TASCHEN S NEW YORK

Get the most out of New York In New York, it's all about who you know. And now you're connected. Angelika Taschen knows New York. She's been behind the velvet ropes,explored the secret, unmarked restaurants and beloved neighborhood delis,scoured Soho, Nolita and Tribeca's stylish stores, and scoped out hotelsuptown and downtown, from sleek and chic to hidden charms.cutout tabs makeit easy to flip through, and a pocket-sized map of Manhattan lists all theshops, hotels, and restaurants in the book. With this guide in hand, NewYork is yours for the taking. Featuring the Maritime Hotel, a former sailors' dorm, now Chelsea'scoolest hotel; Robert De Niro's Greenwich Hotel, with its authenticJapanese spa; the cheap but chic Pod Hotel. Learn how to get the besttable at the Waverly Inn, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's exclusivesalon for the glitterati; how to find Soho's hidden basement barsubMercer; the Shake Shack, for a terrific burger in the shade of MadisonSquare Park; Rao's, the Spanish Harlem Italian joint run by the Sopranos'actor who turned Madonna away; where to buy New York's best cheesecake;and Greenwich Letterpress, for hand-printed cards to send to enviousfriends who didn't make this fabulous New York trip! She provides anall-access pass to parts of New York even most locals don't know.Dictionary-style