Try the Nagoya, made with a chicken, pork and fish broth filled with minced pork, Chinese leek, scallion, bean sprouts and chili pepper. Leer más.
This Hayes Valley institution is known for its fries which are crisped by blanching them in oil before frying. Leer más.
This Menlo Park go-to spot serves seasonal Californian fare, such as butternut squash ravioli in sage brown butter. Head out to the balcony and enjoy the view. Leer más.
"Airy and light-filled with great music. Known for its indoor cycling workouts. You may even get to see Alec Baldwin in tights!" -Sean Avery, in the WSJ's Insider's Guide to New York City Leer más.
"Bring your own sandals and shorts, and a friend. Hit the sauna room and sweat, sweat, sweat. You'll never feel better." -Sean Avery, in the WSJ's Insider's Guide to New York City Leer más.
"Since 1914, the city's best and most character-rich smoked-fish experts." -Chef Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune Leer más.
"I order a big creamy bowl of café au lait when the place is peppered with discreet, big-deal New Yorkers." -Chef Gabrielle Hamilton, in the WSJ's Insider's Guide to New York City Leer más.
"It's an Irish place attended by neighborhood sports fans, firemen, cops, writers and old-timers who've been coming here for 50 years or so." -Gay Talese, in the WSJ's Insider's Guide to New York City Leer más.
A must-try on the menu, according to co-owner Dean Jankelowitz, is Freda's matzo ball soup. "Matzo ball transcends anything," he said. "It's a New York dish." Leer más.
A standout cocktail is the Great Jones, a blend of Famous Grouse Scotch, Fee's Black Walnut Bitters and maple syrup served neat. Leer más.
The menu is grounded by staples like rotisserie chicken and rotating vegetable sides like grilled endive and cauliflower with chilies, capers and saffron. Leer más.
Try the cheese pastries, stuffed with feta and dill or the zucchini pancakes with garlic yogurt sauce. Leer más.
This 26-floor Art Deco icon, built in 1925, is undergoing a major seismic retrofit and renovation to house potential tech start-ups, venture-capital firms and others. Leer más.
This hands-on museum, set to move to a downtown pier next year, is looking to reach a broader audience via exhibitions geared toward adults like "Sexplorations" night and other evening events. Leer más.
You will likely forget about the sacrilege once your table is covered with plates of the deliciously unclean eggs scrambled with lobster and mascarpone ($14), a few pork dishes and bacon doughnuts. Leer más.
Popular items, scrawled on a beat-up surfboard that serves as a menu, include the turkey and pesto sandwich (dubbed the Grant), the Asian noodle salad, pork quesadilla and chicken caesar salad wrap. Leer más.
When celebrities perform court-ordered community service in NYC, they usually do it at the Sanitation Department garage here because the indoor facility offers some protection from paparazzi. Leer más.
Among the most popular items is the breakfast club sandwich with a fried egg, bacon, tomato, avocado and mayonnaise served with a side of fries. Leer más.
Pull up a plastic chair and order from an array of fresh seafood brought in every afternoon from Montauk. Recent offerings included tuna bits, steamers, grilled swordfish and a mahi mahi sandwich. Leer más.
The publishing giant, which moved into this building in 1999, is now likely to move into the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero. Leer más.
Thinly cut fries are subtly seasoned. Burgers ($15) are made with brisket and topped with bacon and white cheddar. And the turkey club sandwich ($11) is always popular. Leer más.
If you have about 30 minutes, try a single-serving of paella for about $22. The tab for a plentiful lunch is roughly $30 a person. Leer más.
Despite its hefty $20 ticket price, the museum attracted its highest-ever number of visitors, 3.09 million, during its 2010 fiscal year. "Monet's Water Lilies" was the most popular exhibit. Leer más.
Beware: they only take same-day reservations, and the lunch crowd must wait five to 30 minutes in the front room. Complex $13 Ramen concoctions include the popular Akamaru and the Shiromaru. Leer más.
Jon Mendes, 89, has adopted the two concrete drinking fountains at the reservoir's southern entrance. Every three weeks or so, he scrubs them down with brushes and a can of Comet. Leer más.
The brunch crowd here is a mix of college students and stroller-steering parents. For traditionalists, there are blueberry pancakes; for the adventurous, coconut pancakes with passion-fruit syrup. Leer más.
Founded in 2003 by an ad-hoc group of 10 friends, this non-profit, multidisciplinary performance venue in Midtown has managed to survive amid bulldozers and the financial crisis. Leer más.
Check out the big new exhibit on Abstract Expressionism running from October 3, 2010, to April 25, 2011. Virtually all of the art — 300 works by 30 artists — comes from the museum's own collection. Leer más.
Who will get to manage this 1,776-foot-tall office tower? The two bidders are the family-run Durst Organization and Related Cos., an international real-estate developer. Leer más.
