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Union Square & Flatiron District

what to do

where to eat

where to stay

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Fashion and Quotes of Union Square Society

Farmers to artists, skaters to Mormons: the subsets of downtown's playground.

"Best of New York" Picks for Union Square and the Flatiron District

An archive of the annual Best of New York Award winners since 2000.

Map: 14th Street

There's more to do this single street than there is in most other cities.

Food

Grub Street Reports on Union Square and the Flatiron District

Daily coverage of the restaurant and bar scene.

Map: Chow Down Around Fifth Avenue and 14th Street

Ethnic restaurants and sunny cafés sate shoppers, students and profs, and lower Fifth's editors, publicists, and psychiatrists.

Shop Local, Then Eat

Nothing stirs the appetite—or need for a stiff drink—like a Saturday-afternoon crush at the Union Square Greenmarket. Here's where to go for lunch afterward.

Danny Meyer on Shake Shack 2.0

Interview with the owner of Madison Square Garden's favorite eatery.

Manhattan Gets Fresh

The Greenmarket at Union Square brought new flavors to New York restaurants and home kitchens—and saved family farms in the bargain.

Map: Banker Cash Meets Working-Class Eats in Flatiron South

The micro-micro-neighborhood centered around Broadway and 20th Street happens to be the capital of Danny Meyer's small but beloved empire of restaurants.

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