December: a long weekend in NYC

[curls]

Finally, I am getting around to posting about my quick trip to NYC. Thanks to everyone who made suggestions when I asked for recommendations. Never enough time or stomachs to visit everyplace I wanted!

 

Found a wonderful coffeeshop/restaurant near our hotel called Regular. Liked it so much, we had breakfast there twice. Link to their website: https://regular.nyc/

 

The first breakfast: cappuccino, hot chocolate, french toast (cinnamon french toast with pistachio butter, whipped marscapone & ricotta, spiced poached pear, blackberries & lemon thyme honey), the croissant (ham, gruyere, bechamel, egg)

          

 

 

The second breakfast at the Regular: cappuccino, hot chocolate, another croissant ham & egg sandwich, the avo (smashed avocado, salsa verde, goat’s fetta, pepitas & pickled chili, soft boiled egg).

 

 

 

[curls]

Ventured out one morning to the Lower East Side for a visit to Stick With Me Sweets, Formaggio Essex, and Russ & Daughter's cafe. Delicious!!!

 

Stick With Me Sweets https://swmsweets.com/

 

 

 

So many wonderful cheeses and other items (including chocolate bars from Toronto's Soma) at Formaggio Essex. Very helpful employees. https://www.essexmarket.nyc/vendors/formaggio-essex

     

 

 

Russ & Daughters Cafe https://www.russanddaughters.com/

 

 

[ElsieD]

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[rotuts]

ditto

[curls]

Thank you @ElsieD and @rotuts. More will be posted tomorrow.  🙂

[weinoo]

You even went for the chopped liver…nice!

[curls]

15 hours ago, weinoo said:

You even went for the chopped liver…nice!

So glad that I went for the chopped liver! (Don't let my mom and aunt know but this chopped liver was as good as their versions!) 

Of course the bagel and nova were also delicious. Not pictured, a chocolate egg cream.

 

Edited Friday at 06:37 PM by curls (log)

[ElsieD]

6 minutes ago, curls said:

So glad that I went for the chopped liver! (Don't let my mom and aunt know but this chopped liver was as good as their versions!) 

Of course the bagel and nova were also delicious. Not pictured, a chocolate egg cream.

 

You left out the most important picture!

[curls]

Took a tour boat and saw the Statue of Liberty. Yes, I know about the free Staten Island Ferry and had planned to take it but others in my group were tricked into buying tour boat tickets. Oh well, it was still a beautiful day to be out on the water.

        

 

 

 

 

We took a fun scooter tour of Central Park. This turned out to be my nephews favorite part of the trip.

 

   

 

 

Saw a couple getting married. I suspect that her dress got terribly dirty.

 

 

 

Another visit to the Tin Building, this time for dinner at Frenchman's Dough. https://www.tinbuilding.com/restaurants-and-bars/

 

 

    

    

 

and the basque cheesecake for dessert!

 

 

 

Edited Friday at 06:57 PM by curls (log)

[curls]

12 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

You left out the most important picture!

Wasn't with a group that understood taking food pictures! Trust me, it was a spectacular chocolate egg cream.  🙂

[curls]

Heading to see "Book of Mormom" we saw this interesting building that was set up to look like a stack of Louis Vuitton luggage. https://www.archpaper.com/2024/10/louis-vuitton-new-york-flagship-luxury-luggage/

 

Walked by a few of the department stores to see their holiday displays.

 

Really liked the mosaic tile signs that are in some of the subway stations. Only took a picture of one of them but there were so many interesting designs and architectural details.

 

 

Paid our respects at the World Trade Center memorial.

 

Saw this set of sculpture installations near the WTC memorial. https://lovethelast.com/

         

 

 

 

Had a few other meals that were pretty good but definitely not worth a return visit or photos. Looking forward to another trip and perhaps including visits to Brooklyn and Williamsburg.