- Egg Shop (for poached huevos, obviously. And french toast)
- The Butcher's Daughter (for days you pretend to be healthy)
- Jack's Wife Frieda (for brunch)
- Gasoline Alley Coffee (for coffee, hanging bicycles and bearded hipsters)
- Magnolia Bakery (for cheesecake, because I don't fancy cupcakes. Give me the real thing!)
- Two Hands (for chai latte and banana bread)
- Asiadog (for hotdogs asian style)
- Toby's Estate Coffee (YAS)
- Doughnut Plant (for the creme brulee mini doughnut)
- Elbow Room (for all their mac n cheeses)
- Hungry Ghost (for sub par coffee and free wifi)
- Primrose Hill (for free wifi and quaint workspace)
- Shake Shack (for fun)
- Momofuku Ramen (for the chicken ramen and chicken wings)
- Momofuku Milkbar (for cereal milk soft serve, do not get the pistachio, gross)
- Wilma Jean (for fried chicken)
- Buttermilk Channel (for seriously good but seriously expensive fried chicken)
- Morgenstern's (for fine ice cream-look out for special collaborations!)
- Chinatown Ice Cream Factory (for fruity flavors-banana and durian! egg custard too!)
- Il Laboratoria (for minimalist ice cream and interiors)
- Van Leeuwen (for ice cream + coffee days)
- Bergen Hall (for fat everything)
- Blue Bottle (for everyday coffee perks)
- Court Street Grocers (for the Reuben, and grilled cheese)
- Smorgasburg (for fat Saturday summers)
- Dough (for the best doughnuts on earth)
- Peter Pan (for Tina Fey and doughnut fans, you must be both)
- Herald Square Urban Space NY Market (for Red Hook lobster, truffle fries & choc challah)
- Garibaldi Pizza (for best pizza, go before dinner crowds get in)
- Dominique Ansel (for cronut, beignet, Kouign-amann, milk bread)
- Brooklyn Flea (for Saturdays in brooklyn in summer)
- Gotham West Market (for ramen and tacos, and buttermilk fried chicken)
- Melt Shop (for grilled cheese and tater tots)
- Ambrose Hall (for communal and noisy food atmosphere)
- Big Gay Ice Cream (for ice cream truck flavors, bleagh)
- Maman (for pastries and soy matcha latté)
- Umami Burger (for truffle in your burger)
- Bare Burger (for when you have an organic-conscious friend in town)
- Sprinkles Cupcake ATM (for cravings)
- Union Square Farmer's Market (for Red Jacket Strawberry and Apple juice)
- Sur la Table and Williams-Sonoma (for the best instant mixes for bakes and waffles)
- Asiate Mandarin Oriental Hotel (for an expensive dining option with a great view)
- Balthazar (for french pastries)
- Stumptown Coffee
- Brooklyn Roasting Company
- Urban Vintage (for lemon + ginger tea and truly a vintage experience)
- Choice (for fresh hot food and juices)
- General Greene (for working in Clinton Hill on a weekday. Don't even bother on Saturday)
- Dean & Deluca (for Upper East Side picnics)
- Brooklyn Ball Factory (for meatballs the size of my face, matcha loaf and yuzu iced tea)
- Habana (for bright summer nights outdoors in Brooklyn)
- Don Nico's (for tacos and burritos)
- Korilla (for fun, and for no other reason because queue is long and food is substandard)
- Five Guys (for...... fat)
- Intelligentsia Flatiron (for coffee)
- Juice Generation (for cute juice cups and the coco açai)
- Liqueteria (pressed juices)
- Be Juice (?) b/w University Pl & 6thAv? (for best date/ banana smoothie and flirty Croatian)
- MoMA resturant (for posh lunch meetings)
- Café Sabarsky (all things German)
- Ample Hills Creamery (for days you need to feel like a kid again)
- Blue Marble Ice Cream (also at Bergen Hall!)
- OddFellows Ice Cream (for banana split in Williamsburg)
- The Annex on Fulton St (for natural light, good coffee and people watching)
- Porter House (for steak)
- Marietta (for natural light and meetings near school)
- Luigi's (for the mozarella and pesto pizza)
- The Commodore (for fried chicken and pacman)
- La Esquina (for taco)
- Prune (for fried oyster omelette and monte cristo)
- Franny's (for pizza)
- Russ & Daughters (for babka, salmon bagel, latkes and knishes)
- Livingston Manor (for downtown brooklyn's latest)
- Chip Shop (for FANTA MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN LOL)
- Bijan (for bougie night in Boerum Hill)
- Four & Twenty Blackbirds (for pie)
- Mirrors on Grand (for after school)
- Chalait (For everything matcha. I swear. The Asian in me went out of control)
- Greenpoint Fish and Lobster
- Five Leaves (American hipster with kale)
- Selamat Pagi
- Delta Grill (Cajun)
- Black Seed Bagels
- Bar Chuko (Japanese bar food)
- Buvette (for seriously good brunch.. but seriously long wait ugh, damn the west village)
- French Louie
- The Wren (for irish.....coffee)
- A salt and battery (Fish and Chips)
- Corner Bistro (BURGER!! SO. GURD!!!!!)
