Food:
alta: tapas, amazing
taim: best falafel EVER
buddakan: fantastic small dishes (modern chinese)
john's: great for a pizza (pie)
perilla (? [that place near w 4th that i went with wilfred and adam]): quite good
olio: good sit-down pizza; easier to get into than many of these others
zampa:
turks and frogs: wine bar with great snacks
bobo: decent brunch; want to go back to try the bar
meme: i think it was good but i forget
rosemary's: great food, awful service
a salt & battery: good fish & chips; seating limited
las ramblas: tapas were good; seating is way too tight
bell book & candle: decently tasty but overpriced for what it is
cowgirl: good guacamole, otherwise very so-so
cafe asean: not particularly good
wogies: uninteresting
Drinks:
lelabar: great place for a bottle of wine and cheese
fat cat: good selection of beer; live music and pool tables
vol de nuit: belgian beer and french fries
bathtub gin: speakeasy, cool atmosphere
dublin 6: good quiet spot for a blue moon
half pint: easygoing atmosphere with nachos and basic food
shade: blue moon and crepes
speakeasy: awesome atmosphere; haven't tried the food
art bar: speakeasy feel but with actual beer on tap
675 bar:
brass monkey:
down the hatch:
slaughtered lamb:
employees only: too crowded
standard beer garden: great for sitting outside
standard roof deck: overpriced and overrated
Ice Cream:
grom: the best
arte de gelato: second best
victory garden: good to try once (goat's milk chocolate ice cream)
Need to try:
anfora
wilfie & nell
the windsor
everything on greenwich ave betw w 10th and w 13th
tomoe on thompson/houston