Johnny's NYC Guide — The Family Hub

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Tuesday · May 26

LIFT OFF ✈️

Take OFF

🛫 Departure — LAX Terminal 3

Drop-off location: LAX Terminal 3, LOWER ARRIVALS LEVEL, between pillars 3F and 3G (Delta One private check-in).
NOT the regular Delta check-in — go past it to the private entrance.
Arrive by: 6:50 AM (90 min before 8:20 AM departure).
Process: Premium Service ambassador greets curbside, takes bags, walks you through private TSA security. Direct entry to the Delta One Lounge.
Delta One Lounge perks: Sit-down dining (table service), sushi bar, indoor/outdoor double bar with Hollywood Hills view, 8 zero-gravity massage chairs, 8 wellness pods, premium showers.
Flight: Delta DL0972 · 8:20 AM PDT → 4:59 PM EDT JFK · Airbus A330-300 · Seats 1C / 1G / 2C / 2G (Delta One)

✈️ FLIGHT DAY

6:10 AM Be ready to leave

6:20 AM Leave the house SHARP — do not be late!

8:20 AM Flight departs (5 hour flight)

5:00 PM Land in NYC 🗽

🚗 JFK Arrival → The Dominick (CONFIRMED · EmpireCLS)

Pickup: Tue May 26 · 4:51 PM EDT (10 min before flight lands at 4:59 PM)
Where: JFK Terminal 4, Baggage Claim — chauffeur meets you with a sign
Provider: EmpireCLS Worldwide · Confirmation 14656561*1 · Phone 800-451-5466
Vehicle: SUV for 4 pax + 6 bags (Escalade ESV upgrade requested)
Distance + time: JFK → The Dominick (246 Spring St, SoHo) · ~18 mi · ~60–80 min peak Tuesday rush hour, likely arriving 6:00 PM ET ±15 min
Track driver: Link in EmpireCLS confirmation email (sent 5/25)
Free cancellation until 3:51 PM ET pickup day

🏨 The Dominick · SoHo

Address: 246 Spring St, New York, NY 10013
Neighborhood: SoHo (where Hudson Square meets SoHo)
Check-in: 3:00 PM. Bags can be stored before then.
Confirmation: View hotel card on main NYC page →
On-site: El Ta'Koy + Mezzanine restaurants, Fendi Casa suites, rooftop pool, Sisley Paris Spa
Walk to Lilia (Williamsburg): ~25 min Uber / ~$25-35 surge
Hotel-to-Lilia: leave by 7:45 PM (Lilia is 8:30 PM reservation — Tuesday night cross-river traffic to Williamsburg)

🎒 BEFORE YOU FLY — Pack list

Portable charger (charged!)

Sunglasses · Comfortable shoes · Download a movie or two

🍝 EVENING

7:30 PM Leave for dinner SHARP — do not be late!

8:30 PM Dinner at LILIA 📍 Reservation Must order: sheep's milk agnolotti · mafaldini with pink peppercorns · vanilla soft serve

🔗 Open Lilia details →

📍 Places on Johnny's plan today

●Lilia 📖 Johnny

✨ Could swing by (Williamsburg)

Theodora Could swing by Williamsburg · same neighborhood as Lilia

L'Industrie Pizzeria Could swing by Williamsburg · pre-dinner slice

Welcome to NYC. The food crawl starts tomorrow — pace yourselves tonight.

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Wednesday · May 27

FOOD CRAWL 🥐🍕

Eating through downtown

🥐 BAKERY CRAWL — East Village (1 hr 10 min · 13 stops)

7:15 AM Leave for Lafayette Bakery (1 mile walk from hotel)

Lafayette Bakery → The Pastry Box → From Lucie → Mary O's Irish Soda Bread Shop → Librae Bakery → Justin's Salt Bread → Red Gate Bakery → Leon's Bagels

Hit around 12 bakeries total 🥐🍩🥖

🍕 PIZZA CRAWL — LES → Little Italy → SoHo → West Village

Scarr's Pizza LES

Ceres (Ceres + Tinore) NoLita

L'Industrie Pizzeria West Village

Lucia Pizza SoHo

Mama's Too UWS

5:00 PM Head back to hotel

🥩 DINNER

6:45 PM Leave for COTE

7:00 PM COTE — 7:00 PM reservation 📍 Korean BBQ Korean BBQ steakhouse · Flatiron District

