# Day in NYC...what to see? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604 "2017-12-16T03:05:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/1 "2017-12-16T03:05:37Z")
For my birthday in a few weeks, I got tickets to the Downton Abbey exhibit in NYC, so Hallgirl 1 and I are spending the day there. The exhibit is at 218 w 57th street, and our tickets aren’t until 2:30, so any suggestions on what might be close by (or close by the subway we’ll take from Penn Station)? Any recommended places nearby to eat lunch or dinner (that won’t break the bank)? It’ll be the first week in January, so I’m assuming it will be colder than balls, so anything inside is preferred. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/2 "2017-12-16T06:28:59Z")
Funny, I just saw a job listing for a docent for that exhibit. Sounds fun! Anyway, you’ll be near Columbus Circle, which is a tad ritzy, but you should have no problem finding a place to eat. You can even walk around the Columbus Circle Mall, if you want an indoor window shopping experience. If you like Mexican food, try Rosa Mexicano on 62nd and Columbus. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/3 "2017-12-16T22:13:49Z")
You could go gawk at Trump Tower and bask in its ominous shadow. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/4 "2017-12-16T22:29:38Z")
Yeah, I saw that was in the area. Don’t think I’ll be headed that way… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/5 "2017-12-16T22:48:12Z")
The Hippodrome, the Flora Dora Girls and the Woolworth Tower. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/6 "2017-12-16T23:50:08Z")
Museum of Natural History is like Jurassic Park: They have a T-Rex. It’s up on the fourth floor. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/7 "2017-12-17T19:31:36Z")
> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#): > > Museum of Natural History is like Jurassic Park: They have a T-Rex. > > It’s up on the fourth floor. Not any more. 😃 Tour of Carnegie Hall at 57th and 7th Avenue? For lunch I lurve [Aba Turkish Restaurant](http://www.abarestaurant.com/). 325 W. 57th, just a few blocks down from Carnegie and not far from the Downton Abbey exhibit. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/8 "2017-12-19T02:07:45Z")
There’s a funny little food court under 8th avenue that you can get to from the A or C trains (the ones you’ll take uptown from Penn Station) or from the street. It’s also half a (long) block from your exhibit. > **[Turnstyle Underground Market | Manhattan, New York](https://www.turn-style.com/)** > > Turnstyle market is a full city block featuring 39 unique eateries, shops and pop-ups all connected to Manhattan's 59th St-Columbus Circle Station. > **[Seven Great Things to Eat at Columbus Circle’s Turnstyle Food Court](https://ny.eater.com/2016/5/6/11608554/turnstyle-columbus-circle-food)** > > Just when you thought food courts couldn’t get more uncomfortable, along comes Turnstyle. To begin with, the place is rather difficult to find. Cartographically, it’s located on an exit tunnel that... If it’s so cold you can’t stand it, as previously mentioned, the Time Warner Center is nearby. There’s a Whole Foods in the basement if you want to snack there. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/9 "2017-12-19T17:13:37Z")
Rockefeller Center has a great view from the top (“Top of the Rock”). MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) is also in that general area. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/10 "2017-12-19T18:24:47Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > You could go gawk at Trump Tower and bask in its ominous shadow. I’d really like to micturate on that building, but not enough to be arrested for it. Is there enough cover allow for this in most cases? ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/11 "2017-12-19T23:41:23Z")
> [@mack](#): > > There’s a funny little food court under 8th avenue that you can get to from the A or C trains (the ones you’ll take uptown from Penn Station) or from the street. It’s also half a (long) block from your exhibit. > > [https://www.turn-style.com/](https://www.turn-style.com/) > > [Seven Great Things to Eat at Columbus Circle’s Turnstyle Food Court - Eater NY](https://ny.eater.com/2016/5/6/11608554/turnstyle-columbus-circle-food) > > If it’s so cold you can’t stand it, as previously mentioned, the Time Warner Center is nearby. There’s a Whole Foods in the basement if you want to snack there. oooh, this is right up my alley. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/12 "2017-12-20T20:40:06Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > I’d really like to micturate on that building, but not enough to be arrested for it. Is there enough cover allow for this in most cases? No. I know you’re not serious, but Trump Tower is surrounded by cops, Secret Service people, concrete barriers and about a zillion people gawking. Or sometimes protesting. It’s a pain in the ass if you work nearby, as I do. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/13 "2018-01-23T00:42:51Z")
Well, there goes my vacation. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/14 "2018-01-23T00:54:52Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > oooh, this is right up my alley. Thanks! What did you end up doing? I imagine it was pretty cold out? ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/15 "2018-01-23T01:43:31Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > What did you end up doing? I imagine it was pretty cold out? Due to the weather (frigid cold) and not being able to leave the animals in that type of weather for so long, we rescheduled. We’re going the end of March when (knock on wood) the weather will be warmer. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/16 "2018-01-23T12:39:32Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > Due to the weather (frigid cold) and not being able to leave the animals in that type of weather for so long, we rescheduled. We’re going the end of March when (knock on wood) the weather will be warmer. What with the tsunami warnings, beat to check the weather first. 😃 Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/17 "2018-01-23T13:20:58Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > The Hippodrome, the Flora Dora Girls and the Woolworth Tower. Did I hear right? Did you say the Hippodrome? ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/18 "2018-01-23T16:36:08Z")
> [@mack](#): > > There’s a funny little food court under 8th avenue that you can get to from the A or C trains (the ones you’ll take uptown from Penn Station) or from the street. It’s also half a (long) block from your exhibit. > > [https://www.turn-style.com/](https://www.turn-style.com/) > > [Seven Great Things to Eat at Columbus Circle’s Turnstyle Food Court - Eater NY](https://ny.eater.com/2016/5/6/11608554/turnstyle-columbus-circle-food) > > If it’s so cold you can’t stand it, as previously mentioned, the Time Warner Center is nearby. There’s a Whole Foods in the basement if you want to snack there. This sounds great, will have to try it! ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/19 "2018-01-23T19:08:50Z")
Smart move. I’ve been in NYC in January and February. Nothing is colder. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604/20 "2018-01-23T19:13:38Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Smart move. I’ve been in NYC in January and February. Nothing is colder. And you’re from Alberta?? I’d say Chicago was the only place that made me scared to go out in the winter. That wind! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-in-nyc-what-to-see/804604.md?page=2)