Recommended: Cereal-milk soft-serve ice cream, chocolate-chocolate cookie, candy-bar pie, chocolate cake with yellow-cake icing, banana cake with hazelnut crunch, Chinese-sausage focaccia. āļāđāļēāļāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄ
Try the Earlâs Eggo waffle, drizzled with maple syrup and stacked with aged Cabot cheddar, coffee-cured bacon and rich slabs of grilled foie gras. Itâs one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. āļāđāļēāļāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄ
âThe owners, Keavy Blueher and Allison Kave, are straight out of your indie-movie dreamsâdrunken pixie dream ladies serving up sâmores pie and jello shots.â āļāđāļēāļāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄ
MatchaBar brings fine-ground Japanese green tea to Williamsburg. Try the Matchaccino, a matcha "cappuccino" made with almond milk & vanilla powder that tastes remarkably creamy. āļāđāļēāļāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄ
There are at least five waterfalls in Central Park, all completely man-made. The water that flows here is actually New York City drinking water that comes from a 48-inch pipe on West 100th Street. āļāđāļēāļāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄ
This area of the park was designed by Calvert & Vaux to replicate the beautiful Adirondacks in upstate NY! Where to find it: Mid Park from 101nd â 110nd Streets. āļāđāļēāļāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄ
Did you know there's still a section of the High Line that's still abandoned? We can't officially tell you how to break in but you can read about it and see photos here: āļāđāļēāļāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄ
What's better than patio drinking? Boat drinking. Board this seasonal vessel and toss back oysters with cocktails before moving on to lobster rolls and beer. āļāđāļēāļāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄ
A retractable roof, 13 Central European beers on tap (try Czech Krusovice Imperial), and great food. What's not to love about this spacious beer garden named for the West Slavic god of hospitality? āļāđāļēāļāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄ
NYCâs best collective backyard boasts prime people-watching spots such as the Long Meadow and Nethermead The woodland expanse of the Ravine is a towering forest within bustling Brooklyn. āļāđāļēāļāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄ
Before it housed transportation artifacts, this institution was a functioning IND stop. Built in 1936, it was part of a three-block shuttle to Hoyt-Schermerhorn, but was decommissioned in 1946. āļāđāļēāļāđāļāļīāđāļĄāđāļāļīāļĄ