i booked through dorsia but wouldn’t recommend it if you’re not big eaters or drinkers.
we are but my kid quit.
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Bagel – depends on where you are staying. Please eat a proper new york bagel and not Pop-Up, lol.
Pizza – for a slice, again depends on where you will be, but you can target something more specific like Mama’s Too or Don Antonio.
French – Buvette
Italian – L’Artusi
NewAm – Foxface
Cultural activity of your choice – Met for Dendur & arms & armory (I’d squeeze in the mummies too)
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I don’t get the incipient bagel chauvinism, whether about Pop Up or Courage in LA. I was born in the City, grew up on bagels, am Jewish blah blah. Pop Up is corny branding but good, better than say Bagel Talk or Bagel and Co. Most of the folks I know who grew up on the UWS going to H&H and then Absolute like it fwiw. And there’s not a fixed, eternal bagel NY bagel. Bagels were really different things 100 years ago, as I’m sure they were in the old country.
I like the Foxface rec btw!
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I have no interest in ripping a fluffy bagel to dip it into some odd flavor of cream cheese because it’s all over social media. ymmv.
There is no single best bagel like there is no single best slice – there are good ones in every neighborhood, so eat one near you.
Most tourists wouldn’t know the difference between a good or great bagel, and most locals wouldn’t agree on which is which.
Re Indian – try Chatti on your next visit.
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I like pop up too but consider it more of a yummy bread than a classic ny style bagel. It’s delicious hot out of the oven but meh when cool, and not as chewy as a classic bagel. I believe the holes are poked instead of rolled like classic bagels.
Like i said, ive enjoyed it hot but i probably wouldnt recommend it to a friend if i wanted to showcase a ny bagel. As a good bread, or in addition to somewhere like bagel market, sure.
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That would be Bagel Hole. There used to be a couple others still doing it old-style but ro my knowledge they’re the last.
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Fair. My point is that our current nostalgia for a ‘classic’ NY bagel is for a bagel 3x what it was in the Ellis Island era. And in the old country bagels weren’t eaten with cream cheese let alone smoked fish. It’s fine to not like any incarnation but these things evolve.
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Ya, i dont need a third wave bagel… happy with standard east coast bagel.. ess a bagel usually suffices.. but thought i’d get an improved rec for once. (am from a jewish part of brookline and well versed).. also grew up in the ussr where our bagels were long and thing and never had toppings
looks perfect.. and so close to McSorley’s! Wonder if kid can go in there
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i cant believe you’ve peaked my interest! going to be at tomkins anyway
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Anyone think of something Central Park adjacent that would be fun with 4 well behaved big kids? Eating menus, not tasting 
Which side of the park? It’s pretty big.
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Don’t be difficult 
I’m not! If you’re at the zoo, you probably wouldn’t appreciate a recommendation near AMNH. It’s a haul.
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Probably easier to drop 2 spots rather than argue :p. Since you clearly know 2 . I don’t know where imma be tbh. Angelo’s is my only non baller bookmark the park
Okay, here’s a few, stubborn person!
Cafe Sabarsky, Raku, Flor de Mayo, Sushi Yasaka
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Not a restaurant, but Zabar’s for picnic supplies.
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X 2 for Zabar’s. Nothing like it in the county. Go wild. Be sure to get some sliced fish, knishes, whitefish salad, black and white cookies
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Barney Greengrass another good choice, if you go that route.
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