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The Milanese standing bar in a West Village townhouse. Order the cappuccino at the counter and the small brioche. Ten minutes. Move.

Skylight ceiling. Green wall. Coffee flown from Colombia same-week. Sit at the marble bar with a cortado and pretend you work here.

The Parisian outpost on Prince. Order the matcha latte. Sit by the window. Watch SoHo pretend to be Paris.

The white-walled cathedral of third-wave coffee. Filter coffee only. Concrete floor. The chef's-kiss macchiato.

Six seats. Espresso, olive oil cake, done in eight minutes. The pace of a Roman morning transplanted.

Roastery + café. Corner window seat. The oat matcha. The cold brew with a splash of oat.

The pastry case makes you weak. Order the sausage roll and a flat white. Sit on the patio in summer.

The Australian expat café. Best flat white in Midtown. Order the smashed avo with feta. Corner two-top by the window.

Roastery in the back, café in the front. The single-origin filter changes weekly. Bring your book.

Green walls, brass everything, silver spoons. Order the cappuccino and the chocolate cake. It's a Ralph Lauren fantasy you can afford.

Unmarked door on Eldridge. Bartender asks what you feel like. Trust them. Best cocktail bar in the city, still. Cash only.

Enter through the phone booth inside Crif Dogs. Yes really. The old-fashioned is the assignment.

Where American cocktail bars got serious. The menu is a novel. Ask for the bartender's off-menu.

Bleecker Street corner. Natural wine only. Small plates designed for that. Order the burrata and the mushroom bruschetta.

Behind a fortune-teller storefront. Late-night after-dinner assignment. Order the Ginger Smash.

The corner bar with the marble oyster bar in front and the cocktail bar in back. Oyster hour = 5-7pm dollar oysters.

Tiny. Six seats. Amaro and bitters focus. If you're an aperitivo person, this is your assignment.

The lobby is a set piece. Rooms feel like a wealthy friend's apartment. Ask for a room with the terrace facing east.

The one that made the High Line famous. Floor-to-ceiling windows over the Hudson. Book the corner room on floor 15+.

Velvet lobby. Rooms with the fire-escape aesthetic. Roof garden. The neighborhood coffee is Café Habana across the street.

The lobby is a co-working destination. Rooms are considered, not big. Stumptown Coffee downstairs. Ideal for solo travelers.

Rooftop pool with the SoHo skyline. Rooms are Italian-modern. The A-list lobby scene at cocktail hour.

Nine-story atrium under a stained-glass skylight. Restored 1883 building. Rooms are cinematic. Ask for the atrium view.

The Manhattan skyline view from the rooftop bar is the shot. Rooms feel like a converted factory (because they are). Book the top-floor view room.

Second-floor of a West Village brownstone. Full kitchen, fireplace, walking distance to Sant Ambroeus. Sleeps 4.