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boeuf
and
steak au poivre
.
(
212-285-8585;
www.leshalles.net
; 15 John St btwn Broadway & Nassau St;
mains $14.50-32;
7am-midnight;
;
A/C, J/Z, 2/3, 4/5 to Fulton St)
21
Shake Shack
$
BURGERS
Danny Meyer's cult burger chain is fast food at its finest: cotton-soft burgers made with
prime, freshly ground mince; Chicago-style hot dogs in poppy-seed potato buns; and seri-
ously good cheesy fries. Leave room for the legendary frozen custard and drink local with
a beer from Brooklyn brewery Sixpoint.
(
www.shakeshack.com
; 215 Murray St btwn West St & North End
Ave; burgers from $3.60;
11am-11pm;
A/C, 1/2/3 to Chambers St)
22
Tiny's & the Bar Upstairs
$$$
AMERICAN
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Snug and adorable (book ahead!), Tiny's comes with a crackling fire in the back room and
an intimate bar upstairs. Served on vintage porcelain, dishes are soulful, subtly retweaked
delights; think burrata with date puree, lemon honey glaze and pistachios, or pan-seared
scallops getting zesty with grapefruit and Thai chili-ginger coconut sauce.
(
212-374-1135;
135 W Broadway btwn Duane & Thomas Sts; mains $22-36;
11:30am-11pm Mon-Thu, to midnight Fri, 10:30am-
midnight Sat, 10:30am-11pm Sun;
A/C, 1/2/3 to Chambers St)
Understand
Long Before New York
Long before the days of European conquest, the swath that would eventually become NYC belonged to Native
Americans known as the Lenape - 'original people' - who resided in a series of seasonal campsites. They lived
up and down the eastern seaboard, along the signature shoreline, and on hills and in valleys sculpted by glaciers
after the Ice Age left New York with glacial debris now called Hamilton Heights and Bay Ridge. Glaciers
scoured off soft rock, leaving behind Manhattan's stark rock foundations of gneiss and schist. Around 11,000
years before the first Europeans sailed through the Narrows, the Lenape people foraged, hunted and fished the
regional bounty here. Spear points, arrowheads, bone heaps and shell mounds testify to their presence. Some of
their pathways still lie beneath streets such as Broadway. In the Lenape language of Munsee, the term Manhattan