📍 Places on Johnny's plan today

●Lafayette Bakery 📖
●The Pastry Box 📖
●From Lucie 📖
●Mary O's Irish Soda Bread Shop 📖
●Librae Bakery 📖
●Justin's Salt Bread 📖
●Red Gate Bakery 📖
●Leon's Bagels 📖
●Scarr's Pizza 📖
●Ceres 📖
●L'Industrie Pizzeria 📖
●Lucia Pizza 📖
●Mama's Too 📖
●The Django (jazz bar, Roxy Hotel) 📖
●COTE 📖 Reservation

🔀 Family Crossover Stops — Where Your Picks Fit In (13 stops)

🥯 MORNING — Bakery Crawl phase (7 AM – noon)

🥪 Lev (food cart)✨ Nicole SoHo · 0.01 mi from Lafayette Bakery · Tue-Thu 11:30 AM - 8 PM ONLY 303 Lafayette St (outside REI) — steps from both bakery and pizza crawl routes. Tue–Thu 11:30AM–8PM only.

🍵 12 Matcha 🌟✨ Nicole NoHo · 0.11 mi from Lafayette Bakery · Monday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Nicole's pick — EXACTLY on the bakery crawl route. Perfect matcha break between Lafayette and Pastry Box.

🍔 Gotham Burger Social Club Lower East Side · 0.02 mi from Red Gate Bakery · Monday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM Family pick near Red Gate Bakery.

🥐 Sunday Morning✨ Michael East Village · 0.29 mi from Mary O's Irish Soda Bread Shop Michael's cinnamon roll pick — East Village, perfectly timed mid-bakery-crawl break.

🥐 Sunday Morning✨ Nicole East Village · 0.29 mi from Mary O's Irish Soda Bread Shop · Mon-Fri 9 AM - 4 PM · Sat-Sun 10 AM - 4 PM (until sold out) Nicole's cinnamon roll pick — East Village, perfectly timed mid-bakery-crawl break.

🍕 AFTERNOON — Pizza Crawl phase (noon – 5 PM)

🍽️ The Corner Store Nolita · 0.18 mi from Lucia Pizza (Bleecker) · Monday: 5:00 – 11:00 PM Nolita spot between bakery and pizza crawl zones — good for a sit-down pause.

🍽️ Or'esh✨ Michael Soho · 0.26 mi from Lucia Pizza (Bleecker) · Daily 5pm-11pm (dinner only) Michael's Israeli pick — SoHo, dinner option on pizza crawl return route.

🥩 The 86 West Village · 0.29 mi from Lucia Pizza (Bleecker) · Monday: 4:00 – 10:00 PM Family pick near Lucia Pizza (Bleecker).

🥩 4 Charles Prime Rib✨ Michael West Village · 0.05 mi from Ceres (Greenwich Ave) · Mon-Thu 4:00-11:30 PM; Fri 12:00-11:30 PM; Sat 11:00 AM-1… Michael's pick — Ceres (Greenwich Ave) area, afternoon window.

🍝 Don Angie West Village · 0.10 mi from Ceres (Greenwich Ave) Family pick near Ceres (Greenwich Ave).

🍝 I Sodi✨ Edwina West Village · 0.27 mi from Ceres (Greenwich Ave) · Mon-Thu 4:30-10:30 PM · Fri-Sun lunch + dinner Edwina's Tuscan pick in West Village — dinner option post pizza crawl.

🌙 EVENING — Pre-COTE & Dinner

🥐 SALSWEE✨ Nicole Flatiron · 0.03 mi from COTE (Flatiron) · 7am-8pm daily — fruit cakes sell out by 1pm, arrive befor… Nicole's French-Asian bakery — Flatiron, near COTE dinner. Fruit cakes sell out by 1pm.

🍽️ Madison Square Park✨ Edwina Flatiron / NoMad · 0.18 mi from COTE (Flatiron) Edwina's pick — Flatiron, 5 min walk from COTE. Great pre-dinner stroll.

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Thursday · May 28

BREAK & BROOKLYN 🚴

Keeping the GOOD VIBES

☀️ MORNING → MIDDAY (1 hr 43 min route · 7 stops)

7:00 AM Leave to explore on the way to L'Appartement 4F

L'Appartement 4F Brooklyn Heights Bakery

Daily Provisions — West Village Map pin

11:50 AM Uber to Golden Diner (20 min)

12:30 PM Lunch at Golden Diner 📍 Reservation Must order: honey butter pancakes!

