Noo Yawk

[00Syd]

I totally agree with you Syd. It's DeRoberti's and we've always preferred it to Veniero's. Veniero's has the hype and the visuals, when you're looking for a scene, but if you're looking for good coffee and dessert and a place to rest while you're sightseeing, I'd choose DeRoberti's too.

I am not alone!

 

[rosco rathbone]

Tipping!

What are the rules for tipping in hotels, bars and restaurants?

I know it's very different from here, where you never tip at all in hotels, very very rarely in pubs (and when you tip in a pub it's just by telling the bar person to buy themselves a drink out of your money when you hand it over) and you tip between 10% and 13% in a restaurant.

Restaurant---15-20% just like anywhere

bars--dollar a drink (I tip two, but I'm a high roller with an image to maintain)

cabs--15-20% of fare

bellhop, red cap, room service or concierge in a hotel---I'd say 5-10 bucks for services rendered.

 

[Cattypuss]

Restaurant---15-20% just like anywhere

bars--dollar a drink (I tip two, but I'm a high roller with an image to maintain)

cabs--15-20% of fare

bellhop, red cap, room service or concierge in a hotel---I'd say 5-10 bucks for services rendered.

Thanks!

 

[00Syd]

I'd say how much you tip at a bar is heavily dependent how how fancy the place is/how expensive your drink was. I'd say that it's pretty obvious when it's apropriate to tip a dollar a drink, and when it's appropriate to tip more. (5 dollar beer vs. 15 dollar cocktail. You know.)

 

[rosco rathbone]

. 15 dollar cocktail.

Good Lord, I've heard of such places but I'm a construction worker. The doorman would bar me.

 

[00Syd]

Good Lord, I've heard of such places but I'm a construction worker. The doorman would bar me.

Haha, naw. Fancy bar-hopping is a worthwhile endeavor, no matter your profession.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Haha, naw. Fancy bar-hopping is a worthwhile endeavor, no matter your profession.

I will have to put on my shiny shoes and venture out to one of these hifalutin joints some day.

 

[culloden]

Going to the top of the Empire State Building is way, way, way too expensive to be worth it, in my opinion. The view isn't even that great.

But I agree that Grand Central is gorgeous, and well worth walking through.

It's expensive, true, but it's such an iconic thing to do. It's like going to Paris and not going up the Eiffel Tower (Yeah, I did, and I didn't, and I regret it to this day). And I rather like the view - obviously on a clear day.

 

[intothewoods]

Because of this thread, I have been humming JayZ all day.

 

[00Syd]

Because of this thread, I have been humming JayZ all day.

Not Sinatra?

 

[intothewoods]

Not Sinatra?

I don't even like JayZ, but it's stuck!

 

[lovebound]

*bookmarks*

 

[ouchfeelsgood]

High Line Park

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but you could go to the "Meatpacking District" of Manhattan's west side and stroll along the High Line, which is a very unusual narrow strip of park built on an abandoned elevated freight rail line.

The park goes between buildings, and in a few cases, right through the buildings -- the tracks were built in the 1930's so that freight trains from outside the city could deliver their goods and raw materials directly into the buildings containing manufacturing companies.

Enter at Gansevoort Street, and you can walk north to 20th street -- or vice versa. Great views of midtown skyline, local streets, former factory buildings, sleek new apartment buildings, and the Hudson River.

See http://www.thehighline.org/about/park-information for more info.

 

[Cattypuss]

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but you could go to the "Meatpacking District" of Manhattan's west side and stroll along the High Line, which is a very unusual narrow strip of park built on an abandoned elevated freight rail line.

The park goes between buildings, and in a few cases, right through the buildings -- the tracks were built in the 1930's so that freight trains from outside the city could deliver their goods and raw materials directly into the buildings containing manufacturing companies.

Enter at Gansevoort Street, and you can walk north to 20th street -- or vice versa. Great views of midtown skyline, local streets, former factory buildings, sleek new apartment buildings, and the Hudson River.

See http://www.thehighline.org/about/park-information for more info.

That sounds fascinating - thanks!

 

[naxalite0906]

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but you could go to the "Meatpacking District" of Manhattan's west side and stroll along the High Line, which is a very unusual narrow strip of park built on an abandoned elevated freight rail line.

The park goes between buildings, and in a few cases, right through the buildings -- the tracks were built in the 1930's so that freight trains from outside the city could deliver their goods and raw materials directly into the buildings containing manufacturing companies.

Enter at Gansevoort Street, and you can walk north to 20th street -- or vice versa. Great views of midtown skyline, local streets, former factory buildings, sleek new apartment buildings, and the Hudson River.

See http://www.thehighline.org/about/park-information for more info.

I second this, its very cool to visit.