Los Tacos No.1 in Chelsea Market has run Tijuana-style hand-pressed tortillas in New York City since 2013. Priced at $. Kitchen leans taqueria.
Signature: Adobada taco, Carne asada
Order: Adobada al pastor, three tacos with pineapple.
Tip: Order at the till, eat standing at the counter. The Hudson Yards outpost is less crowded for the same taco.
Ayesha Nurdjaja's Israeli-Mediterranean room on Ninth Avenue runs hearth-baked saluf in Chelsea, New York City. Order the saluf with house labneh and zhoug.
Signature: Saluf bread, Lamb shawarma
Order: Saluf with house labneh and zhoug.
Tip: Weekend brunch runs the saluf with eggs. Walk-ins at the counter from 17:30 every weekday.
El Quijote at the Hotel Chelsea has poured Spanish drinks since 1930 in New York City. Order the spanish gin and tonic. At 226 West 23rd Street.
Signature drink: Spanish gin and tonic
Food: Spanish kitchen
Tip: The bar takes walk-ins; the dining room needs Resy. The Iberico ham and the gin and tonic on the bar is the pre-dinner combo.
Chelsea Market on Ninth Avenue runs an indoor food hall in the old Nabisco factory in New York City. Open mon-sat 07:00-22:00, sun 08:00-22:00.
Tip: Avoid noon to 14:00 on weekends; the corridors fill. Los Tacos line moves fastest; Lobster Place is the slow seat.
Ayesha Nurdjaja's Chelsea Israeli room serves a saluf-and-eggs brunch in New York City. Order the saluf with sunny eggs and zhoug. Open sat-sun 11:00-15:00.
Order: Saluf with sunny eggs and zhoug.
Tip: Brunch starts at 11:00 weekends; the first hour books up six weeks out. Walk in at 14:00 for an easy seat.
The Eagle NYC on West 28th is the leather and cruise bar with three floors, an outdoor patio and dress-coded events on the upstairs roof deck most weekends.
Tip: Opens late, 22:00 most nights. Underwear, jock and bear nights all enforce dress codes posted on the door.
Boxers in Chelsea is the gay sports bar with shirtless bartenders, two pool tables and a wall of TVs that pulls a mixed crowd on game nights and a queer one.
Tip: Free pool every Sunday, karaoke Tuesday and Sunday. Game-day kitchen runs wings and burgers until 02:00.