central park. We're doing a tour where it goes to where Christmas movies were shot in NY and shows different sites.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I've had the Rueben at Katz's, had it a Pennyfeathers, lots of places, North Beach, Chicago.....everywhere I go people say the good stuff is in New York City ...I was a bartender with another bartender working Duck games who was as New York as he could be....we had Rueben's on the menu and he laughed at the idea they were called that! I ordered one in Eugene and they didn't even know sauerkraut was an ingredient!

Langer's Deli, Brent's in Northridge are pretty good here. There's another one that isn't bad.

I may hit up 2nd Ave Deli on a reco from one of my friends of the Jewish persuasion.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Its been a bucket list thing of mine since I really fell in love with Theater (and became even bigger when I watched Will & Grace and RENT) to take a train across the country and spend my birthday in NYC. So, I am doing just that in late may. I'm doing it all NYC style too. No rental car, just taxis,ubers, subway, etc. Still deciding between Wicked and Chicago for my musical to go see (Hamilton doesn't instrest me) and doing the Times Square/Central park thing.

Aside from that, anyone who has been there have any other local things to see. Maybe not so touristy stops? I'll be there for 7 days, so I have time.

@KingSpeed I know you live(d) there, anything of interest (theater or otherwise) I should check out?

I'm going to be staying in an airbnb (because holy shit, so much cheaper than a freaking hotel) either in Brooklyn or Jersey City, which is a short commute into midtown, for a reference point.

If you stay in Jersey City, Check out Hoboken. Pretty cool place.

 

[yankeesince59]

Yeah, never been in Central park. We're doing a tour where it goes to where Christmas movies were shot in NY and shows different sites.

Central Park was a whole lot more interesting than I thought it might be. I originally just wanted to go to Lennon's Brownstone and to Strawberry Fields but my wife and I decided to let one of the many "rickshaw" guys (it was actually a bicycle powered buggy) take us for the grand tour, and it was very informative...a lot of history there. If you have an hour to spare, trust me, it's well worth it. I learned a lot.

From "The Top of the Rock" (atop Rockefeller Plaza) Central Park looks like a small patch of land from afar but when you actually get there you'll see that it is HUGE.

 

[yankeesince59]

And oh, among other things I learned from my NYC visit is that we're not so different after all.

Every Southerner should be required to experience what it's really like up North. The people there were very polite and not at all like the rude and obnoxious stereotypical caricatures I had been led to believe.

And conversely, every Northerner should be required to visit the South so that they may discover that we're not all a bunch of bare foot banjo playing rednecks.



...Yeah, we may speak a little differently but other than that, we're simply "opposite sides of the same coin".

 

[Strenuus]

What island?

I'm gonna start in Maui and just explore up and down.

 

[Strenuus]

And oh, among other things I learned from my NYC visit is that we're not so different after all.

Every Southerner should be required to experience what it's really like up North. The people there were very polite and not at all like the rude and obnoxious stereotypical caricatures I had been led to believe.

And conversely, every Northerner should be required to visit the South so that they may discover that we're not all a bunch of bare foot banjo playing rednecks.



...Yeah, we may speak a little differently but other than that, we're simply "opposite sides of the same coin".

Ive been to all coasts and north/South enough to say that the only thing that is true is east is more hectic and west is calmer. Thats the only truth.

 

[Strenuus]

If you stay in Jersey City, Check out Hoboken. Pretty cool place.

Lol. I did stay in jersey city. But i spent all my time in NYC.

 

[MarAzul]

I went to this pizza place in hells kitchen while i was there and it was alright. Chicago pizza is worlds better than new york IMO. I tried 3 pizza places in each and it wasnt even close. Though the one in the village was my favorite for new York.

Aw well, you need to get out of the city to experience New York. One of my favorite parts of the country is just right up the river (Hudson of course). Not so far, but just far enough to where the good stuff begins. Like you mention Chicago Pizza, yeah I have been to Chicago, OK, but the top pizza on earth was had up the Hudson. Wappingers Falls, about 67 mile up the river from the City, a place called Wally's Pizza! One of my favorite destinations for over 40 years. I took my son in law there, he is from Melano, to sample New York pizza. Then I challenge him to find a place that has better Pizza. I would love to go there. It ain't happened. Not in Milano, Chicago, Raleigh, Miami,...


