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Everybody has an opinion about how early to arrive at the airport, and we won’t wade into that debate. But we will staunchly insist that it’s worth getting to the train station a little early when you’re traveling out of Moynihan Train Hall beautiful station is absolutely packed with local spots worth visiting.
Here are seven hacks for how to make the most of your time while you wait for your Amtrak or LIRR train to arrive.
Photograph: By Rossilynne Skena Culgan for Time Out
1. Don’t worry about eating beforehand
If you were rushing to pack and ran out of time to eat lunch (guilty), don’t worry. There are more than a dozen actually good options for eating at Moynihan Food Hall. To name a few, there’s Maman, Pastrami Queen, Alidoro, Naya, Jacob’s Pickles, E.A.K. Ramen, Lovepop, The Irish Exit, Yono Sushi by BondSt, and Vesuvio Bakery. If you’re running really late, the line at H&H Bagels is usually not too long, and you can grab a bagel for the train.
Photograph: By Rossilynne Skena Culgan for Time Out
2. Pick up a gift while you’re there
Let’s say you’re traveling to your friend’s bachelorette party in Philadelphia, your college roommate’s wedding in Chicago, or your cousin’s graduation in Washington, D.C. and you forgot to get a gift. Don’t sweat it.
There are several shops where you can put together a very cute and very New York gift that nobody will know was purchased at the last minute. For that bachelorette party, grab some perfume at Malin+Goetz and pair it with a couple of beers from Threes Brewing. For the wedding, contribute to their honeymoon fund and pick up a few beach reads at Gotham News to go with it. Finally, for the graduation, buy a backpack at Rains and fill it with a few Moleskine notebooks. Done and done.
Photograph: By Rossilynne Skena Culgan for Time Out
3. Find some peace and quiet
Need to listen in on a Zoom call while you wait for your train? The food hall can be pretty loud, so grab your luggage and head upstairs where you’ll follow signs for the Farley Building. This gorgeous Post Office building is usually pretty quiet, meaning you’ll actually be able to hear the person on the other line. Just to be clear, though, this isn’t a spot to sit down and take a call. It’s more of a walk-and-talk zone for a quick call.
Photograph: By Rossilynne Skena Culgan for Time Out
4. Take in a little art and history while you wait
Banish boredom by checking out the lovely art exhibit across from the Moleskine store, then peek at historic Penn Station photos inside the Amtrak Baggage Claim area near the food hall. Inside there, you’ll see an apt quote from Daniel Patrick Moynihan that reads: “In the old time, you arrived at Penn Station at the train platform. You went up the stairs to heaven. Make that Manhattan. And we shall have it again. Praise all.”
Photograph: By Rossilynne Skena Culgan for Time Out
5. Seating is limited, but you can find it
Seating is a hot topic here. There’s a ticketed passenger waiting lounge with seating, and there are plenty of tables and chairs in the food court. But there are no seats or benches near the actual boarding areas—and if you sit on the floor, you’ll likely be told to move. Officials say that’s to help withcirculation and flowin the terminal, but critics have called ithostile architecture.
If you happen to have first-class tickets, sleeping car accommodations, or certain reward levels, you’ll get access to the Metropolitan Lounge, which offers plentiful seating.
Photograph: By Rossilynne Skena Culgan for Time Out | The quiet bathrooms are in this hallway.
6. Know where to go when you’ve got to go
There are several spacious and usually clean bathrooms in Moynihan, but they can get quite busy. The least busy one is on the second floor across from the Metropolitan Lounge on the 31st Street side.
Photograph: By Rossilynne Skena Culgan for Time Out
7. When you get back home to NYC, treat yourself
After your travels when you’ve finally arrived back home in New York City, treat yourself before you even leave the station. There’s Magnolia Bakery, Davey’s Ice Cream, and La Maison du Chocolat for some sweet treats. And grab yourself a bouquet at Damselfly Flowers while you’re at it.
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Clover Club has always been loftier than a self-proclaimed “neighborhood bar”—the standard-bearing cocktail parlor from mixology matriarch Julie Reiner (Pegu Club, Flatiron Lounge) is a regular of the World’s Best 50 Bars list, currently sitting pretty at a solid number 46 in all of North America. And now the iconic Carroll Gardens bar is expanding with a sibling drinkery next door.
Per Grubstreet, The Saloon at Clover Club will open at 208 Smith Street near Baltic in June, bringing with it a more “casual cocktail experience” than its older sister, as well as private invents and drink-making classes. The expansion plans kind of fell into Reiner’s lap, she told the outlet, saying that the Saloon was born when her landlord called offering her to rent the old comic book store next door to the original bar. The Saloon is the latest bar offering from Reiner, her wife Susan Fedroff and fellow business partners Christine Williams and Tom Macy; the portfolio currently includes the Latin-inspired Leyenda (with Ivy Mix) and the Milady’s remake over in Soho.
In the works for The Saloon will be classic cocktails like the Tuxedo (a martini cousin that traditionally features gin, dry Vermouth, absinthe, orange bitters and maraschino) and a Champagne Cobbler, which is reminiscent of a Mimosa but usually splashed with pineapple juice. While there will be real-deal saloon doors in the new space, there won’t be table service—that means you’re going to have to mosey on over to the bar to order a drink yourself. Full cocktail menu details are still to come, but we’ll keep you posted on all upcoming intel about this soon-to-open Clover Club companion bar.
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Totonno’s Pizzeria Napolitana opened on Coney Island 100 years ago (no, we’re not exaggerating) and more or less has been operating the same way since then, under the management of a single family.
According to the New York Times, though, things are about to change: the owners are now looking for an investor or buyer to take over the space.
“We’re coming up in age and we don’t have the manpower to continue,” said Louise Ciminieri, a part-owner alongside her sister Antoinette Balzano and brother Frank Balzano, to the outlet.
Although looking to move on, the owners are clear on one thing: prospective buyers will have to agree to continue making the pizza the way it has been on premise since back in 1924, when Totonno’s first opened.
Offering thin crusted pizzas made with imported ingredients from Italy, Totonno’s is one of the very few pizzerie in NYC that still uses a coal oven—a tradition that die-hard fans of the destination hope will continue. It also does so in the same building it has been operating out of since Antonio Pero, an Italian immigrant who worked at Lombardi’s on Spring Street in Manhattan, founded the eatery in 1924.
The pizzeria is clearly part and parcel of the city’s culinary and cultural character, having survived through Hurricane Sandy, the global COVID-19 pandemic (Totonno’s closed in March of 2020 and reopened two years later, now only offering takeout twice a week) and an awful fire in 2009 that forced the eatery shut for about a year.
The legendary destination enjoys die-hard fans that have moved on from the neighborhood as well—including Senator Chuck Schumer, a Brooklyn native.
“In the old days, you stood on line, and when Totonno’s ran out of dough they’d come outside and say, ‘You’ll have to come back another time,'” the politician said to the New York Times. “But it was worth waiting for every minute.”
Although the family seems to be dead set on moving on, a centennial celebration of all that Totonno’s stands for is likely in the works for later this year. We expect to see a whole lot of people there paying their respects.
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As always, someone is out there watching with a camera on hand.
The Empire State Building’s Instagram posted a video of the strike happening from different angles and it’s pretty freakin’ cool.
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