🚴 AFTERNOON — Brooklyn Loop

Bike across Brooklyn Bridge 🌉

Explore Cobble Hill → Carroll Gardens → Red Hook → Prospect Park → Clinton Hill → DUMBO

7:00 PM Uber back to hotel to change

8:00 PM SIP & GUZZLE 📍 Reservation <1 mile from hotel · West Village cocktail bar

📍 Places on Johnny's plan today

●L'Appartement 4F 📖
●Daily Provisions — West Village 📖
●Golden Diner 📖 Reservation
●Brooklyn Bridge Bike 📖
●Brooklyn Neighborhood Loop 📖
●Sip & Guzzle 📖 Reservation

🔀 Family Crossover Stops — Where Your Picks Fit In (7 stops)

☀️ MORNING — West Village Start

🍝 I Sodi✨ Edwina West Village · 0.14 mi from L'Appartement 4F · Mon-Thu 4:30-10:30 PM · Fri-Sun lunch + dinner Edwina's Tuscan pick in West Village — dinner option post pizza crawl.

🍝 Bird Dog✨ Michael West Village · 0.14 mi from L'Appartement 4F Michael's pick — West Village fusion near L'Industrie, dinner or late lunch option.

🥩 The 86 West Village · 0.20 mi from L'Appartement 4F · Monday: 4:00 – 10:00 PM Family pick near L'Appartement 4F.

🥩 4 Charles Prime Rib✨ Michael West Village · 0.01 mi from Daily Provisions West Village · Mon-Thu 4:00-11:30 PM; Fri 12:00-11:30 PM; Sat 11:00 AM-1… Michael's pick — Daily Provisions West Village area, morning window.

🍝 Don Angie West Village · 0.16 mi from Daily Provisions West Village Family pick near Daily Provisions West Village.

🌉 AFTERNOON — Brooklyn Loop

🍽️ Brooklyn Bridge Walk (DUMBO → Manhattan)✨ Nicole Brooklyn / DUMBO → Manhattan · 0.03 mi from DUMBO Nicole's pick — overlaps exactly with Thursday Brooklyn loop.

🍕 Lucali✨ Edwina Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn · 0.00 mi from Cobble Hill / Carroll Gardens · Wed-Mon 5pm-10pm · Closed Tue · Arrive 3-4 hrs early (no … Edwina's top pizza pick — Carroll Gardens, on the Brooklyn loop path.

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Friday · May 29

TOURISTS 🗽

Hit the classics

☀️ MORNING

6:45 AM Apollo Bagels — grab bagels and coffee (Uber there)

🗺️ THE TOURIST LOOP (37 min · 5 stops)

Times Square — chaos, neon, photos

Grand Central Terminal + St. Patrick's Cathedral

Central Park + The Museum (American Museum of Natural History)

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir Map pin

Walk the Upper West Side

5:00 PM Bike down the Hudson River path back to hotel 🚴

🍽️ EVENING

Dinner can be anything — flexible night

6:30 PM Backup: OPTO 📍 Backup option

📍 Places on Johnny's plan today

●Apollo Bagels 📖
●Times Square 📖
●Grand Central Terminal 📖
●St. Patrick's Cathedral 📖
●Central Park 📖
●American Museum of Natural History 📖
●JFK Reservoir 📖
●Culture Espresso 📖
●Hudson River Bike Path 📖
●OPTO (backup dinner) 📖

🔀 Family Crossover Stops — Where Your Picks Fit In (11 stops)

☀️ MORNING — Midtown / Uptown

🥐 SALSWEE✨ Nicole Flatiron · 0.12 mi from Apollo Bagels (start) · 7am-8pm daily — fruit cakes sell out by 1pm, arrive befor… Nicole's French-Asian bakery — Flatiron, near COTE dinner. Fruit cakes sell out by 1pm.

🍽️ Madison Square Park✨ Edwina Flatiron / NoMad · 0.17 mi from Apollo Bagels (start) Edwina's pick — Flatiron, 5 min walk from COTE. Great pre-dinner stroll.

