Tips from our trip.

Thanks for all the great info from these forums.Here%26#39;s a few things we learnt from our 11Feb - 20Feb stay.

Belvedere Hotel:Fantastic the ';NY1'; package which includes full American b%26#39;fast is such good value @ $139-160.Great location blah,blah you%26#39;ve heard all that before.

Do the resaerch.

www.menupages.com nearly 4000 restaurants easily searchable by cuisine and/or location.

www.chowhound.com:any questions on what%26#39;s hot or not

Sign up for emails of upcoming sales with www.dailycandy.com,www.lazarmedia.com,www.newyorkmetro.com or www.manhattanuserguide.com.

We hit Barneys warehouse sale first day and saved 65pc +.

Also saved that and more on designer shoes at various places you would not find otherwise.

Metro card 7 day pass also a winner.

Go to TKTS booth downtown @ South Seaport.The Times Sq one packed and this place difficult to find because nobody around.(You can see Wall St and Grnd Zero even Century21 on that excursion)

When you need that extra suitcase:Orchard St LES $20 for expandable they want $60 for elsewhere.Pastrami @ Katz Deli while you%26#39;re there.Best value food for us was suprisingly Meat Packing District,Cafe Florent outstanding steak frites $18 and tres trendy crowd.

Hope this helps someone sometime.

Tips from our trip.

Great report. Great info. Hope you had a wonderful time.

Tips from our trip.

Forgot the best ';fast food'; Crifs Dogs St Marks Place.

2 with soda $5.

Now if I could spell ';research';

Where or what is Barneys warehouse sale, or did we miss it?

I think Barneys sale runs until 3MAR.

W17th between 8th %26amp; 9th.

How sad.... we aren%26#39;t going until the 14th.