West Village.

Insalata verde in sherry vinaigrette, tonnarelli cacio pepe, the svizzerina of hand-chopped grass-fed steak, and fried rabbit with rosemary and garlic. The menu changes with the seasons.

Inspired by the 17th-century villa near Florence that Rita Sodi once called home. Inside are heirloom keepsakes the chefs collected over the years; outside, a terrazza on tree-lined Grove Street.

Rita Sodi and Jody Williams opened it in 2014. The New Yorker called it “New York’s Most Perfect Restaurant” in 2018; in 2019 it won them the James Beard Award for best chef in New York City.

Book on Resy from the restaurant’s site; walk-ins always welcome. Open daily until 11 p.m., from 11 a.m. Monday to Thursday and from 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Lasagna for two with Italian sausage Bolognese and whipped robiolina (limited availability), stuffed garlic flatbread to start, and black cocoa tiramisu with Marsala caramel to finish.

Blue-gray leather banquettes, bentwood chairs and a dark checkerboard floor, with potted plants, moody lighting and a rustic bar with brass accents.

Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli opened it in 2017 to cook their own take on Italian-American food, with some Asian touches. The New York Times gave it a two-star review in 2018.

Book on OpenTable. The bar opens at 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Friday to Sunday; the dining room 30 minutes later. Lunch Friday to Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Last seating 10:30 p.m.

Steamed eggs with smoked salmon, crème fraîche and capers, or a croque madame, by day; coq au vin, chicken stewed in red wine with lardons and mushrooms, at night.

Heirloom keepsakes above a marble bar and antique furniture the chef collected over the years. Sit at the bar, in a leafy garden tucked away, or at sidewalk tables on Grove Street.

Jody Williams opened this all-day café and bar on Grove Street in early 2011, three years before she and Rita Sodi opened Via Carota. Its site lists sister cafés in Tokyo (2018), Seoul (2022) and London (2026).

Open daily, 8 a.m. to midnight, with food all day. The site gives no way to book in New York; it takes pickup and delivery orders.

A drink at the bar beside the life-size portrait of Dylan Thomas, or at the outdoor tables on Hudson Street, with classic American pub food.

A three-story frame corner house whose history the city traces to 1817. After a 2019 refit, the brass rail, pendulum clock, horse-head chandeliers and bay windows remain; the neon horse sign dates from 1946.

The bar dates itself to 1880, when it served dock workers from the Hudson River piers. From the 1950s it drew writers: Dylan Thomas, then James Baldwin, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.

Happy hour runs Monday to Thursday, 4 to 6 p.m., and Friday, 2 to 6 p.m.

Drinks on two floors, with Monday bingo, a Tuesday and Wednesday piano bar and a Sunday drag show. Next door at No. 51, the monument’s Visitor Center is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Two former stables built in 1843 and 1846, joined in 1930 behind one brick-and-stucco front. Today’s bar is at No. 53, on two floors, with a pool table on the first floor.

A police raid here early on June 28, 1969, set off several nights of protest, which many consider the catalyst of the modern LGBT civil rights movement. In 2016 Christopher Park, across the street, became Stonewall National Monument.

No reservations; outdoor seating available. Open daily, Monday to Friday 2 p.m. to 4 a.m., Saturday and Sunday 1 p.m. to 4 a.m. Ages 21 and up, with physical ID.

Pick an evening set, or stay up for the late one: the club’s current calendar runs sets until 4 a.m. The whole evening is streamed free online.

A basement at West 10th Street and Seventh Avenue. Seats run right up to the bandstand, with a full bar to one side.

Mitch Borden opened Smalls in 1994 as a hub for musicians. Bankruptcy closed it in 2003; it later reopened in the same basement. Pianist Spike Wilner runs it now, with more than three bands a night.

Buy tickets for a set online; seating opens about 30 minutes before, first come, first served. One drink per person per set on top of the music charge. No refunds, and no phone line.

See a show or a BookTalk, then eat at Wild Cherry in the lobby. It is open to the public, show ticket or not, daily from 5 to 11 p.m.

Built in 1836 as a brewery, later a tobacco warehouse and box factory, three blocks south of Christopher Street. In the lobby, Wild Cherry has deep green banquettes, a checkered floor and a 12-seat horseshoe bar.

The theater says it was founded in 1923 and calls itself “The Birthplace of Off-Broadway.” A24 bought it in 2023, renovated it for two years and reopened it in September 2025.

Tickets are sold online and sent by email. Doors open 30 minutes before curtain; no late seating, no coat check. A few rush tickets go on sale at the box office an hour before.

Cheese, cured meats and groceries, with much of the cheese aged at Murray’s own facility in Long Island City. Murray’s also runs year-round classes.

A 3,000-square-foot shop, according to its state food-store license. It expanded into the space next door in 2014 and by 2017 also had classrooms and a counter for cooked food.

Murray Greenberg opened it on Cornelia Street. Rob Kaufelt bought it in 1991 and later began importing cheese directly from France; the shop moved to No. 254 in 2004. Kroger bought the company in 2017.

Walk the outdoor terraces facing the High Line, then coffee or wine at Studio Bar on Floor 8. Frenchette Café and Bakery on the ground floor is open with or without a museum ticket.

Renzo Piano’s building between the High Line and the Hudson, with about 50,000 square feet of indoor galleries and a cantilevered entrance sheltering an outdoor plaza on Gansevoort Street.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded the museum in 1930 and opened it in 1931 on West Eighth Street. After moves to West 54th Street and Madison Avenue, it came back downtown here on May 1, 2015.

Closed Tuesdays. Open 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fridays to 10 p.m. Adults $30; free for ages 25 and under, on Friday nights from 5 to 10, and on second Sundays. Advance tickets recommended.

Spread out on the lawn or walk to the end for river views. In summer the park stages free events here; in 2025 they included a Juneteenth celebration.

A 900-foot Hudson River Park pier with a lawn, wood decking, benches, shade structures and spray showers, and a 50-by-50-foot canopy at the end.

The Villager wrote in 2005 that Christopher Street and the Village waterfront “have for decades been a safe haven for gay youth.” The pier is still known as the Christopher Street Pier.

Enter at Christopher Street and West Street.