Known for its energy, its edge, and its in-your-face attitude, New York emanates, and demands, savvy and style. To feel a part of the New York scene--rather than merely looking in through the window at someone else's party--you'll need a guide with New York attitude, an insider's panache, and a local's tongue-in-cheek spirit. Ian McMahan and Jordan Simon provide just that, with knowledge, sophistication, and fun in their Manhattan Irreverent Guide.
New York teems with opportunities, overwhelms with variety. You can put the blinders on and follow the beaten path, or you can bone up on your options, make your choices, and hang with the natives. The Irreverent Guide is up to date with 137 restaurant options, divvied up into 26 categories that help you narrow the field and make informed decisions. One category delves into old New York eateries, another points you toward vegetarian fare. There's a page devoted to sushi, a page for coffeehouses, a category for budget dining, and another for over-the-top extravagance. Listing cuisines from Asian to Italian to Soul, and sorting restaurants by atmosphere (rudest waitstaff, most attentive service, classic New York, homey, trendy, preppy, and bistro chic), the categories enable you to do more than quell your hunger; they allow you to opt for the New York dining experience of your choice.
Similar attention is given to hotels (with 30 categories that range from luscious love nest to endearingly eccentric, park views to budget deals), diversions, entertainment, nightlife, shopping, and out-of-town excursions, while including the basics of how to get around the city, where to find a doctor, limousine, childcare, or gay resource. Slim enough to carry in a purse or pocket, the Irreverent Guide helps you get what you want from New York, and have fun while you're at it. --Stephanie Gold
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For readers who are tired of the promotional fluff and brochure-speak that characterizes most travel guides, here's a fresh voice. The Irreverent Guides offer an insider's look at each destination, and take a fun, honest look at everything they review. The Irreverents give you the lowdown, the inside story. They have nothing to sell but the truth, which includes a balance of good and bad. They praise, they trash, they weigh, and leave the final decision up to the reader. Our writers take a special pleasure in leading you where other guides fear to tread.Now with new covers, indexes, and more irreverence than ever!Discover the real New York, the one the locals love to hate. Here are great hotels for misbehavingfrom luscious love nests to the endearingly eccentricand where to rock and where to get lox around the clock. And of course we've got the best of New York nightlife, from theater, opera, and jazz to clubbing on the Lower East Side, and unearthing the remnants of an older, grittier Times Square.
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