suggestive recommendations for your visit and to enjoy excellent cuisine

You will not need a map to get around Soho (South of Houston Street) and Nolita (North of Little Italy), even better would be wander through the streets and discover the neighborhood step by step.  Take the subway to the Spring station and once you emerge enjoy the atmosphere, there’s a lot to see and do at this place.  Walk around the streets Prince, Spring, Broome, West Broadway and Broadway (full with shops), Grand, Greene, Mercer, Lafayette, Mott and Crosby.

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The neighborhoods of Soho and Nolita have a variety of great places to suit all tastes and these are my favorites.

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Crosby Street Hotel  79, Crosby St.  The hotel is in the heart of Soho.  Even if you are not staying at the hotel, it is worth going inside to see the lobby, the garden and the dining room and why not enjoy a drink at the bar.  Price range from US$500 and up.

Crosby Street Hotel Sculpture Garden

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Celi Cela  55 Spring St. Patisserie.  For breakfast or an evening coffee.  Great croissants and pain au chocolat.

Cafe Gitane  242 Mott St.  French – Moroccan cuisine . Great atmosphere, very nice place in Nolita to hang out and very well priced.

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Dean & Deluca  560 Broadway at Prince St.  Gourmet and specialty market.  Everything you need for a quick-lunch, an intimate dinner or just to enjoy a good meal any time.

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Balthazar  80 Spring St.  and The Mercer Kitchen, 99 Prince Street are two other good options for lunch or dinner.

Omen 113 Thompson St. between Prince and Spring St. Japanese upscale dinner spot.

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Anthropologie  375 West Broadway.  One of my favorite stores to buy from clothes and accessories to homeware and books.

All Saints  512 Broadway.

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Pearl River  Chinese Department Store.  477 Broadway between Grand and Broom St.  Everything from home furniture to herbal products.

Hollister  600 Broadway. California Style teen fashion clothing.  The shop design is amazing, hard to describe.  You must go in see it yourself.

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