NYC is great food city. With loads of resources to explore and dizzying choices, you kind of can’t go wrong. Listed here are just a few suggestions near the wedding venue and listed accommodations, as well as some of our favorite places where we love to bring people.
Chelsea / Nearby The Tutu Center
Cookshop
10th Avenue and 20th Street | 212-924-4440
Not only is this restaurant directly next door to The Tutu Center and right across the street from a Highline entrance, it is also one of our favorite restaurants in the city. Delicious.
Westville
246 W. 18th Street, btwn. 7th and 8th Avenue | 212-924-2223
This is another favorite we go to frequently. A casual, neighborhood spot with healthy, market-fresh food. It’s a small place, though, don’t be surprised to find a wait.
Patsy’s
318 W. 23rd Street, btwn. 8th and 9th Avenue | 646-486-7400
This brick oven pizza joint is a go-to NYC institution. Great salads and big pasta plates, too.
Dos Caminos
675 Hudson Street at 14th Street | 212-699-2400
A very popular Mexican restaurant and bar scene in the uber-chic Meatpacking district.
Chelsea Square Restaurant
368 W. 23rd Street at 9th Avenue | 212-691-5400
A great, big comfy diner with all your basic needs. Plus, they serve enormous slices of delicious pies and cakes! Plus plus, they’re open 24 hours!! Enough said.
Billy’s
184 9th Avenue, btwn. 21st and 22nd Street | 212-647-9956
Talk all you like about Magnolia, but we think Billy’s is where it’s at for cupcakes. (and a five minute walk in the neighborhood proves this is boutique bakery central!)
The front desk at The Tutu Center, and likely any other hotel in the area, also has an extensive list of nearby restaurants.
Other Favorites
Keep in mind, these are scattered in various neighborhoods throughout the city, some quite a ways from the Tutu Center. But if you’re in the mood to explore and travel around a bit, we thought we may as well toss out some recommendations.
Café Asean
117 W. 10th Street, btwn. 6th and Greenwich Avenue | 212-633-0348
This relaxed restaurant features an eclectic and unusual menu of South East Asian cuisine. Really delicious food, and a nice garden out back, too.
Mexicana Mama
525 Hudson Street, btwn. W. 10th and Charles Street | 212-924-4119
Serious, authentic, fresh Mexican food with a menu of specials that change constantly. One caveat – it’s TINY, be prepared to wait.
Chikalicious
204 East 10th Street, btwn. 1st and 2nd Avenue | 212-475-0929
From this small, steet-side dessert counter you can get some of the most incredible and sinful treats. (i.e. chocolate eclair/soft-serve sandwich!) Right across the street is their formal, sit-down 3 course dessert restaurant, but we haven’t made it that far yet.
PANNA II
93 1st Avenue, btwn. 5th and 6th Street | 212-598-4610
It’s not the very best Indian food in the world, but it is the cheapest and the most fun. By the way, this is on the 2nd Floor Right, since there are four identical places on the same building. (although we suspect they’re really all one) It’s like eating tandoori inside a Christmas tree.
Venieros
342 East 11th Street at 1st Avenue | 212-674-7070
Veniero’s Pasticceria and Caffe is the real thing. This established, authentic Italian bakery is a landmark in the East Village for wonderful pastries, cakes, gelato and drinks.
