Morning
Russ & Daughters Cafe
Get the Classic — Gaspé Nova, plain bagel, plain cream cheese, capers, red onion, tomato. Eggs are good too but the lox is why you came.
127 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002Maps →
Midday
Washington Square Park
Walk west. Pick up a coffee at Joe Coffee on Waverly on the way. Sit on the fountain rim for fifteen minutes. NYU students will be on roller skates. This is correct.
Washington Square N, New York, NY 10012Maps →
Afternoon
Joe's Pizza
One plain slice, folded. Eat it standing on the corner of Carmine and Bleecker. Don't sit down. Don't order a Coke.
7 Carmine St, New York, NY 10014Maps →
Late afternoon
Bleecker Street wander
From Joe's, walk east toward LaGuardia Place. Browse Bleecker Street Records. Pop into Three Lives & Co. for a book you didn't know you wanted. End at the McNally Jackson on Prince.
Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012Maps →
Evening
Frenchette
Reservation at 7. Order the duck frites for two. The wine list reads like a love letter to the Loire. Walk back to the subway slowly.
241 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013Maps →