{"id":17188,"date":"2011-10-04T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=17188"},"modified":"2018-03-12T12:08:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T17:08:39","slug":"new-york-hotels-local-love-a-travelers-guide-to-tribeca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/new-york-hotels-local-love-a-travelers-guide-to-tribeca\/","title":{"rendered":"Local love: A traveler’s guide to Tribeca, NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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They ain’t ‘fraid a no ghost: The infamous Ladder 8 firehouse from “Ghostbusters” calls Tribeca home.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Erik Torkells<\/em><\/p>\n

To take the measure of a city, you need to get out of the tourist zones and explore a residential neighborhood. But some cities, such as New York, have so many to choose from. I humbly submit my own neighborhood, Tribeca, which you\u2019ve probably heard of, either because of the Tribeca Film Festival (which is mostly held elsewhere in the city), Jay-Z\u2019s “Empire State of Mind,” or the Subaru SUV.<\/p>\n

Tribeca is a pretty affluent neighborhood, which is only really relevant in that it\u2019s safe even for travelers who might get lost\u2014and get lost they do, giventhat the streets aren\u2019t on a grid. That doesn\u2019t have to be a problem, though: Personally, I love poking around Tribeca (or any neighborhood), taking in the details. Fans of historical architecture, industrial details, and people-watching (including celebrity-spotting) will have a blast.<\/p>\n

The northern border of the \u201cTriangle Below Canal\u201d is Canal Street (the southern border of Soho), but as more residents have moved in, the other boundaries have spread. Tribeca is more of a trapezoid these days, and I\u2019d say it\u2019s all interesting from Canal down to the World Trade Center site, from the Hudson River over to Broadway (and occasionally farther east).<\/p>\n

Here are my picks for places you shouldn\u2019t miss:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Staple Street<\/strong> is a two-block-long street that\u2019s not just notable for the quaint narrowness and the surrounding buildings, but for the old metal bridge that links two buildings. The odds are decent you\u2019ll see a photo shoot going on underneath it.<\/p>\n

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Staple Street: Neat, narrow and a nifty location for photo shoots.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fans of Ghostbusters<\/em><\/strong> will need to take a photo in from of the Ladder 8 firehouse<\/strong> at Varick and N. Moore streets.<\/p>\n

\u2022 There are plenty of high-end stores, but there are also stores that aren\u2019t crazy expensive and still unique. I\u2019m thinking of the Japanese knife store Korin; Playing Mantis<\/strong>, which sells handmade and natural toys; Working Class<\/strong>, home to all kinds of British objets<\/em><\/strong>; and Mysterious Bookshop<\/strong>, where mystery lovers will be in heaven.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The restaurants don\u2019t tend to be grouped on main streets, so you may have to search around. For a cheap lunch, you can\u2019t beat Caf\u00e9 Clementine<\/strong>. For a coffee break, the favorite places are La Colombe, RBC NYC<\/strong>, and Kaffe 1668<\/strong>. For the kind of dinner you can\u2019t find anywhere else in New York (or the U.S. in general), I\u2019d suggest Greenwich Grill<\/strong>, which serves \u201cTokyo-Italian,\u201d and Jehangir Mehta\u2019s inventive Mehtaphor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 One last thing: If the weather is decent, head over to Pier 24<\/strong> in the Hudson River Park, where you can play a round of miniature golf with the skyline behind you.<\/p>\n

New York hotels<\/a> in Tribeca
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