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New York City,
carefully selected.

By people who live here, for people who live here — and for visitors who'd rather skip the trap. 66 places with real soul, nowhere anyone paid to be, and the list keeps growing.

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The M List

We cut far more than we keep. The M is the list we'd give a friend who just moved here — the one you can't get from a search result, because nobody paid to be on it and nobody can ask.

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Where to eat

12 neighborhoods · 12 cuisines
9.9Pomme FritesBelgianGreenwich Village$On the MUSEENYC M ListFresh Belgian frites, a wall of sauces, and the most generous beer pour in New York.9.9Spicy VillageChineseChinatown$On the MUSEENYC M ListBig tray chicken on Forsyth Street — spicy, numbing, and built for a table, though we know someone who finishes one alone.9.8Joe's PizzaPizzaGreenwich Village$On the MUSEENYC M ListThe benchmark. If you only eat one New York slice, this is the one every other slice gets measured against.

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Where to go out

2 neighborhoods · 2 kinds of night
9.9H0L0ClubRidgewoodVaries by nightOn the MUSEENYC M ListThe best-tuned sound system we have heard in New York — deep, loud, and somehow never harsh.9.8Cellar DogJazzWest VillageSmall cover, cashOn the MUSEENYC M ListJazz downstairs, ping pong and shuffleboard in the same room, and the only cover charge in the city we would call cheap.

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MidtownMagdy's · Casa de Montecristo Cigar LoungeWilliamsburgCozy Royale · WestlightDUMBOThe Manhattan Bridge LookoutBrooklyn HeightsBrooklyn Heights PromenadeChinatownSpicy VillageLower East SideSurreal Creamery · Orchard StreetGreenwich VillagePomme Frites · Washington Square ParkWest VillageCellar Dog · The Four-Faced LiarUpper East SideSalon 94Washington Heights190th Street–Overlook TerraceBoerum HillCafe Volkan · Barely DisfiguredTribecaRockefeller ParkChelseaMartinez Handmade Cigars · The High LineFort GreeneJoe & Sal's Pizzeria · Fort Greene ParkAstoriaPye Boat Noodle · The Noguchi MuseumFinancial DistrictOverstorySoHoFelixNoHoLao Ma SpicyNolitaFreemans AlleyEast VillageHorus CafeMeatpacking DistrictLe BainNoMadHaandiMurray HillSuper BurritoUpper West SideRiverside Drive at 96thCobble HillCobble Hill ParkPark SlopeProspect ParkBushwickSyndicated Bar Theater KitchenConey IslandConey IslandLong Island CityGantry Plaza State ParkRidgewoodH0L0Rockaway BeachRockaway BeachSnug HarborChinese Scholar's Garden

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Shot by us, out walking. More on Instagram.

The Brooklyn Bridge and the Lower Manhattan skyline seen from the Brooklyn shoreline on a clear autumn afternoon
The tiled Canal Street subway sign, red letters on deep blue, scratched over with marker tags
Downtown Manhattan office towers stacked against each other, looking up from the street on a bright day
A van covered in graffiti tags parked under billboards at Seventh Avenue and West 35th Street
A full graffiti wall in turquoise, red and orange, with a cartoon figure holding a spray can at the left
New York Harbor under a deep red sunset, with the Statue of Liberty a small silhouette on the far shore
A mural lit in the dark, an electric cyan face against magenta and purple