New York Travel Guide - Going Out

New York is packed with thousands of restaurants of all types, serving food from around the world. The cultural mix has brought every ethnic food to New York City and the surrounding region.

Regional Specialities:
• Wine.
• Steaks.
• Seafood. 
• Waldorf salad.
• New York cheesecake.

From theatre and film, to comedy and dance clubs, to jazz, blues and rock, there's a nightlife here for everyone's tastes. Clubs generally stay open until the early hours. Half-price tickets are available on the day of performance from the TKTS booths in Times Square and South Street Seaport.

Fifth Avenue, New York City's most glamorous thoroughfare, is filled with luxury shops and department stores. No trip to New York is complete without stopping by Bloomingdale's (1000 Third Avenue at 59th Street), Lord and Taylor (Fifth Avenue at 38th Street) and Saks Fifth Avenue (611 Fifth Avenue at 50th Street). Don't forget Macy's, known as the world's largest store, 131 West 34th Street at Herald Square, or the chance to buy a special piece of jewellery at Tiffany's (727 Fifth Avenue at 57th Street).

Woodbury Common, one hour's drive from Manhattan, is the largest discount designer outlet in the world. Long Island offers a variety of ever-increasing shopping opportunities - from indoor shopping malls such as Roosevelt Field in Garden City, the East Coast's largest shopping centre, to quaint visitor-oriented shopping villages on historic main streets in places like Huntington, Sea Cliff, Stony Brook and Syosset. Manhattan Mall in Midtown Manhattan has an eight-floor mall with 60 shops.