New York is packed with thousands of restaurants of all types, serving food from around the world. Regional Specialities:
• Wine.
• Steaks.
• Seafood.

From theatre and film to comedy and dance clubs to jazz, blues and rock, there's a nightlife here for everyone's tastes. Clubs generally stay open until the early hours. Theatre tickets for Broadway can be booked through the Group Sales Box Office, 226 West 47th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10036 (tel: (800) 223 7565 or (212) 398 8383; website: www.bestofbroadway.com). Special discounts for group bookings are available. Tickets must be paid for in advance and will be mailed out or kept at the theatre box office for collection on the night of the performance. Half-price tickets are available on the day of performance from the tkts booths in Times Square and South Street Seaport.

Fifth Avenue, New York City's most glamorous thoroughfare, is filled with luxury shops and department stores. No trip to New York is complete without stopping by Bloomingdale's (1000 Third Avenue at 59th Street), Lord and Taylor (Fifth Avenue at 38th Street) and Saks Fifth Avenue (611 Fifth Avenue at 50th Street). Don't forget Macy's, known as the world's largest store, 131 West 34th Street at Herald Square. Woodbury Common, one hour's drive from Manhattan, is the largest discount designer outlet in the world. Long Island offers a variety of ever increasing shopping opportunities – from indoor shopping malls such as Roosevelt Field in Garden City, the East Coast’s largest shopping centre, to quaint visitor-oriented shopping villages on historic main streets in places like Huntington, Sea Cliff, Stony Brook and Syosset. Manhattan Mall in Midtown Manhattan has an eight-floor mall with 60 shops.