Holiday Search
New York: East Village
Overview
The area has been home to the Beat generation of the 1950s, hippies in the 1960s, and punks in the late 1970s and 1980s. Today it’s still a young person’s neighborhood, with its experimental music clubs and theaters and cutting-edge fashion. New York University is in the area, so there’s no shortage of excitement here.
Things to do
Foodies take note: this neighborhood reputedly contains the most varied assortment of ethnic restaurants in New York City, from the crush of Indian eateries on the south side of East Sixth Street (sometimes called “Little Bombay”) to McSorley’s Old Ale House, a pub that seems unchanged since it first opened in 1854. For more trend-setting street life, head east toward Alphabet City (named for avenues A, B, C, and D)- still a little rough around the edges but with many reasonably priced, fun, and gamut-running places to eat, drink, and shop...and, if you’re really getting into the scene, some very cool tattoo parlors.
