NEW YORK CITY

Lombardi’s Pizza
32 Spring Street in Soho area. Shop first then eat.
(212) 941-7994 1st Pizza restaurant in U.S. sub Blue C-E

John’s of Bleecker Street (Pizza)
278 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village area Great coal fired Pizza and Ravioli’s
(212) 243-1680     A Dr. Lum’s Favorite!

AquaGrill
Fresh East Coast Fish & oyster bar.
210 Spring Street in Soho at 6th avenue (212) 274-0505

Blue Ribbon
97 Sullivan in Soho area, Great small restaurant.
Go around 5 pm for no waiting. btwn Prince & Spring St. Order Bone Marrow Marmalade and Jonah crab
(212) 274-0404  A Dr. Lum’s Favorite!

Serendipity 3 Frozen Chocolate Dessert.
Ask to sit upstairs. Across from Bloomingdales. (Movie: Serendipity) 60th St btwn 2 & 3 Ave.

Jaques Torres Chocolates     
285 Amsterdam (@ 73rd & 74th) upper West 350 Hudson (@ King St) A block S of Huston.

Dylan’s CandyBar    
1011 3rd Avenue (subway Lexington/59th St) N,R,W,4,5,6

Max Brenner             
Chocolate drinks, Deserts, Fondue and meals.
141 2nd Ave. (@ 9th St) Greenwich Village (212) 388-0030
841 Broadway (@ 13 & 14th St.) Union Square

Gray’s Papaya           
Hot dogs & fruit smoothies. Top hot dog places in America.
539 8th Avenue @ 37th Street, 2090 Broadway @ 72st Street,
402 6th Avenue @ 8th Street in the West Village

International Soup Kitchen
42nd & 5th avenue near Grand Central Station

Food Cart Vendors
Hot dogs & falafels ect. Good fast food.

Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
65 Bayard Street. One block South of Canal St.

Bagels
New York City bagel locations. New Yorkers don’t toast it!

Murray’s Bagels        
500 6th (@ 12 & 13 st.) Greenwich
242 8th Ave (@ 22 & 23 St.) Chelsea

H & HBagel               
2239 Broadway (@ 80th St) Upper West

Ess-a-bagel                     
359 1st Ave. (@ 21st) Murray Hill 831 3rd Ave (@ 51 & 52nd St.) Midtown

Daniel’s Bagels           
569 3rd Ave (@ 37 & 38 St.) near Grand Central

Tal Bagels                    
333 E 86th St ( @ 1st & 2nd Ave) Upper East
2446 Broadway (90th) Upper West 977 1st Ave (@ 53rd & 54th) Midtown

Bagelfellers  
36 W 48th St. (@ 5th & 6th Ave) near Rockefeller Center

Kossar’s                         
367 Grand Street (@ Essex & Norfolk St)

Absolute Bagel           
2788 Broadway (@ 107th St)

Century 21 Discounted fashion designer wear for men and women. Across the street from ground zero. M-F 7:45am-8 pm. 22 Courtland St. btwn Broadway & Church.

Filines Basement        
4 Union Square S. Park Avenue South @ 16th Street.

Shoe district
West 8th Street @ 6th Avenue

Perfume District
28th and 31st streets & Broadway Near Madison Square Garden 30-50% off designer brands. Can also purchase sample sizes.

Leather Area
Delany & Grand

Toy District
23rd St. and 5th Avenue between 21-27th Streets 200 5th Avenue Toy Center

SONY WONDER LAB
550 Madison Ave (53rd St. & 5th Avenue)

Nike Town
6 East 57th Street ( @ 5th Avenue)

Disney Store
711 5th Avenue @ 55th

Imitation Designer Purses
Canal Street exit in Chinatown. On one or more of the street corners there are people with a folded up piece of paper that shows some of the different styles available. They will take you to a van or storage area that holds the purses. Go with a friend during the day for extra safety. One of the storage areas was DIRECTLY off of the Canal St. subway entrance at the bottom of the steps.

Macy’s Flagship Store
Go to visitors center and show your out of state ID & hotel card. Request a 11% saving coupon good on all purchase all day. 151 W. 34th Street. (Movie: Miracle on 34th Street)

Taxi’s can be easier but more expensive. Can take you to spots not well serviced by the subways. Also good for late night rides. Otherwise take the subway.

