New York City Dining, Culture and Things to Do

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Fashion and design / Retail culture

The Metropolitan Museum of Art facade on Fifth Avenue with stone columns and an American flag — The Met on Fifth Avenue in 2010. Upper East Side context, not the Etro boutique or exhibition. Photo: Sailko · CC BY SA 3.0. Image details

Etro makes time for its archive on Madison Avenue

A temporary presentation at the house’s Madison Avenue boutique offers a different way to approach a fashion afternoon.

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Weekend plans / Weekend guide

MoMA glass facade and entrance on West 53rd Street — MoMA on West 53rd Street in February 2009. Archival venue photograph. Photo: cjn212 and The Grotto · CC BY SA 2.5. Image details

Things to do this weekend in New York City

Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 2026: Art after dark, two studio conversations and a considered finish to marathon Sunday.

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Culture / Exhibition guide

Small rounded Tiffany glass vase with a narrow neck and flowing blue, green and purple color — Tiffany Favrile glass vase, 1893 to 1896. A separate collection stop in Gallery 454, not an object identified with the drawing exhibition. Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0. Image details

At The Met, Tiffany begins with a drawing

A new exhibition puts the studio’s working ideas in focus. A small glass vessel offers a second way to look.

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City life / Event preview

Marathon Sunday has an evening encore at Terminal 5

The official celebration gives runners and their supporters a second meeting point, several hours after the finish.

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Art and culture / Exhibition opening

Constantin Brancusi seated in his Paris studio among sculptures including Fish and Leda around 1934 — Constantin Brancusi in his Paris studio with Endless Columns I through IV, Fish and Leda, around 1934. Image source: Centre Pompidou, Paris, Constantin Brancusi Bequest, digital image CNAC MNAM, Dist. RMN Grand Palais, Art Resource, NY. Succession Brancusi. All rights reserved. Used under MoMA press image terms for current exhibition publicity. Image details

Brancusi turns MoMA’s sixth floor into a studio

A newly opened exhibition brings rare loans from the artist’s Paris workshop into conversation with MoMA’s own collection.

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Fashion and design / Confirmed opening

Historic storefront on Orchard Street near the new Eckhaus Latta store on the Lower East Side — Orchard Street on the Lower East Side, photographed in August 2025. Neighborhood setting near the new store. Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0. Image details

Eckhaus Latta opens a new Lower East Side epicenter

The independent label has joined its New York shop, design studio, archive and photography space under one Ludlow Street roof.

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Weekend plans / Weekend guide

Visitors seated before a wall of paintings at the Whitney Museum of American Art — The Whitney during an October 2026 exhibition opening. The photograph shows another current exhibition, not Charles Burchfield: Elemental. Photo: Yvonne Tnt and Jason Lowrie, BFA.com · Whitney press image for editorial coverage. Image details

Things to do this weekend in New York City

Oct. 23 to 25, 2026: Five considered plans for new art, an evening performance and a Sunday studio visit.

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Dining / Opening announcement

Historic townhouses and storefronts at West 14th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan — West 14th Street at Ninth Avenue in February 2022. Neighborhood setting, not the finished restaurant. Photo: Tdorante10 · CC BY SA 4.0. Image details

Lady Delilah sets a Nov. 3 opening on West 14th Street

The announced American bistro is taking reservations for early November, with late evening hours near Ninth Avenue.

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Art and culture / Exhibition preview

Dark curling marks surround dense green foliage, a winding path and a wooden structure beneath a yellow sky — Charles Burchfield’s Cricket Chorus in the Arbor, 1917. Whitney Museum of American Art, gift of Anne and John Straus. Photo: Charles Burchfield · Public domain in the United States. Image details

At the Whitney, a small exhibition makes room for the weather

Ten watercolors offer a focused autumn museum plan, with an opening this Thursday and a ticketed free evening on Friday.

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Dining and design / Announced opening

Overhead photograph of pasta plates, sliced tomatoes and greens from House of Pasta’s official ordering page — Food pictured by House of Pasta, Casa Serra’s sister restaurant. Image source: House of Pasta. Copyright retained by the respective rights holders. Image details

Casa Serra plans a winter table on Front Street

House of Pasta’s sister restaurant is planned for the Seaport, with skylights, greenery and a familiar Italian menu shaping the proposal.

