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My wife and her friend are going from ireland to NYC next month for 4-5 days.
Both have been before so have done the "touristy" things.
This time they want to eat in proper New York restaurants and see the things that don't get mentioned on travel websites (where and what NYC residents get up to).
They are both late 30's so restaurants will be sit down, nice dining for them - no chicken wings or deli sandwiches!!
Thank you very much for reading and any help will be gratefully accepted.
I suggest walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. Then taking a stroll along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade for a great view of Lower Manhattan. Then at the end of the promenade eating at one of the great restaurants on Montegue Street.
I'd spend a day in Brooklyn and Queens. Starting from midtown manhattan, you can loop around by subway through Queens into Brooklyn and back into downtown Manhattan. 7 train to E train to J train, getting off at some stops along the way for different ethnic cuisines.
I'm with G-Dale. You can some awesome restaurants in Queens and Brooklyn with many different ethnic and fusion style restaurants. If you want something creative and "artsy" I would recommend Traif over in Brooklyn.
I'd spend a day in Brooklyn and Queens. Starting from midtown manhattan, you can loop around by subway through Queens into Brooklyn and back into downtown Manhattan. 7 train to E train to J train, getting off at some stops along the way for different ethnic cuisines.
You can also loop around on the M train getting off at various stops in Queens, Brooklyn & Manhattan.
If you want things beyond what's mentioned on travel websites, then buy some guidebooks - that's why they were invented. And for food, check the Chowhound website, which will be both broader and more specific than anything here.
M train does not make a full loop. You'd have to take two buses for them to connect.
The M train goes from Forest Hills in Queens to Manhattan and then continues into Brooklyn (via Williamsburg) and then ends up in Middle Village in Queens (and of course back in the opposite direction). So one can take the M and see all of these areas without changing trains (even though it doesn't make a complete loop but it is close enough). The other suggestion was for the person to change trains a few times and I think that taking one train (the M) is easier than changing trains for a tourist in order to see these different areas.
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