Lower East Side, New York City

Tourists flock to this hip, downtown Manhattan neighborhood.

The eclectic Lower East Side is where gritty alleys and tenement-style buildings mix with upscale apartments and chic boutiques. Nighttime draws hip, young crowds to the area's trendy bars, music venues and restaurants. The neighborhood's Jewish heritage lives on through Orchard Street's Lower East Side Tenement Museum and old-world fabric stores, as well as traditional delis such as Katz's and Russ and Daughters. Here is a map of the area.

Places To Go:

Laboratorio del Gelato

This shop takes its décor and method from its name—with a minimalistic, white-tile, laboratory-like interior with a glass wall behind which customers can watch the scientist-chefs create new flavors. There are 94 flavors of gelato on tap, the pumpkin, salted caramel and green tea are recommended. The first taste of whipped cream will make you stop in your tracks. A dessert in itself! So creamy and delicious. The Pumpkin is clean, rich and light. Salted caramel flavors are so robust, simply decadent. Green Tea tastes like fresh grass with a tang. You will be ruined after a trip, nothing can compare.😥 188 Ludlow Street.

Russ and Daughters

Russ and Daughters is a treasure with both a rich selection of quality take away food and great service. Recommended are the salmon pastrami, coffee, babka ice cream sandwich and the "Fancy Delancey" sandwich which features smoked tuna, horseradish dill cream cheese and wasabi flying fish roe. Anthony Bourdain had it right when he said "Russ and Daughters" occupies that rare and tiny place on the mountaintop reserved for those who are not just the oldest and the last - but also the best." Russ and Daughters is located at 127 Orchard Street, between Rivington and Delancey Streets.

Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop