stephGRAHAMbury wrote:You are allowed to eat in the stands during the game but you are not allowed to bring your own food to the stadium (if you have something in your pockets you should be good, they're not that crazy but if you try walking in with a burger and fries I believe they'll make you throw it away - I've never seen it myself but I'm nearly 100% sure that's the way it works).
I have kind of an odd recombination for you, while you're in NY I would definitely check out the Food Cart on 53rd and 6th.
It has a HUGE cult following around these parts and if you get the mixed gyro platter you will NOT be disappointed, plus it's something different from the tried and true tourist spots.
Generally I stay away from food carts (I've heard there are some other quality ones in the city but have never checked them out) but this food cart is the king of all food carts just thinking about a gyro platter makes my mouth water
Oh snap the Lamb and Rice truck.
The Halal Guys is the one on 53rd right?
Solid, little overrated IMHO.
Mamoun's is the real though. It's on MacDougal in between Houston and the street the Park is on.
Really good shawarma and felafel, hummus is excellent too.
http://mamouns.com/Blind Tiger is an awesome bar, has a ton of micro's on tap, some real cask ale and good bar food.
http://www.blindtigeralehouse.com/Vol De Nuit is a Belgian beer bar, it's solid, a little hipster for my liking for a long stay, but nice to visit for maybe an hour when bar hopping, unless it's spring, summer, early fall, then you can chill in the outside area which is nice.
http://www.voldenuitbar.com/Dinosaur BBQ in Harlem is off the hook. That's a must stop in my opinion.
Great, great barbeque, huge selection of micro's.
Usually a half hour or so wait to be seated though, beware, but if you like beer they have a little wrap around 12 foot bar to get it in while you wait.
http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/It's on 125th and 12th IIRC.
Something I've always wanted to do but never had the chance is take a helicopter tour of the city. Only one of the heliports still operates them if memory serves and you have to set it up in advanced now I believe. Not sure if the recent crash has put a hold on them though.
Don't sleep on Brooklyn either.
Some great bars and restaurants.
I'm not sure how it would be during the winter, but the Bronx Zoo is something to think about.
Find out who's going to be at the Comedy Cellar, they always have some hilarious comedians coming through.
If you want to venture into Jersey, the Stress Factory in New Brunswick is an awesome comedy club.
Liberty Science Center was redone recently and is supposed to be really cool now, not just for kids either, I've actually been meaning to go the last couple years, I keep blowing it off though.
It's right in Jersey City, which is literally outside the Holland Tunnel.
http://lsc.org/Somewhere I've been really wanting to go is the Adventure Aquarium in Camden.
Be forewarned... Camden is about an hour and change drive from NYC and it is an absolute **** hole, one of the literal most poor, violent and run down cities in the entire country.
That said, you should be safe at the actual aquarium, just don't make a wrong turn.
http://www.adventureaquarium.com/Down Neck Newark, or the Ironbound has some awesome Portuguese restaurants.
Rodizio!
There's a lot more, but that's a start.
So this year we would like to go to as basketball game. The only game that we can attend is againts atlanta on 27-12
