members of the barrio today i'm going to
be answering your questions about
visiting new york city for the first
time as well as moving here and how life
has changed due to covet 19. you do not
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one of my patreon members asks outside
of pizza bagels and junior's cheesecake
what's the one food first timers to new
york city need to try during their visit
i'm gonna give you the same answer that
anthony bourdain gave in one of his new
york city episodes and that is the deli
sandwich the pastrami the corned beef on
rye you cannot go wrong with that in
fact some would argue that is the one
thing that new york does better than any
place else my personal pick for that
would be to go to sarge's deli you will
not regret it and sarge is also ships on
gold belly
bruce one of my patreon members would
you informally rank the five observation
decks from best to last in my opinion
summit ov is the best because i find
your traditional observation deck
overdone i mean they're very common in
most u.s cities around the world i think
they're neat but summit adds a little
something to the mix that none of the
other observation decks i've ever been
to have done which is having the
interactive experiences and still having
a very nice view outside i'd rank summit
number one if you're a traditionalist
and you just want that classic
observation deck experience i would put
top of the rock as my second choice
because i love the views there
especially around sunset number three i
would go
with the edge even though in the past i
have ranked it higher than top of the
rock but i've changed my mind on it i
think the edge is neat because of its
unique location on the west side of
manhattan i like the you know the glass
that you can look down through granite
summit ov has that right now as well so
i think after summit opened the edge
actually dropped a bit on my list i
think it's a cool experience
but i would put it as number three
empire state building number four that
is the classic observation deck in new
york if you just need that experience if
you're into buildings and architecture
you'll probably like it a lot went to
the empire state building around sunset
was incredible and fifth i would rank
one world observatory although
if the weather is not cooperating or
it's dead of winter it's freezing
outside and you don't want to go outside
at all
one world would be a good option so i
like them all for their own
unique aspects but i would rank summit
still as my top choice
brent one of my patreon members asks not
to be negative but do you have any nyc
experiences that you find incredibly
overrated i don't want to ruffle too
many feathers here but there are some
destinations that i think get a lot of
love from tourists because they're the
ones that are the most famous i'm not
saying they're bad spots and i'm not
saying don't go there i just think
there's better options let's start with
katz's deli i'm a fan of it i love the
history i love the nostalgia but i do
not think it is the best pastrami on rye
sandwich in new york city another one
junior's cheesecake i have had better
cheesecake in new york city i went to
the original juniors once in brooklyn it
wasn't bad but i've had better we're
gonna go with the new york city
attraction pass i follow many facebook
forums and it seems like everybody's
talking about getting one of these
unlimited attraction passes i do think
it's overrated though to follow a list
of attractions just because it's
included in the price you're not gonna
get the real new york city experience
that way you're gonna get the tourist
experience if you can only visit one nyc
attraction what would it be that is such
a good question my answer is actually
not possible at the moment i would say
going inside the crown of the statue of
liberty because first of all you're
going to see ellis island after you're
going to see all the statue of liberty
and you're going to go inside one of the
most important monuments in american
history and you're going to be inside
the crown a surreal moment i will tell
you one of the most surreal moments i've
ever had was going in the crown but it's
not open right now due to covid keep
checking their website i hope it opens
soon my question is does anybody go to
new york city just for the fun of it
probably half the people watching this
video jorge garcia with a great question
how do residents get groceries in
midtown manhattan i didn't see any
supermarket when i visited i mean there
aren't supermarkets on every single
block in manhattan like there are
bodegas or delhi's but there are plenty
of supermarkets there uh it's actually
pretty easy in manhattan because most
people don't have cars a lot of people
will just do delivery here in brooklyn
we bring our cart to the supermarket how
often does garbage get picked up saw
many garbage bags on sidewalk daily i
i've noticed that more in manhattan than
in brooklyn but where we live in
brooklyn right now garbage is picked up
twice a week and most people are
courteous enough to move their bags to
the street the night that garbage is
going to be picked up so it isn't as
unsightly i lived in the village over
there it was disgusting in the summer
how many garbage bags were outside not a
good look from manhattan i have to admit
christopher from patreon asks which
rules do you expect the government will
impose due to the new covet variant well
president biden just announced today
that to enter the united states you need
to have a negative cova test within 24
hours of your flight or within one day
this will affect everybody entering the
u.s including u.s citizens like myself
if i leave the country to come back so
entering new york you are gonna have to
have a negative cova test sooner than in
the past now you all know how i love
supporting local businesses and with
gold belly you can eat from restaurants
all over the united states right in the
comfort of your own home this is
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it comes right to your door in boxes
it's already cooked it's refrigerated it
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spots all over the united states this is
such an amazing gift idea if you want to
give people the gift of new york city
guess what they've got bagels they've
got pizza spots we're even eating from
the famous veselka in the lower east
side as part of our gold belly
experience you can do the same imagine
gifting this to somebody or just bring a
part of new york city to you yeah
totally possible all this prep here took
about 15 minutes for every single place
we ordered from there is not a lot of
prep you just have to eat it's a little
messy looking that's what happens when
john makes the lobster rolls
this is actually really hard to find in
