Greenwich Village.

Start at the Arch where Fifth Avenue ends, then the fountain and the chess players. Since 2023, James Jackson’s 1799 headstone has been on view in a park house window.

9.75 acres. Stanford White’s arch of Tuckahoe marble, 73 feet 6 inches high, faces a fountain moved east to line up with it. Greek Revival mansions line the north side.

The eastern two-thirds became a potter’s field in 1797, the site a parade ground in 1826 and a public square in 1827. The marble Arch, dedicated in 1895, followed an 1889 wood-and-plaster arch.

Dogs stay on a leash no longer than six feet outside the dog run on the park’s south side. Playgrounds bar bikes, skates, skateboards, scooters and pets. Restrooms are in the park house.

The Black Label Burger of prime dry-aged cuts with caramelized onions; grilled Island Creek oysters with pancetta and Fresno chili butter; pommes aligot; a Grand Marnier or chocolate soufflé for two.

A circa 1937 tavern, restored, with dark wood, checkerboard tile floors, red banquettes and caricature-lined walls, in the MICHELIN Guide’s words. It seats up to 60 for private events.

Keith McNally’s tavern, named for the Minetta Brook and once frequented by Hemingway and Ezra Pound. It held one star in the 2018 MICHELIN Guide New York; the 2025 guide lists it without a star.

Book on Resy or call (212) 475-3850; no email bookings. Smart casual, no beach attire. Lunch Wednesday to Friday and weekend brunch until 3:30 p.m.; dinner daily 5 to 11 p.m., supper to midnight.

Spicy rigatoni vodka, Caesar alla ZZ, veal Parmesan, and lobster fra diavolo at market price.

The old Rocco red-sauce restaurant, with Carbone in neon over the original Rocco sign. Burgundy leather banquettes, gold accents, polished wood and marble; captains in Zac Posen tuxedos; art by Julian Schnabel among others.

Major Food Group opened it in 2013. The New York Times called it “a fancy red-sauce joint as directed by Quentin Tarantino.” The 2025 MICHELIN Guide New York lists it without a star.

Book only through the restaurant’s website, authorized reservation platforms or its reservations email. No shorts, open-toed shoes or tank tops. Dinner nightly 5 to 11:30 p.m.; lunch Tuesday to Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A cappuccino: the cafe says its first owner, Domenico Parisi, brought the drink to America. Then find the 1902 chrome-and-bronze espresso machine, retired but still on show.

Original tin ceilings, mismatched Italian furnishings and old paintings, one of them credited by the cafe to the school of Caravaggio, and a bench it says belonged to the Medici family. Sidewalk tables out front.

Domenico Parisi opened it in 1927. Untapped New York, citing a Herald Tribune story, says he worked 40 years as a barber to save $1,000 for the 1902 machine, shipped from Italy.

Open daily from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m., and until 4:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Call (212) 475-9557.

Catch the 8 or 10:30 p.m. set, or a brunch show. The kitchen serves a full menu at every show: shrimp cocktail, the 10-ounce Blue Note Burger, filet mignon.

Under a marquee shaped like a grand piano, a 200-capacity club with the stage on the first floor. Bar seats are limited; the rest of the bar is standing room. Restrooms are upstairs, stairs only.

Danny Bensusan opened it here on September 30, 1981. Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson soon played the club, and it still books names like Robert Glasper and Charles Lloyd.

Everyone needs a ticket, from the club’s site, TicketWeb or the box office. Seating is first come, first served; doors open 6 p.m. for 8 p.m. shows. $20 minimum spend per show; bar seats 21+.

Book a show in the original MacDougal Street room: known and rising comics, often with surprise drop-ins. Then eat upstairs at the Olive Tree Cafe, where comedians share hummus and kebabs between sets.

A low-ceilinged room of small tables and close-set chairs below the Olive Tree Cafe, with a brick wall and stained-glass sign, in a brick building put up about 1864 as a stable.

Founded in 1981 by Bill Grundfest. Ray Romano, Chris Rock and Jon Stewart grew their material here, and the club appears in the opening credits of Louie.

Reserve online. Guests must be 21 or over; two-item minimum; parties of up to 8 on MacDougal. Phones go in pouches during shows. For sold-out shows, a standby list opens on Minetta Lane an hour before.

Fresh egg pasta cut to your width, from angel hair to pappardelle, in flavors from black pepper to saffron; ravioli by the box; house sauces such as Bolognese and pesto.

Dried pasta waits in wooden drawers and fresh pasta in the refrigerators, and noodles are cut to order on a guillotine machine in use since 1916.

Marcello Raffetto and his brothers started the business; the family dates it to 1906, the year of its move to 144 West Houston. Sarah Raffetto, the fourth generation, owns it today.

Open Tuesday to Friday 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday. Credit cards accepted. Fresh ravioli dough is made to order: call a day ahead.

Beans by the pound: the House Blend, their most popular light roast, or French Mocha, their most popular French roast. They will blend any of their coffees to order, and sell teas too.

The shop occupies the ground floor of a four-story Italianate row house built around 1848, with a retractable awning over the storefront.

Founded in 1907 and run by the Longo family for three generations. City directories place it at 194 Bleecker Street from 1916 to 1968, the year it moved to No. 201.

Open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Takes Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex and personal checks. Repairs La Pavoni espresso machines.

Start at the outdoor discount racks, then browse new, used and rare books inside. Collectible volumes are in the rare book room upstairs.

An eleven-story 1902 Renaissance Revival store-and-loft building by William H. Birkmire, designated a city landmark in 2019. The red-and-white awning wraps both facades over the sidewalk book racks.

Benjamin Bass founded it in 1927 by the store’s account (1928 in the city’s landmark report). In 1956 it left Fourth Avenue’s Book Row for this corner; the city calls it Book Row’s last survivor.

Eat at Chez Nous, the hotel’s French restaurant: French onion soup, steak frites au poivre or rotisserie chicken at dinner, and cast-iron cornmeal pancakes at breakfast.

Rooms other than the penthouse suite run about 100 to 150 square feet, with herringbone wood floors, brass fixtures and marble baths. In Chez Nous, Cecily Brown’s mural runs the length of the room.

Built in 1900 as the Marlton House, where Jack Kerouac worked on The Subterraneans and Tristessa in the 1950s. Hotelier Sean MacPherson reopened it as a hotel in the fall of 2013.

Breakfast is included with rooms. Chez Nous is open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; dining reservations at (212) 321-0111.