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Weekend / Weekend guide

Art Deco facade of 50 Rockefeller Plaza rising above a sidewalk and planters — 50 Rockefeller Plaza in May 2026. Rockefeller Center setting, not the rooftop gardens. Photo: Ajay Suresh · CC BY 4.0. Image details

Things to do this weekend in New York City

Oct. 16 to 18, 2026: Five cultural plans, from a Tiffany interior and Rockefeller Center gardens to a Friday evening with Lichtenstein.

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Dining and design / Confirmed opening

Softville makes dessert a little stranger on Orchard Street

Gelato Messina’s new Lower East Side shop pairs made from scratch soft serve with a roomful of Studio Jeremyville art.

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Culture / Exhibition and planning

The Whitney looks at Lichtenstein again, and then again

A career spanning exhibition turns repetition, copying and handmade precision into a reason to slow down.

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Design / Architecture and planning

Gilded coffered ceiling with carved floral and shell ornament in the Collector’s Office at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House — The Collector’s Office ceiling, photographed in 2015. Photo: Mwatt510 · CC BY SA 4.0. Image details

A Tiffany room opens its doors in Lower Manhattan

Open House New York offers a Saturday inside a room usually closed to the public. The ceiling alone deserves a pause.

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Culture / Exhibition and planning

At MoMA, the book becomes a Surrealist object

A newly opened exhibition makes paper, binding and the act of reading part of the art.

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Culture / Exhibition and planning

The New York Historical’s stone facade on Central Park West, photographed in 2019 — The New York Historical on Central Park West in July 2019. Photo: Ajay Suresh · CC BY 2.0. Image details

New York’s musical comeback gets a museum address

You Should Be Dancing brings punk, disco and hip hop into one city story, with a Friday evening window for a slower visit.

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Weekend / Weekend guide

Things to do this weekend in New York City

Oct. 9 to 11, 2026: Five well timed plans for film, theater, design and two museum exhibitions in their final days.

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Culture / On the calendar

New Museum exterior on the Bowery in 2012, with Isa Genzken’s Rose II sculpture on its facade — The New Museum on the Bowery in May 2012. Photo: Alind697 · CC BY SA 3.0. Image details

The Bowery has a past worth making time for

The New Museum turns its own street into the subject of The Bowery: Devil’s Mile, on view through Jan. 31, 2027.

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Culture / On the calendar

New World Stages entrance on West 50th Street — New World Stages on West 50th Street. Photo: Casey “Poppins” Nedelka · CC BY SA 4.0. Image details

A two for one offer puts Off Broadway in the plans

NYC Off Broadway Week runs Oct. 5 to 18, with two for one tickets for 25 productions across the city.

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Dining / Announced opening

Celeriac cooking above an open fire. Photo: City Foodsters · CC BY 2.0. Image details

The West Village has a new room for Daniel Humm

HUMM is scheduled to open Oct. 10 at 435 Hudson Street, with dinner shaped by the grill, the martini cart and a distinctly personal point of view.

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Dining / Confirmed opening

A bowl of frozen açaí pulp — Frozen açaí pulp. Photo: Jorge Láscar · CC BY SA 2.0. Image details

The Lower East Side has an Amazon shaped dinner

Iara is now open on Allen Street, with Brazilian cooking built around the flavors of the rainforest.

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Weekend / Weekend guide

Exterior of Film at Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center — The Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center in 2019. An archival venue view. Photo: Ajay Suresh · CC BY 2.0. Image details

Things to do this weekend in New York City

Oct. 2 to 4, 2026: Five considered plans for film, art, city history and a dinner built around live fire.

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Dining / Confirmed opening

Argentine asado with meats and vegetables cooking over a grill — Argentine asado cooking over a grill. Photo: RecetasGourmet.com.ar · Attribution permitted. Image details

The West Village has a new reason to gather around the fire

Graciela brings Argentine tavern cooking, a serious parrilla and an easy sense of occasion to Greenwich Avenue.

