Bars/Coffeehouses :
   Manhattan:

• Stumpdown
• 18 W 29th Street 5 pm

• 17 Bleecker, West Village closes at 11pm
• 17 Bleecker St., New York, NY 10012

• Southside Coffee

• Crumbs, West Village

• Sweet Revenge, West Village

• Ninth Street Espresso, East Village

• 71 Irving Place Coffee & Tea Bar, Gramercy Park
  Between 18th and 19th Streets

Brooklyn area

• Char No. 4, Brooklyn Cuisine: BBQ, Southern/Soul

• Ella Café,  Williamsburg, Brooklyn

• Esperanto Cafe, west village
• Gimme!Coffee, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

• The Rabbithole Williamsburg, Brooklyn

• Bittersweet, Brooklyn. 7 pm

• Blackbird Parlour, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

• BoneShakers, Brooklyn.  7am-10pm M-F
• Vegetarian, sandwiches, salads/ coffeeshop

• Tiny Cup, Brooklyn

• Verb Café, Brooklyn.
• Mon-Fri, 7am-11:30pm

• Society Coffee Lounge, Harlem

• Bar Reis
• 375 Fifth Ave., nr 6th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn

• Cake Shop
• 152 Ludlow St., nr. Stanton St.

• Happy Ending
•   302 Broome St., nr. Forsythe St

• Music Hall of Williamsburg
• 66 N. 6th St., nr. Wythe Ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn;

• Royal Oak
• 594 Union Ave., at Richardson St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn;

• Penny Licks, Brooklyn
• Bakery, ice cream, vegan options, Coffee shop. 12pm-11pm Sat-Sun: 12pm-12am

• Pheobes Café, Brooklyn
• Mon-Fri 8am-8pm

• Supercore Café, Brooklyn
• Mon-Fri 8:30am-2am,  more of a bar type place.

Restaurants that are $$$

• Graffiti Food & Wine Bar, East Village
• 5 Ninth in the Meatpacking District—
• La Esquina, Soho
• Bobo, west village, Cuisine: French
• Commerce,Neighborhood west village Cuisine: American Nouveau
• Le cirque: Midtown East Cuisine: French

Restaurants  that are Less expensive,

• Alexandra, west village Cuisine: American Traditional

• Bridge café: Financial district,  Hidden, quiet place under Brooklyn bridge. America, new

• Elizabetg, Neighborhood: Nolita Cuisine: American Good for, when the weather is great, nice seating outside, dinner late night and in the mood for American.

• Spuntino, Lower east side, Cuisine: Italian

• Macao Trading Co., TriBeCa, Category: Asian Fusion
• Shack Shack ( burger joint)
• the Waverly hotel, west village. Cuisine: American Traditional
• Gottino ( gastropub)
• Kefi, Upper west side. Cuisine: Greek
• The Harrison, Tribeca, Cuisine American
• Boqueria, Soho, Cuisine: Spanish/Tapas
• Inside Park at St. Bart's. Midtown East, Cuisine: American Nouveau, American Traditional
• Gramercy Tavern, Neighborhood: Flatiron. Cuisine; American
• 10 Downing Food and wine, West Village Cuisine: American Nouveau, Mediterranean
• Annisa, west village, Cuisine: American Nouveau
• Marinella Restaurant, west village, Cuisine: Italian
• The little owl Cuisine , west village Cuisine: American Nouveau, Mediterranean (burger joint)
• Artichoke Basille's Pizza & Brewery, East Village Cuisine: Italian, Pizza
• Smith and mill, TriBeCa,. Cuisine: American cash only/limited hours.
• Kingswood, West village. Cuisine: Australian, Eclectic/Global, Gastropub
• Five Napkin Burger: Theater District, Hell's Kitchen. Noted as best burger for 2009

Cafes/ Quick bites

• Shopsins( breakfast choice)
• The New French (brunch)
• Sant Ambroeous: West village. Cuisine: Italian
• Brown Café, Lower east side.
• Sfoglia, upper east side. Cuisine: Cafes, Italian

Coffee shops:

• The Rabbithole(coffeeshop)
• Wombat(coffeeshop)
• Blackbird parlour (coffeeshop)
• Esperento (coffeeshop)
• Grounded (coffeeshop)
• The bean coffee and tea (coffeeshop)
• Roasting Plant
• Doma, west village
• The Bean Coffee and Tea, Sunset Park. (open late)
• Birthbath, West village Type: Gourmet Marketplace

Great for pizzas

• Kesté Pizza & Vino, west village.
• Di fara Pizza, Brooklyn Cuisine: Pizza

Cafes/desserts:

• The General Greene
• Momofuku Bakery and milk bar
• Chikalicious
• The john dory
• Inside park @ St. BartS.
• Corton -->order the the caramel brioche
• Cafe Boulud
• Gilt-> order the toasted-hazelnut-ricotta panna cotta.