Metro Card (Subway)                       
1 day to 7 day cards available. Unlimited Subway rides. Also pay-per-ride card 6-12 rides. Easier to pre-purchase cards then to fumble with cash at the subway station. Recommend 3 or 7 day unlimited ride card.

Ellis Island Immigration Museum.
Buy ferry tickets at Castle Clinton in Battery Park. 9:30-5 pm
Great views of NYC and statue of Liberty. (Movie: Hitch)

Empire State Building
You can buy tickets online ahead of time to save waiting in line. Entrance is on 5th Avenue. Dusk is a popular time. www.esbnyc.com (Movie:Sleepless in Seattle & Love Affair)

Rockefeller Center
Also has an observation deck. More modern and views of central park and the empire state building. About the same price as Empire State Building.

U.S. Custom’s House               
At Bowling Green. National Museum of the American Indian (branch of the Smithsonian). Free. Wall Street Bull is just up the street. Great food carts outside (pita’s)

Charging Bull            
Just past Bowling Green park. Great photo spot.

Trinity Church          
At Wall & Broad Street. Famous people buried here Robert Fulton-inventor steam boats, Alexander Hamilton-killed in a duel with Aaron Burr, Francis Lewis-signer Declaration of Independence. (Movie-National Treasure) World Trade Center monument outside.

St. Paul’s Church                              
Concerts at noon or one. Used as during WTC bombing as a firefighters headquarters.

New York City Concerts at One      
Mondays in St. Paul’s Chapel on Broadway (212) 602-0747 Thursdays in Trinity Church on Wall Street

Chinese History Museum     
Chinatown. 70 Mulberry Street & Bayard. Go upstairs.

Frick Museum 1 East 70th Street.
No kids under 10. Tu-Sat 10-6 Collection of arts displayed in a mansion across the street from Central Park. Sunday 11-1 suggested donation.

Museum of Modern Art Great Impressionist collection. 53rd St. www.moma.org closed W 2880700 One of the best in the world. Free Fridays 4-8

Metropolitan Museum of Art                    
World class. Pay as you wish. Suggested admission. Good place for lunch. Visit the Egyptian temple and Impressionist collections. (Movie: When Harry Met Sally)

Natural History Museum Dinosaur skeletons / Ocean & wild life dioramas.
Start on the 4th floor dinosaurs. Café in basement for food. Central Park West & 79th St. B or C line to 81st. Pay as you wish. (pay as you wish does not apply to planetarium shows). Hayden Planetarium. Special Cosmo show. (Night at the Museum/KPax)

Ellis Island Immigration station.     
Free movie and audio tours. (Movie Hitch) Castle Clinton.

Subway Entertainment
Performers in the subways are licensed by the city. Really good entertainment for a few bucks tip. Watch for pickpockets. Most major stations. Very interesting.

BROADWAY PLAYS PLAYBILL.COM
Discount show tickets available. But does not list all show playing. Only shows that advertise with Playbill. Can just type in the show name & discount to see what is available online. Also ask your hotel if they offer discounted tickets/codes to shows. Some hotels have coupon numbers that will allow you a discounted purchase. If you are traveling all the way to New York and you want to see a play it is better to pay for the ticket at full face value and get a better seat. I like the isle seats looking down the isle (NOT an isle seat in center section). Try to get about 6-8 rows back. Too close and you are looking up all the time.

WICKED About Glenda and the wicked witch of the East when they were young and in school. Long before the Wizard of Oz.

LION KING Story of the Lion King set to music. Perfect for people of all ages.
Spectacular show.  Also on DVD.

BOOK OF MORMON: Older teens to adults. Language caution.

www.NYCVISIT.com

HadesTown                 Newest Show

SEAT SELECTION
Always try to talk to an agent to get seats looking down an isle. For a family of four request 2 sets of isle seats back to back. ie Row D seats 1 & 2 and Row F 1 & 2. This way both kids or two adults will get an unobstructed views down the isle. It makes no sense to sit four in a row. You never know who is going to be sitting directly in front of you. Also once the show starts you don’t talk to each other.

http://gonyc.about.com/cs/museums/a/museumdeals.htm

Check for Free museum days.

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Randall T. Lum, O.D.         (650) 589-7198                More Tips online @ www.LumOptometry.com