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Best of NYC / Wine bars

Wine glasses on a softly lit table with place settings — Wine and a table setting photographed in London. Photo: Seshadri Dhanakoti · CC BY SA 2.0. Image details

Top 10 wine bars in NYC for a real night out

A citywide guide to wine bars that can carry the whole evening, from downtown rooms to Brooklyn favorites.

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Best of NYC / Day trips

Grand Central Terminal main concourse in New York City — Grand Central Terminal, a starting point for several car free day trips from New York City. Photo: Diliff · CC BY 2.5. Image details

Top 10 day trips from NYC without a car

Train and ferry reachable escapes for art, beaches, river towns, gardens and small city wandering.

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Best of NYC / Date night

Top 10 NYC date night restaurants that feel special

Restaurants with atmosphere, food and occasion value for dates that deserve more than a default reservation.

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Dining / Confirmed opening

Korean barbecue cooking over an in table grill in Seoul — Korean barbecue photographed in Seoul in 2019. Photo: lazy fri13th · CC BY 2.0. Image details

Koreatown has its barbecue comeback

Baekjeong Black returns the celebrated Korean barbecue name to West 32nd Street with two floors and a dinner built around the grill.

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Culture / On the calendar

MoMA has plans after dark

An October evening brings music, performance and open galleries into the same Midtown plan.

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Culture / Today in Astoria

Exterior of Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria — Museum of the Moving Image in 2011. Archival venue photograph. Photo: NickCPrior · CC BY SA 3.0. Image details

The people who build the magic take the stage

A live conversation at Museum of the Moving Image puts the craft behind Jim Henson’s characters in the spotlight this Sunday.

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Dining / Opening brief

Korean bibimbap with rice, beef, seafood, vegetables and egg — Bibimbap photographed in Espoo, Finland. Photo: JIP · CC BY SA 4.0. Image details

A new Korean dinner address on East 64th

Bon Ga brings Korean comfort food to the Upper East Side, with a small dining room east of First Avenue.

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Design and culture / Announced exhibition

MoMA asks who designed the facts

Opening Sunday, Full Disclosure turns information design into a museum subject, with a free gallery that makes a focused Midtown visit possible.

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Design and retail / Announced opening

Cast iron buildings at 503 to 511 Broadway in SoHo — Broadway in SoHo in 2011. Neighborhood context. Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY SA 4.0. Image details

SoHo has a new room for the next chapter

Babylist has set Sept. 25 for its New York showroom at 477 Broadway, where city parents can compare gear with their actual apartments in mind.

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Culture / Confirmed program

View across the Lincoln Center campus from the Claire Tow Theater — Lincoln Center in May 2026. Archival campus setting. Photo: Epicgenius · CC BY SA 4.0. Image details

The Met just opened a new door

A new city partnership will distribute 70,000 free Metropolitan Opera tickets this season through a monthly lottery for eligible New Yorkers.

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Weekend / Weekend guide

Things to do this weekend in New York City

Sept. 25 to 27, 2026: Five cultural appointments, from a final look at American craftsmanship to opening weekend at the cinema.

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Culture / Announced event

MoMA PS1 brick exterior and PS1 banner in Long Island City — MoMA PS1 in May 2026. Venue exterior. Photo: Sashimi-b · CC BY SA 4.0. Image details

The art book crowd has a Queens address

Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair returns to MoMA PS1 this week with more than 310 exhibitors, programs and a Thursday opening night.

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Culture / Announced exhibition

Museum of the City of New York facade on Fifth Avenue — The museum exterior in 2013. Archival venue photograph. Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY SA 4.0. Image details

A new civic room opens on Museum Mile

The Museum of the City of New York is preparing a permanent exhibition on activism and the tools New Yorkers use to make change.

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Art / Announced exhibition

The Met is changing the point of view

David Hartt brings a contemporary lens to Versailles, Paris and the edges of the city.

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Culture / On the calendar

Your next great New York evening starts at the cinema

The New York Film Festival is about to begin. Build the night around a film worth talking about.

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Dining / Opening brief

A new West Village wine bar enters the conversation

El Camarón Peludo puts seafood and wine on the agenda.

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City life / The considered itinerary

The luxury of making only one plan

An argument for a less crowded New York itinerary.

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