Coffee
Joe Coffee Company
West Village · 141 Waverly Pl
A West Village institution. Sitting at the window counter is the closest New York gets to a slow morning.
3 min walk from the West Village
Chapter Two · Field Notes
The cafés, parks and quiet
bars I actually go to.
Forty-four notebooks. Fourteen years. The places that make a New York address feel like home. None of this is sponsored. All of it is walked.
Bookstore
McNally Jackson
Nolita · 52 Prince St
The best independent bookstore in the city. Staff picks that actually earn their shelf space.
12 min walk from the West Village
Park
Jefferson Market Garden
West Village · 425 6th Ave
A secret garden behind a Victorian courthouse. One of the few places in Manhattan that feels genuinely quiet.
5 min walk from the West Village
Food
Russ & Daughters
Lower East Side · 179 E Houston St
Since 1914. The smoked fish is the point, but the egg creams stay with you.
20 min walk from the West Village
Culture
Film Forum
Greenwich Village · 209 W Houston St
Repertory cinema that takes its programming as seriously as a museum takes its collection.
8 min walk from the West Village
Market
Union Square Greenmarket
Union Square · E 17th St & Broadway
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday. The version of New York that makes you want to cook.
18 min walk from the West Village
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