Best of Manhattan 09: Reader’s Choice Poll
Posted by Our Town on October 15, 2009 · View Comments
Best Summer Festival: Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors
Best Public Space: Tie, the High Line and Central Park
Best Reason to Love NYC: The food
Best Local Blog: mominthecity.com
Best Reason to go downtown: The High Line
Best Downtown Bar/Restaurant: Tie, Beauty Bar and Yerba Buena
Best Midtown Bar/Restaurant: Applebee’s Bar & Grill
Best Upper West Side Bar/Restaurant: Arte Café
Best Upper East Side Bar/Restaurant: Baraonda
Best Rooftop Bar: 230 Fifth
Best Expensive Eats: Tie, Babbo and Morton’s
Best Meal for Less than $10: Maoz Vegetarian
Best Midtown Lunch: Chipotle
Best Ethnic Restaurant: Pera Mediterranean Brasserie
Best Restaurant for Comfort Food: Eisenberg’s
Best (Non-Chain) Coffee Shop: Tie, Mudd and Joe the Art of Coffee
Best Discount Clothing Store: Tie, H&M and Century 21
Best Cheap Date: Central Park
Best Way to Get Rid of Pests: Move
Best Place for People Watching: Times Square (specifically, the pedestrian malls on Broadway)
Best Outdoor Venue: Central Park SummerStage
Best Place to Hear Live Music: Tie, Bowery Ballroom and Carnegie Hall
Best Political Goof: Gov. David Paterson
Best NYC Celebrity to Hate: Donald Trump
Best Art Exhibit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Best Broadway Show: Tie, Jersey Boys and Hair
Best Local Politician: Mike Bloomberg (runner-up: Chuck Schumer)
Best Old-timer: Ed Koch
Thanks to everyone who weighed in on our readers’ choice poll!
seriously? you guys are from NYC and you're calling Applebee's and Chipotle the best of…well, anything? You really need to get out and explore your city more. You can find these bland chains in any small town across the country. Let me guess, Olive Garden is the best Italian and McDonald's has the best burger.
this list is terribly generic. does the writer even live in nyc? try exploring more. fail.
I agree with Corey! Applebees, Chiptole, Maoz, H&M and Forever 21?!
Was this list compiled from a directory at the Westchester County Mall????
I agree with the above posters! Chiptole, Applebees, Maoz, H&M and Century 21 are the best NYC has to offer ?! !?
Was this list compiled while shopping at the Westchester County Mall????????
seriously? you guys are from NYC and you're calling Applebee's and Chipotle the best of…well, anything? You really need to get out and explore your city more. You can find these bland chains in any small town across the country. Let me guess, Olive Garden is the best Italian and McDonald's has the best burger.
that was a terribly generic list. does the writer live in nyc? fail. bigime!
this list is terribly generic. does the writer even live in nyc? try exploring more. fail.
I agree with Corey! Applebees, Chiptole, Maoz, H&M and Forever 21?!
Was this list compiled from a directory at the Westchester County Mall????
I agree with the above posters! Chiptole, Applebees, Maoz, H&M and Century 21 are the best NYC has to offer ?! !?
Was this list compiled while shopping at the Westchester County Mall????????