Coffee
9th St Espresso in Chelsea Market and 341 E 10th St (btwn Ave A and B)
Blue Bottle 160 Berry St, Brooklyn and 450 W 15th St, Chelsea
OST, 441 East 12th Street
Snack Taverna 63 Bedford St, classic greek food including garlicky scordalia
EN Brasserie 435 Hudson St - incredible Japanese food, Earl Grey tea ice cream that taste like a strong cuppa, nice little posh bar too
Westville branches in Chelsea, West and East village, for an insane number of vegetables
Hotel Delmano old school cocktails in Brooklyn
Lucky Strike 59 Grant St, btwn Wooster and W Broadway, the most relaxed of Keith McNally's places
Victory Garden super tasty goat milk frozen yoghurt
Gavin Brown 620 Greenwich St
New Museum 235 Bowery (good bookshop too)
319 Scholes in Bushwick
Ramiken Crucible 389 Grand St
Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave at 75th St
The Hole NYC 312 Bowery
UNT/TLED 30 Orchard St
Clothes
Steven Alan especially the big branch 140 10th Ave
Creatures of Comfort, 205 Mulberry St
Opening Ceremony often hilariously expensive but you can always grab coffee from Smile To Go across the road
Books
Mcnally and Jackson, 52 Prince St (btwn Lafayette & Mulberry)
Printed Matter, 10th Ave at 21st St
192 Books, 192 10th Ave at 21st St
Dashwood, 33 Bond St