Ps
Now that I think of it, it's over 50 years now.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Best pizza in Chicago is Boncci.

In NY, Emmy Squared.

Not into trad NY pizza. I prefer Neapolitan

 

[MarAzul]

So my next birthday trip is Hawaii in may.


I am so stinking excited. And the airbnbs are super cheap when you factor in that its all ocean views!!

Ive been to all coasts and north/South enough to say that the only thing that is true is east is more hectic and west is calmer. Thats the only truth.

May hey!

My current plan for the MarAzul is Baja next winter, then over to Hawaii in April. Hilo to be exact, but perhaps I will hit Palmyra Island first. Anyway, I plan to leave Hilo in May, and see if I can scoot the MarAzul through a worm hole to get to SE Alaska.
I say worm hole as that is what a low pressure zone with a counter clock wind flow, pressing up against the Pacific High with it's clockwise wind flow, seems to be rather like. It should be a fast shot from Hawaii to the Dixon inlet of AK.

 

[Lanny]

I went to this pizza place in hells kitchen while i was there and it was alright. Chicago pizza is worlds better than new york IMO. I tried 3 pizza places in each and it wasnt even close. Though the one in the village was my favorite for new York.

Some people like thick crust, some people like thin crust. I like thin crust. There was this pizzeria joint in St. Louis that served excellent thin crust pizza. The guys in my office all went there every Friday for lunch. Damn, makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

And oh, among other things I learned from my NYC visit is that we're not so different after all.

Every Southerner should be required to experience what it's really like up North. The people there were very polite and not at all like the rude and obnoxious stereotypical caricatures I had been led to believe.

And conversely, every Northerner should be required to visit the South so that they may discover that we're not all a bunch of bare foot banjo playing rednecks.



...Yeah, we may speak a little differently but other than that, we're simply "opposite sides of the same coin".

When I went there in '67 they were very abrupt and struck me as rude.
When my wife and some of her family went with us in about 2010 they were incredibly polite. That was a terrific trip.

 

[Lanny]

I'm gonna start in Maui and just explore up and down.

Maui is spendy, even more so than the rest of Hawaii.

 

[MarAzul]

every Northerner should be required to visit the South so that they may discover that we're not all a bunch of bare foot banjo playing rednecks

I remember her.

Ha! Maybe not so many at any one time.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

NY in Christmas is dope.

People there are a SHIT TON nicer than people in LA.
The Radio City Rocketts was amazing.
Saw Jim Norton at Carolines. That was dope, he is so fucked up in the head its awesome.
Ate Famous Original Rays a few times as it was 2 blocks from hotel. It was pretty good, but we got sick of it after a while.
Meals are pretty fucking expensive there. At the hotel, waffles were $30. Had a $31 Burger too.
First time in Central Park, it was really cool. Did one of those bike tours which was actually pretty worth it to be honest.
Macys on 34th was a madhouse.
The "Christmas Markets" were cool, but honestly, they were just like hipster craft fares. I would think the ones in Europe (which are on my bucket list) are a ton better.
Walked like 10 miles each day holy fuck.
People in NY are way more "weathered" than Angelenos and those on the West Coast. Like they've been beaten down by the city.

 

[Lanny]

NY in Christmas is dope.

People there are a SHIT TON nicer than people in LA.
The Radio City Rocketts was amazing.
Saw Jim Norton at Carolines. That was dope, he is so fucked up in the head its awesome.
Ate Famous Original Rays a few times as it was 2 blocks from hotel. It was pretty good, but we got sick of it after a while.
Meals are pretty fucking expensive there. At the hotel, waffles were $30. Had a $31 Burger too.
First time in Central Park, it was really cool. Did one of those bike tours which was actually pretty worth it to be honest.
Macys on 34th was a madhouse.
The "Christmas Markets" were cool, but honestly, they were just like hipster craft fares. I would think the ones in Europe (which are on my bucket list) are a ton better.
Walked like 10 miles each day holy fuck.
People in NY are way more "weathered" than Angelenos and those on the West Coast. Like they've been beaten down by the city.

I went to a movie at Radio City Music Hall in 1967. I was impressed.
I had a rancid tasting hamburger near my hotel in the Times Square area. It was expensive and the restaurant was dirty.
Never ate at Original Ray's but I've eaten plenty of New York pizza by the slice and it was all excellent.
Central Park is cool. I think I recall a zoo there.