{"id":94608213,"date":"2012-06-18T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/new-york-alternatives-to-what-s-famous\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T18:09:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T18:09:44","slug":"new-york-alternatives-to-what-s-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/new-york-alternatives-to-what-s-famous\/","title":{"rendered":"New York: Alternatives to What\u2019s Famous"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve all seen New York hot spots on television<\/strong>, and I\u2019m sure many of you have been to a couple. What you don\u2019t know, however, is that for every restaurant in New York <\/strong>that\u2019s hit it big thanks to a television show or a movie, there are plenty of alternatives out there that are both better and lacking both the notoriety and the long lines that come with it.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at five spots you need to hit, and there\u2019s a good chance you haven\u2019t seen them on television:<\/p>\n

Italian<\/h1>\n

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A number of high-profile Italian restaurants in New York have made it to your living room, and I\u2019m a big fan of a few of them. To get off the beaten path, though, head down to Bianca<\/a> on Bleecker Street. The food is incredible, and it\u2019s not at all expensive. There\u2019s one catch, though: the restaurant only takes cash. If the wait is long, don\u2019t sweat it; you can get a drink next door at VON<\/a> and bring it over to Bianca when you\u2019re table is ready.<\/p>\n

Cupcakes<\/h1>\n

Yes, Magnolia Bakery is the famous one, but there are other places you need to try. As an alternative, check out Buttercup Bake Shop<\/a>, which was founded by a former Magnolia employee<\/a> \u2013 although the icing has been described as less than exciting, the cake itself is said to be better.<\/p>\n

Hot Dogs<\/h1>\n

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Gray\u2019s Papaya is the one that always winds up on camera, and Papaya King is the oldest, according to a tweet they sent me on Twitter a while back. My favorite, though, is Crif Dogs<\/a>, down in the East Village. The hot dogs are exceptional, and the toppings are downright crazy \u2013 from fried eggs to avocado to, of course, bacon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cocktails<\/h1>\n

Yes, 21 Club gets all the attention, but there is no shortage of exciting watering holes in Manhattan. To make your trip interesting, while you\u2019re at Crif Dogs, just step through the phone booth to PDT. It\u2019s one of the city\u2019s speakeasies, and you might find some hot dogs on the menu that aren\u2019t available at Crif Dogs.<\/p>\n

Doughnuts<\/h1>\n

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In general, think of this as trading the swishy places you see on television for something totally opposite. Well, that\u2019s not fair to the Doughnut Plant<\/a>. What you pick up here is unlike any doughnut you\u2019ve ever experienced. It\u2019s closed on Mondays, but from Tuesday through Sunday, it opens at 6:30 a.m. and stays that way until all the doughnuts are sold out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve all seen New York hot spots on television, and I\u2019m sure many of you have been to a couple. What you don\u2019t know, however, is that for every restaurant in New York that\u2019s hit it big thanks to a television show or a movie, there are plenty of alternatives out there that are both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":97218711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608213"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97218712,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608213\/revisions\/97218712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97218711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}