Lincoln Center
Ask New Yorkers, they'll tell you: the centre of the known universe for music, performance and high culture, this sprawling precinct on the park's edge embodies all that is good and great about public life in this city.
Dizzy's Club Coca Cola
You'd come for the music if it wasn't for the view. You'd come for view if it wasn't for the music (three sets a night plus late weekend jam sessions) ... more
Picholine
It's very tony. All lavender and alabaster. Everything 'comme il faut'. Classic haute cuisine dishes executed perfectly. Go alone and be spoilt the old-fashioned NYC way ... more
The Juilliard Bookstore
Heaven for serious music lovers, this is the temporary home (during renovations) of an impressively arcane and archival storehouse of knowledge ... more
Lincoln Center
If you have any interest in the performing arts or the artists who bring them to life, then you'll delight in simply hanging out in this astonishingly creative precinct ... more
Bar Boulud
If you've got tickets to a grand performance at the Met or the debut of an edgy young Julliard school talent, make your night even more memorable by starting off here ... more