Travel
Below you’ll find hotel recommendations near the wedding. But it’s really easy to get to from anywhere, so we recommend that if you’re staying in NY for a while, you can stay wherever you want and it will be easy to go to and back from the Chelsea Hotel.
Getting there
The Bard Room at The Chelsea Hotel.
When you enter the hotel, to the right.
222 W 23rd St.
New York, NY
10011
Hampton Inn Manhattan-Chelsea
by Hilton
Renaissance New York Chelsea
by Marriot
*if you need different dates from these, please contact the hotel directly and reference the wedding, they might be able to accomodate.
New York recos
Here are a few recos for anyone who’s been to NY before (we assume most people have seen the Empire State Building and Times Square.) These are all in Manhattan but if you’re staying in Brooklyn or planning to go let us know, we also have some recos.
EAT:
$
7th Street Burgers - plus a few other locations
Los Tacos No 1 - Several locations. Get the adobada tacos (pastor).
Nom Wah Tea Parlor - Dim Sum
Real Kung Fu Little Steamed Buns Ramen - Dumplings and more
Steam - Duck, dumplings and other chinese stuff
Katz - Famous sandwiches. They’re huuuge so you can probably share one.
$$
Shukette - Mediterranean
Jongro BBQ - Korean bbq
Gnoccheria East Village - Gnocchi
Jun-Men - Ramen
Konban - Japanese
Sappe - Thai
NONONO - Japanese
Ippudo - Ramen
Gazab - Indian
Little Ruby’s - Brunch
Sogno Toscano - Breakfast/ brunch
Sullivan St. Bakery - Breakfast / bakery
$$$
Sushi Blossoms - Omakase
Kochi - Korean skewers, need reservations.
Nubiani - fancier Korean bbq
Forsythia - Italian
Borgo - Italian
Rezdora - Italian
ICE CREAM: (it’s going to be summer)
Figo il Gelato Italiano - + another location
DRINK:
McSorleys - Oldest Irish pub in NY - cash only
Bathtub Gin - Speakeasy inside a coffee shop.
Ear Inn - Old, divey
NBetween (Speak Easy inside the Chelsea Market) - it also has good food
*Look for a green sign with the name between Sarabeth's Bakery & Doughnuterry High Line to enter
SEE:
High Line
Walk the Brooklyn Bridge to Dumbo (or vice versa)
Washington Mews - Little street of really old houses
Chelsea Galleries - All over from 19th st to 25th, between 10th and 11th, there’s a lot of art galleries that you can go in and take a look.
Oculus - It’s basically just a subway station and mall, but from outside and inside it’s really pretty.
Jenga Building + Mini Bean - This is just a strange building that looks like a jenga and in the bottom there’s a silver bean like the Chicago one.
DO:
Comedy Cellar - Stand up. Check online for lineups and tickets with time.
The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures - Inside the Library, they have this exhibit of objects they have in their collection.
Museum of Natural History - if you like dinosaurs and whales and nature
Boat around Statue of Liberty - there are some where you can have a drink inside.
The cheaper version is to take the Staten Island Ferry, see the statue on the way, get there and come back
Mmuseumm - ‘the smallest museum in the world.’ If you’re around Soho/Chinatown on a weekend, walk by it, they change the exhibitions every once in a while, but it’s all inside one tiny room in an alley.
The FRIENDS Experience - If you’re a fan of Friends, the show.
BROADWAY - Some plays we’ve seen and liked:
The Book of Mormon. Classic. Funny. Written by the creators of South Park.
Buena Vista Social Club. The story of the album and the people involved. Really fun, great music, well done.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. If you’re a Harry Potter fan, it’s a no brainer. If you’re not, go anyway, it’s amazing. There’s crazy stuff happening at all times. The production is insane.
The Outsiders. Good songs, great performers. Won Tony for Best Musical.
Wicked. Erika has seen it like 4 times. It’s a classic.
Hamilton. Erika has seen it 2 times. It’s a classic.
Oh Mary. Not a musical. Comedy. Really silly and funny.
If you’ve never been to NY:
Central Park
Empire State
Times Square
Chinatown
One World Trade Center - 9/11 Memorial Pools
Walk around West Village
Walk down 5th Ave