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Late-Night New York

New York is indeed a city that never sleeps. If you wake up weekends. Have late-night
in the middle of the night – with a craving for pizza, a need beers and burgers at Bowlmor
to be entertained, or an urge to watch the sun rise over the Lanes bowling alley. Also
Manhattan skyline – there are always plenty of options from popular is the Lucky Strike
Lanes and Lounge, featuring
which to choose.
cocktails, bowling, and music
in a retro atmosphere. 24 Hour
Bars
and to 9pm Sat); Macy’s at Herald Fitness Club offers a no-frills
The best and friendliest bars are Square is open daily until 10pm. gym around the clock.
often the Irish ones. O’Flanagan’s For health essentials, many
or Peter McManus Café are Duane Reade, CVS, and Rite Aid Services
both loud, have late-night pharmacies are open 24 hours.
entertainment, and cater to Out in Queens, Astoria Laundry
regulars. Go for a late-night dry Take-Out Food is open daily until 11pm for
Martini at the Temple Bar. The and Groceries anyone who needs late-night
best piano bars are in the hotels: laundry or dry-cleaning services.
try the Café Carlyle or, for a less- A few take-out food stores Every night of the week, the
expensive option, Bemelman’s are open 24 hours a day, Beauty Bar offers late-night
Bar, both in the Carlyle Hotel, or including numerous Gristedes manicures with martinis till 4am.
the legendary Feinstein’s/54 emporiums and the Westside Near Koreatown, Red Market
Below (see p351). Supermarket. Many Korean is open for haircuts and coloring
For hot American jazz until greengrocers also stay open services until 11pm most
4am, go to Joe’s Pub or the all night. The Food Emporium nights. Mainly for women, the
Blue Note. Cornelia Street Café is a super market chain usually no-nonsense Korean Juvenex
is a lively nook for literary open until midnight. Liquor Spa provides massages and
readings. Poetry, theater, and stores are usually open until saunas at any time. If you are
Latin music can be found at the 10pm and many deliver. locked out, try Mr Locks Inc. For
Nuyorican Poets Café. If you’re For the best in bagels, go to stamps, head to the General
in midtown, stop in at Rudy’s Ess-a-Bagel, Bagels On The Post Office, open until 10pm
for an eclectic late-night scene Square, and Jumbo Bagels from Monday to Friday. The
and a free hot dog with each and Bialys. Many pizzerias and UES and UWS branches of the
drink purchase. Chinese restaurants stay open late. popular grocery chain Fairway
Market stay open until 1am.
Midnight Movies Dining
Tours and Views
Special midnight showings and The trendy set often frequent
a youthful crowd can be found Balthazar, and Les Halles for One of New York’s most
at the Angelika Film Center good French dishes. Twenty- enjoyable walks is along the
and Film Forum (see p343). New somethings will seek out the Hudson River at Battery Park
multiplexes often show movies Coffee Shop for late-night beer City, open at all hours. Piers
at midnight on weekends. and Brazilian food. You’ll find 16 and 17 at South Street
delicious and legendary Seaport attract strollers and
Shops sandwiches at the Carnegie Deli. revelers all night long, and
Caffè Reggio in Greenwich Village Watermark bar and lounge
The Strand book sellers on has been a favorite for late-night on Pier 15 is often open until
Broadway and the McNally coffee and desserts since 1927. midnight for a late pick-me-up.
Jackson Bookshop are open until Other good options include Blue Enjoy the city lights by taking a
late. The Apple Store on Fifth Ribbon and Odeon. The Dead Circle Line 2-hour tour of the
Avenue is open 24 hours and Poet is a real Upper West Side harbor at night.
well worth a visit at any time of neighborhood hangout, with a Try the Riverview Terrace at
the day. In the evening, DJs bring jukebox, a lively bar, and late- Sutton Place: the benches offer
the store to life, while during the night bar food. Downtown, the a peaceful place to watch the
day more than 300 Mac specialists party crowds flock to Artichoke sun rise over the East River,
are available for training and Pizza, which is open till 5am, for Roosevelt Island, and Queens.
consultations. In SoHo, H&M sells excellent pizza. There’s also Two of the most sensational
affordable fashion until 9pm Veselka, a Ukranian diner in the views with the Manhattan
Monday to Saturday and until East Village, open 24 hours a day. backdrop are (looking west)
8pm on Sundays. from the River Café and
Among the many Village Sports (looking east) from the
clothing stores that stay open late Chart House restaurant.
is Trash and Vaudeville (open to There is late-night play at Take a trip on the Staten
8pm Mon–Thu, to 8:30pm Fri, Slate Billiards until 4am on Island Ferry (see p76) to see the

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