new york city go to lobster rolls like
this
living in new york a place that's not
really well known for barbecue having
the ability to order king's barbecue out
of north carolina
a little pulled pork
let's try this out
this would probably be better than most
pulled pork sandwiches you could find in
new york that's for sure how cool is
this we have food from all over the
united states sitting in front of us
from maine to north carolina to new
orleans to even vasulka new york city
which are about to eat this is like the
ultimate group activity for a special
occasion many of you watching this are
familiar with viselka which is a really
famous ukrainian restaurant the lower
east side of manhattan you can order
this directly to your home now i have
actually eaten there before so we got
this delivered like somebody living in
nebraska would get this delivered so we
have the meat pierogies here
just had to boil them super simple
let's try this is what the world famous
for
definitely my favorite pierogies in all
of new york city go to vasulka but if
you can't make it to vasa order it off
gold belly everything we've eaten on
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the description thanks a lot josh from
ny hope you're doing well buddy should
visitors stay around times square this
is a tricky question now i want to say
no because times square is full of most
of the tourist traps and scams of new
york city but for a first-time visitor
to new york as long as you're armed with
that knowledge you are in the most
central location to everything a lot of
tourist attractions are within walking
distance and it's just going to make
your life easier problem is
the hotels in times square are also very
expensive so if money is no object
you could stay by times square if you're
on a budget i think that is where you're
going to start to run into problems but
overall for a first time trip i would
have no issue with somebody choosing to
stay in midtown manhattan because it's
just going to make your trip most
convenient crystal k from patreon hope
you're well what is a hidden gem
restaurant that is so good but no one
creator seems to give it any love so
there's one spot that is just starting
to get a lot of attention because bar
stool reviewed it it's luigi's pizza in
south slope this place is the epitome of
an old school classic pizza joint in new
york city
no frills
and it's incredible the owner there one
of the most down-to-earth owners in new
york city i have ever met and people
don't mention luigi's in the same
statement as de fara as lucalis as
julianas as grimaldi's but i will put
luigi's up there with all of those spots
for their quality so that's the under
the radar place we're gonna call it a
pizza spot a restaurant that i would
definitely encourage more of you to go
to we covered it on a video when i was
eating with mary jane the italian
youtuber and she loved it as well
what are the top three things to do in
central park no particular order
visiting bethesda terrace to see the
fountain and the minton tiles
then i would say
sheep's meadow to have a picnic which is
a very local thing to do and also going
to the conservatory garden on the north
side of central park which is by far the
least touristy of those things i
mentioned and one of the better hidden
gems of new york that does not get
enough attention mark findlay from
patreon hope you're well mark favorite
day trip away from new york city you
know one that i really enjoyed which we
didn't make a day trip but you easily
could make a day trip i would say
philadelphia because it's less than two
hours by amtrak you can go in the
morning eat some amazing food eat some
cheese steak eat a lot of stuff go
explore the historical sites and head
back at night and you don't have to get
a hotel even is crime really that bad
new york my husband and i are born and
raised montanans from a small town we'd
like to make a trip to new york sometime
next year what are some things we should
look out for i actually spent two
summers in great falls montana so i know
exactly where you're coming from i think
crime is overplayed in the media crime
stats have gone up after covid but it
hasn't made as much news of late i would
say being aware of your surroundings is
the most obvious thing that you can do
always paying attention to where you are
since you don't really know new york
city that well now enough tourists have
come back that i think that if you stay
in the areas where
most people are most tourists are i
don't think you're gonna run into any
trouble but just be aware of your
surroundings and i would say taking the
subway late at night especially if
you're by yourselves maybe be a little
bit careful of that if you're not
confident riding the subway but other
than that you're gonna have a great time
jasmine apple with a good one i'm coming
to nyc to see a play in february besides
the obvious museums what kind of tourist
things can you do without freezing your
biscuits to death i love that freezing
your biscuits to death i'm gonna start
using that opportunities for shopping uh
there's some really nice movie theaters
here
food i mean there's so many food choices
here i'd probably consider visiting some
of the food halls of new york a decal
market very underrated i think would be
a cool spot to visit for you also some
of the observation decks are just fine
indoors one world observatory comes to
mind even summit ov most of the
activities are endured so i think any of
those things would be cool as well as a
new york public library controversial
topic but how realistic is it to have a
great time in nyc and eat well with no
vaccination card in the winter it's
going to be very
difficult for many reasons and i'll give
you a story here
i was just with a friend who was not
vaccinated and we went out in bushwick
which is a very popular neighborhood to
eat i found a couple of places that had
outdoor seats with heat lamps and it was
so cold out that we didn't want to sit
at any of them luckily we found a spot
where it was outdoors but it was in a
patio and it had some cover and had a
heat lamp so that was okay so i'd say
that if you come to new york and you're
not vaccinated you're gonna have to do a
lot of research about what restaurants
will have outdoor seating that you won't
freeze your biscuits off but keep in
mind you won't be able to go to broadway
you won't be able to go to any museums
you won't be able to go to movie
theaters a lot of entertainment spots it
would be easier in warm weather months
to pull this off but in the winter
you're going to have to do a lot of
planning now it's your turn any
questions that i missed about moving to
new york visiting new york ask me in the
comments and i'll try to answer as many
as i can guys thank you so much for
watching as always until next time