☕ Caffè Panna📖 Johnny Gramercy / Union Square · 0.25 mi from Apollo Bagels (start) · Wed-Sun 1:30pm-9:30pm (closed Mon & Tue) Family pick near Apollo Bagels (start).

🍽️ Ambassadors Clubhouse NYC NoMad · 0.08 mi from Culture Espresso (Midtown) · Monday: 5:00 – 11:00 PM Family pick near Culture Espresso (Midtown).

🍽️ Midnight Moment — Times Square Digital Art Show✨ Nicole Times Square / Midtown · 0.00 mi from Times Square Nicole's pick — Times Square area, morning window.

🍽️ 620 Fifth Avenue Loft & Garden Rooftop✨ Edwina Rockefeller Center / Midtown · 0.14 mi from St. Patrick's Cathedral Edwina's pick — St. Patrick's Cathedral area, morning window.

🍸 Bar Chimera Midtown · 0.24 mi from St. Patrick's Cathedral · Monday: 5:00 – 11:00 PM Family pick near St. Patrick's Cathedral.

🌙 EVENING — Times Square

🍗 Raising Cane's Times Square✨ Nicole Times Square · 0.00 mi from OPTO (Times Square) · Daily 9am-3am EVERY DAY Nicole's pick — OPTO (Times Square) area, evening window.

🍽️ One Times Square Viewing Deck✨ Nicole Times Square · 0.05 mi from OPTO (Times Square) Nicole's pick — OPTO (Times Square) area, evening window.

🌮 Los Tacos No. 1 (Times Square — Breakfast Burritos)✨ Nicole Times Square / Midtown West · 0.07 mi from OPTO (Times Square) · Mon-Sat 11 AM - 12 AM · Sun 11 AM - 10 PM · Breakfast bur… Nicole's pick — OPTO (Times Square) area, evening window.

🍽️ The Drama Book Shop✨ Nicole Garment District (Times Square adjacent) · 0.29 mi from OPTO (Times Square) · Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 12pm-7pm Nicole's pick — OPTO (Times Square) area, evening window.

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Saturday · May 30

RESET 🌀

MISH MASH — officially done micromanaging

☀️ MUST SEES (ALL PRESSURE) — tongue-in-cheek: no real pressure

7:00 AM Uber to Radio Bakery — a slow morning stop Greenpoint/Williamsburg

Explore Williamsburg and Greenpoint

🕊️ BE FREE

Walk a new neighborhood — get lost on purpose

~4:00 PM Rental car delivered to hotel

Sleep in. Wander. People-watch. No agenda.

📍 Places on Johnny's plan today

●Radio Bakery 📖
●Williamsburg explore 📖
●Greenpoint explore 📖

🔀 Family Crossover Stops — Where Your Picks Fit In (1 stop)

🌿 AFTERNOON — Greenpoint

🥐 Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop✨ Edwina ✨ Michael Greenpoint, Brooklyn · 0.00 mi from Peter Pan Donut · Daily 4:30 AM – 6:00 PM (extremely early opening — 4:30am) Michael + Edwina's pick — Greenpoint institution, 4:30AM open. The ultimate morning-before-bakery-crawl stop.

Officially done micromanaging. Enjoy the day.

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Sunday · May 31

HARBORING IN THE HAMPTONS 🏖️

GOSSIP GIRL

🚗 THE PLAN

9:00 AM Check out of hotel · ~2 hour drive to Hamptons

Check into Topping Rose House Bridgehampton

💡 IDEAS

Explore Hamptons neighborhoods

Sag Pizza — Sag Harbor lunch/dinner 📍 Suggested

ANYTHING ELSE! 🌊

📍 Places on Johnny's plan today

●Topping Rose House 📖 Hotel
●Sag Pizza 📖

🏖️ Hamptons Day — No NYC crossovers (enjoy the beach!)

Beach time 🏖️ Slow day · long lunch · sandy feet

Sag Harbor village walk Browse shops and galleries in Sag Harbor

Slow day. Long lunch. Sandy feet.

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Monday · June 1

BYE FELICIA 👋

Heading home

☀️ MORNING

Breakfast and explore more

Double check rooms!

✈️ FLIGHT HOME

4:00 PM Leave for airport

5:00 PM Plane departs — FlyHouse Challenger 300 ✈️

~8:12 PM Land in LA 🌴

Travel home — safe flights!

Burn calories afterwards! 🏃‍♂️

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