coolstuff.nyc neighborhood guide
Upper West Side, Manhattan

For our 100th Newsletter we wanted to do a neighborhood guide of one of the most “New York” neighborhoods there is – Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Long-fabled in cinema (When Harry Met Sally, Seinfeld, and more) we’ve collected our favorite spots to eat, drink, do and see. Read it all on our site. ︎
Eat
Zabar’s
For: a truly incredible shopping experience. Stop by for fresh Rugelach, a new set of butter knives or a classic Zabar’s tee. Have you really been to the UWS until you’ve shopped here?
For: a truly incredible shopping experience. Stop by for fresh Rugelach, a new set of butter knives or a classic Zabar’s tee. Have you really been to the UWS until you’ve shopped here?

Joe’s Steam Rice Roll
(also seen in Best Cheap Eats in NYC)
For: a quick bite with loads of flavor & one of our favorite Cantonese dishes.
(also seen in Best Cheap Eats in NYC)
For: a quick bite with loads of flavor & one of our favorite Cantonese dishes.

Barney Greengrass
For: a bite at a NY institution! Don’t forget to order the latkes (they aren’t on the menu!)
For: a bite at a NY institution! Don’t forget to order the latkes (they aren’t on the menu!)



Shop
79th Street Greenmarket
For: a lovely city farmer’s market spanning a few blocks in the neighborhood.
For: a lovely city farmer’s market spanning a few blocks in the neighborhood.

Grand Bazaar NYC
For: exactly what it sounds like…a big outdoor flea on the UWS with all the (new & old) bits and bobs your heart could dream of.
For: exactly what it sounds like…a big outdoor flea on the UWS with all the (new & old) bits and bobs your heart could dream of.

Drink


See
Central Park!
For: do we really need to say?
PS- stop by the Shakespeare Garden if you haven’t hit it on your park stroll yet!
For: do we really need to say?
PS- stop by the Shakespeare Garden if you haven’t hit it on your park stroll yet!

Riverside Park
For: a four-mile water-front park stretching from 72nd to 158th street.
For: a four-mile water-front park stretching from 72nd to 158th street.

Lincoln Center
For: Opera? Ballet? Culture in the city lives here!
(Peep our cool friend interview with NYC ballerina, Jenelle Manzi)
For: Opera? Ballet? Culture in the city lives here!
(Peep our cool friend interview with NYC ballerina, Jenelle Manzi)