- The Boil (Cajun! Crawfish boils!)
- Golden Unicorn (Dimsum!)
- Maison Premiere (Oyster bar)
- The Navy (Posh Seafood + coffee, I know weird combination)
- Lederhosen
- Clinton St Baking Company (for buttermilk pancakes and toast)
- Xi' An Famous Food (best handmade lamb dry noodles EVER)
- Sarabeth's Central Park South (for a little Parisien moment on the sidewalk café and good shit brunch)
- La Colombe (for the best coffee in New York, I swear)
- City Market (for a mix of everything in midtown)
- Bali Nusa (Indonesian! Legit!)
- Schmackary's (for cookies)
- Underwest Donutes (for donut stop while strolling along Hudson river)
- Little Cupcake Shop (for best cheesecake in Brooklyn)
- Aita's (Italian fusion I guess?)
- Mayflower (for right after Aita's)
- B Bar and Grill (for the most beautiful tree canopy while dining outdoors, best adaptive reuse! former petrol station! and cute taco window)
- Mile End (holy cow, best reuben that ever lived. all around great deli)
- Parisi Bakery (for authentic old Italian sandwich shop and delicious chicken parmigiano)
- Little Parc (for amazing food in Tribeca and celebrity spotting hehe)
- Birdbath Bakery (for salads on-the-go downtown)
- City Bakery (for hot chocolate and marshmallows. Winter Treats)
- Bouchon Bakery (for chocolate croissants and hot chocolate when you're about to take a stroll through Central Park)
- Loeb Boathouse (for tea in Central Park)
- Mulberry and Vine (for post workout smoothies, juices and healthy meals)
- Katz's Deli (truly the best deli on the east side)
- Estela (for brunch)
- Freeman's Alley (for English fare at brunch, dinner, or anytime you can get in really)
- Birreria (for rooftop and douchebags)
- Laut (for expensive and seriously mediocre southeast asian fare)
- Gansevoort Market (for beautiful interiors, green walls... shh don't tell anyone)
- Tortaria (for best fish tacos and massive burritos, good lunch deal for Union Square)
- Snodays (for yummy shaved ice and sweet milk)
- Tavern on the Green (for posh meals that you can't afford)
- Bao shop a few doors down from Pratt Manhattan on 14th W (for the softest roast duck baos ever)
- Breads Bakery in Union Square (for chocolate babka and decent corn fritters)
- East Harbor (for dim sum, better than Golden Unicorn)
- Westville (for delicious organic lunches that cost a lot of money)
- al di la trattoria (for great italian with a date)
- taralucci y vino (italian in gramercy)
- Barbounia (for pricey shakshuka)
- SriPraPhAI (for the best Thai in all of New York)
- Peaches HotHouse (for spicy fried chicken)
- Mama's Empanadas (for world famous empanadas)
- Sompong Thai (for cheap lunchtime thai deals in Jackson Heights)
- Taqueria Coatzingo (for giant ass horchata at 3 bucks and also great burritos and tacos)
- Alex's Luncheonette (for best spanish yellow rice and greasy spanish-style chicken)
- Taboonette (for best falafels and yellow pasta mediterranean rice ever)
- Ennju (for cheap lunchtime japanese takeout and budget donburi cravings)
- Esca (for expensive occasions - i.e. graduation - and crudo - i.e. italian style sashimi)
- Moku Moku (for comfort ramen in East Williamsburg)
- Yours Sincerely (for burger and drinks in glass beakers)
- Jimmy's Diner (for pricey but amazing diner food in Williamsburg)
- Champ's Diner (for vegan diner food)
- Win Son (for taiwanese fried chicken and baos)
- Queens International Night Market (for a concentration of great Asian food in Flushing Meadows!)
- Nicky's Vietnamese (for duck rice)
- Fazio's (for pizza in Bushwick)
- Rudy's (for the best traditional and classic pastries and cookies)
- RidgewoodEats (for diner fare)
- Burnside (shuffleboard)
- Sally Roots (Caribbean in Bushwick - great goat curry?!)
- Raku (for really amazing ramen - skip that bullshit Ippudo line)
- vol de nuit (for hidden alleyway in the west village)
- Ramen-Ya (for late nigth ramen after a show at IFC)