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5 hours ago, Spankytoes said:

I wouldn’t stay in the FiDi if you’re there on vacation. It basically shuts down after 6 PM. It’s quiet but there are a lot of homeless people there. Wouldn’t want to be there moving around after dark with kids. Stay in Jersey City if you want to save $ and get a better room. Quick PATH to 33rd or WTC and much more to do/eat roaming around by your hotel. If the city is a must, there are plenty of options for your budget, albeit, smaller rooms.

Wants to take the fam to NYC and you suggest Jersey Fucking City for lodging? This is insanely bad advice. 

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6 hours ago, royiv said:

Wants to take the fam to NYC and you suggest Jersey Fucking City for lodging? This is insanely bad advice. 


 

Can anybody recommend a budget hotel for #surlypoors? Location isn’t a huge deal since we don’t have to cram in a bunch of stuff, thoughwe do want to stay near a subway stop. Is there downside to staying in FiDi or somewhere else (don’t care about nightlife around the hotel)?

Maybe if you read the request my response, and context, it would make more sense? 

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11 hours ago, Spankytoes said:

I wouldn’t stay in the FiDi if you’re there on vacation. It basically shuts down after 6 PM. It’s quiet but there are a lot of homeless people there. Wouldn’t want to be there moving around after dark with kids. Stay in Jersey City if you want to save $ and get a better room. Quick PATH to 33rd or WTC and much more to do/eat roaming around by your hotel. If the city is a must, there are plenty of options for your budget, albeit, smaller rooms.

Thanks, man, I was hoping you’d chime in. I’ll check out some places in Jersey City. Sounds promising. We don’t necessarily feel like the city is a must. But safety is a must, so I appreciate the guidance on FIDI at night. 
 

I’ll add this to the list of a dozen I owe you for all your previous recs/advice. Appreciate it. 

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58 minutes ago, Spankytoes said:


 

 

Maybe if you read the request my response, and context, it would make more sense? 

Nope. Still makes no sense. Your brain is completely broken, but we already knew that from elsewhere.

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23 minutes ago, Bobby Western said:

Thanks, man, I was hoping you’d chime in. I’ll check out some places in Jersey City. Sounds promising. We don’t necessarily feel like the city is a must. But safety is a must, so I appreciate the guidance on FIDI at night. 
 

I’ll add this to the list of a dozen I owe you for all your previous recs/advice. Appreciate it. 

Safety is not a problem. Manhattan is a safe place. Like any major city, be aware of your surroundings and you will be totally safe. For god’s sake, don’t take a trip to Manhattan and ruin it by staying in Jersey.

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Anymore whenever we're down that way and staying overnight we'll just stay across the river in Newark. There's a diner we like(d) to hit up there and we can use the car instead of the train from Albany. 

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2 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

I wouldn’t stay in Jersey City as transit can be a real problem.

Never had an issue from Newport in the 7 months I lived there, albeit, not as many trains on the weekend. Even walk through the mall to get to the train, which is a bonus this time of year. I would stay in Manhattan, but, am just giving an alternative to save $. Brooklyn bridge is just as expensive and LIC is too sketchy.

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12 minutes ago, Spankytoes said:

Never had an issue from Newport in the 7 months I lived there, albeit, not as many trains on the weekend. Even walk through the mall to get to the train, which is a bonus this time of year. I would stay in Manhattan, but, am just giving an alternative to save $. Brooklyn bridge is just as expensive and LIC is too sketchy.

The Path is down right now. It is supposed to come back online on Feb 25th, but who knows if it will finish up in time. Too much can go wrong once you are in New Jersey. Stay in Manhattan. FIDI is fine.

 

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Looks like we're headed to NYC for Spring Break.  We'll be there for 3 full days with travel on Tuesday and Saturday (Wednesday-Friday).  We're planning on seeing 2 shows and probably going to the Met (no one besides me has ever been.)  

5 people of us are going and we're not cramming into 1 hotel room.  4 women and me.  VRBO looked promising for some stuff in/near Chelsea but then everything is booked when we go to reserve.  Open to staying anywhere as long as it's "reasonable", not a ghost town at night and possibly easy to get to/from a subway line without having to make a Warriors style trip through NYC.  .  There's isn't a whole lot in Brookyn for whatever reason.  

So what if we said "Screw it, we're going to stay in Jersey."   I'm not terribly concerned about transit as we won't be closing bars down at 4:00 am.  

We really want 2 bedrooms and at least a small kitchen for breakfast stuff.   Don't want to break the bank so what are the areas to avoid across the river?  We normally do a rental versus hotels when we travel so I am generally good at figuring out what's what and whether the pictures do it justice.  

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22 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Look up this place. Stayed a few times there for Giants games. Right near the rail/water and fits your kitchen/rooms/budget requests 

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Again, the PATH is down at the moment. Weather can wreack havok on ferries and reliability. And the Holland Tunnel is a fucking nightmare. You are getting advice from a guy who lives in Long Island (Spanky lived in Jersey how long ago?) and a guy who stayed in Jersey City over 5 years ago. 

