


While it feels like multiple health code or fire code violations, the energy is simply infectious. After passing out giant sombreros and napkins to whip around, go-go dancers and a burlesque girl in a bathtub convert the tables into stages and it’s all blurry after that. Known for their signature Loca Monday’s fiesta that doesn’t get started until 11.30 pm, you might need a nap for this one. Monday night in New York is crazier than Saturday’s elsewhere and Bodega Negra is the place to be. This mustached, molten lava cake is encrusted in a white chocolate shell that melts and disintegrates as the hot caramel is poured on top. What to Get: The Fiesta Supreme (a three-tiered seafood tower, which actually causes stares) and a Don Huevo for dessert.Most of my recommendations are within easy walking distance of each other once you take an Uber or Subway to Chinatown/Little Italy, but distances are calculated from the hotel, not the previous stop. Wedged between downtown and Midtown Manhattan, the area is home to major dining hotspots like three-Michelin starred Eleven Madison Park (make reservations well in advance if that’s on your to-do list). Perfectly primed on Park Avenue, Hotel Giraffe is in the NoMad neighborhood of New York City. And be happy I did all the diabetes-inducing research for you. Simply follow my treasure map to each and every photogenic, frosted bite around town. I’d love to know how that came to be, but for now, all I can tell you is… I freaking love it. In a city where black is the only socially acceptable color to wear, somehow, everything to stuff your face is rainbowed out and decadently topped in glitter (and I don’t just think it’s because it’s LGBT-friendly). This is the most Instagrammable places in NYC. A place of insane overindulgence where everything from your wildest fantasies is available on a silver platter. You’ve gawked at the photos in amazement: rainbow bagels, unicorn ice cream, and freakshakes galore. To me, it’s a big, gluttonous smorgasbord. I frequently joke that I plan my life around feeding time.
