Meet the locals Text: Aylin Aslan / Photos: Adrianna Glaviano Illustrations: Raffinerie
Tito, 45 Graphic designer and bluesman titodelerblues.com
1 Best burger in town
2 What to do on a rainy day
The 5 Leaves Burger at 5 LEAVES Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Take a walk along the upper west side of Manhattan in Riverside Park without an umbrella.
The new
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMa or the great The Modern restaurant with a view to the garden.
fiveleavesny.com
Lisa, 54 Fashion fit model
21 Greenpoint. Run by the son of actor Bill Murray (Bill sometimes helps out behind the counter). 21greenpoint.com
Nestor, 34 Manager of Xhibition PR (NYC office)
The lamb burger at The Breslin. It’s very basic: all about the meat! thebreslin.com
metmuseum.org; moma.org; themodernnyc.com
THE WHITNEY MUSEUM or the NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM or pop-up events at GRAND CENTRAL STATION. whitney.org; amnh.org; grandcentralterminal.com/events
Rana, 32 Swiss journalist and founder of Naïra, who has been living in NYC for the last ten years. nairanyc.com
The burger from the bar of the NoMad Hotel. Pricey but worth it! thenomadhotel.com
Andreas, 34 Swiss founder of Localike, the online travel portal where customers submit their NYC ideas and requests and then receive a personalised city guide. localike-newyork.com
The Sebastian’s Burger at the Brindle Room: It’s just a killer! brindleroom.com
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New York in Portraits
Check out the New Museum. There’s a really youthful vibe, and it usually has cool exhibitions! newmuseum.org
CANAL STREET MARKET in SoHo: a food hall combined with a number of small stalls where you can buy handcrafted goods from local designers. canalstreet.market