Stay in Manhattan. You will save time, if not some money, by staying in the city. March is going to be a time where the weather can be really, really shitty (think lots of rain, blustery cold days), so being closer is better.

 

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I haven’t been there in thirty years but from what I remember, 

Tall buildings. 
Lots of people.
All of the cars are yellow. 

Maybe it’s different now. 
 

Spoiler

I went to NY a number of times in the olden days and I loved it. I could easily have seen myself living there in my yute. 
 

The San Genero Festival in Little Italy, Paul Simon in Central Park, party bus to Atlantic City, mid-May afternoon game at old Yankee Stadium, every square inch of The Met, a slice at Famous Ray’s, (all of them!).

I’m too stress-prone now, I guess.

I hope y’all have as much fun as I did. 
 

🥹

 

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3 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

FiDi is absolutely fine especially if you stay close to the 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, R, or W. We prefer it to staying in Midtown.

But is it preferable to Jersey City?

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On 2/16/2025 at 12:29 PM, Spankytoes said:

Never had an issue from Newport in the 7 months I lived there, albeit, not as many trains on the weekend. Even walk through the mall to get to the train, which is a bonus this time of year. I would stay in Manhattan, but, am just giving an alternative to save $. Brooklyn bridge is just as expensive and LIC is too sketchy.

I just got back from spending time with friends in LIC last week. 1st trip where I've ever spent time in Queens. We bar hopped in Greenspoint, had dinner in Astoria, and finished most nights in bars on Vernon (Dom's). I thought it was great, some of the cooler New York things I've experienced in my 30 years of visiting. One subway stop to Manhatten and 15 minutes to Penn Station on the E. Even got to a show in Bushwick Brooklin without too much trouble. I had a great time. 

 

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11 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

I just got back from spending time with friends in LIC last week. 1st trip where I've ever spent time in Queens. We bar hopped in Greenspoint, had dinner in Astoria, and finished most nights in bars on Vernon (Dom's). I thought it was great, some of the cooler New York things I've experienced in my 30 years of visiting. One subway stop to Manhatten and 15 minutes to Penn Station on the E. Even got to a show in Bushwick Brooklin without too much trouble. I had a great time. 

 

Greenspoint you say?

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After all that, we ended up at a Hilton property near Herald Sq. Not out of any safety concerns, just found a good deal. Ended up being commensurate in price to some FiDi properties, and as I looked at some of the things we want to do this trip, the time saved in going to/from each day was going to add up—we can be leisurely but still want to be efficient. 

Again, many thanks and we will continue to enlarge our search radius (and hopefully our budget) for future trips. 
 

Note: The FoodNYC subreddit has been talking up this Culture Espresso choc chip cookie as superior to Levain. Anybody here weigh in?

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Couple new-ish restaurants I’ve been that I’d recommend:

1. Borgo - fantastic Mediterranean/Italian, with wood fire in the middle of the restaurant. Wine list is a bit too focused on natural for my liking, but there are a few traditional gems. This spot is being added to our regular rotation.

2. Smithereens - upscale New England in a cool subterranean space in the east village. Helps that my friend is the co owner and runs the beverage side of the house (former som at Ko).

3. Zimi’s - nice provencal food

4. La Tete d’Or - great client/expense account spot. Boulud does steakhouse. 

5. Cafe Commerce - this is a revival of a place I used to frequent in my 20s when it was actually on Commerce. I would say good, not great, but glad it’s back

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I have been very boring so far this year.  Other than seeing Death Becomes Her again, and hitting up a few places in early January (Le Veau d'Or for my birthday (their chicken is so, so good), KJUN for lunch, and Martiny's, which was great), I have been very boring.  Did pop over the bar at Le Rock after a late evening in the office (got there at 9). They usually close the kitchen, but they let us order, which was amazing. They have a killer steak tartare. With leeks vinaigrette and frites, it was a most satisfying meal (my friend and I split it). But considering I was sick the week of President's Day, worked about 80 hours each week the last two weeks...yeah, it has sucked.

But on that note, the weather is supposed to be really nice this coming Monday, so that is good.

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We got in yesterday.   Staying in a VRBO in 44th between 5th and 6th.  Great spot for homebasing to shows.

The ladies went to And Juliet last night and loved it.  Going to Goodnight and Goodbye with George Clooney tonight.  

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Got in the standby line for a taping of the Kelly Clarkson show with Kal Penn as guest host,  Stanley Tucci as the main guest and Iliza Schlesinger.    We knew when we got in line that was the lineup otherwise I'd have probably passed.  We were walking by NBC Studio when a  page approached us about going standby.   It took less than 40 minutes until we were in the studio.  It was pretty cool to see an episode of a TV show get done.

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