East Village Suite

You will find several interesting places right in your area, like on E 6th Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue A - Organic Vegetarian restaurant “Caravan of Dreams”, “Bnk Mi Zon” Vietnamese Restaurant, bicycle rentals (so you can rent a bike and have your own tour around New York, Manhattan island is actually only 31 miles if you go around it!). You also have an old record store (a heaven for someone who is looking for an original vinyl record from a favourite artist).

You have unlimited food choices in this area – you can cook (there are many food markets nearby) or enjoy one of the numerous (and quite unique) restaurants in the area. Walking down from 14th street and 1st Avenue you will spot a lot of pizzerias, sushi restaurants, restaurants with Middle Eastern cuisine, as well as world-known American chain fast-food restaurants – McDonalds, Subway, Dunkin Donuts, Papa John’s. But that’s not all. You have a lot of unique restaurants right around the corner from your apartment – the restaurants where New Yorkers from all over Manhattan come to eat. A few examples would be: “Tallgrass Burger” (organic grass-fed beef burgers) located on 1st Ave and 13th Street; “Neptune” on 12th and 1st and “Odessa” on 7th and Avenue A (both Polish-Ukranian restaurants with a selection of pierogies, blintzes, and borscht); “Sahara” on 12th and 1st (Northern African, Middle Eastern cuisine); “Simone” espresso and wine bar on 8th and 1st; “The Organic Grill” on 1st Avenue between 7th and 8th Streets (first organic restaurant in NYC); Patisserie on 1st and 10th (you will find all possible pastry you could ever dream about); “Mancotta” Peruvian cuisine on the corner of 6th Street and 1st Avenue; “Benny’s Burritos” on the corner on 6th Street and Avenue A (apparently, serving best burritos in the city); Drom bar (for those enjoying the night life); Vegan organic food and bakery on 8th Street between 1st and Avenue A; on the same block “DOB” – French Vietnamese cuisine.

You also have a variety of grocery stores: Supermarket on 14th Street between 1st and Avenue A; Deli & Grocery on 12th Street and 1st Avenue; Lime Tree Market on 9th and 1st; Liquor Store on 1st Avenue between 8th and 9th Street; Food market and Village Farm & Grocer on 7th Street and 1st Avenue; East Village Farm Deli & Grocery on Avenue A between 6th and 7th Street (large store with different types of food as well as a great place to get your morning coffee and bagels with cream cheese); FoodMart on 2nd Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets.