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Prince and Mercer, SoHo
Where to eat near The Mercer
10 places, all within 8 minutes on foot, from morning coffee to a late drink.
MorningCoffee and breakfast
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Balthazar
Get: The bread basket and eggs at breakfast; steak frites at night
SoHo's brasserie: breakfast is the easy table, dinner the scene.
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Dominique Ansel Bakery
Get: The DKA, or whatever the month's Cronut is
The bakery that invented the Cronut; the DKA is the better buy and there's no line for it.
LunchLunch and an afternoon bite
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Ruby's Cafe
Get: The Bronte burger, avocado toast
A small Aussie café that's still worth the wait for brunch.
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Prince Street Pizza
Get: The Spicy Spring square slice
The cupped pepperoni square everyone photographs; go off-peak.
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Thai Diner
Get: The Thai disco fries, the egg roll, Thai tea babka
Uncle Boons' team doing a Thai American diner, open all day.
DinnerDinner
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Lure Fishbar
Get: The raw bar, sushi rolls, the Lure burger
A yacht-cabin dining room a few doors down from the hotel.
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Rubirosa
Get: The Tie-Dye pizza, the vodka pizza, the rigatoni
Thin-crust family recipe, the best pizza table in the neighborhood.
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Raoul's
Get: Steak au poivre; the burger at the bar (only a few a night)
A French bistro on Prince since 1975, still the night out locals want.
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Emilio's Ballato
Get: The veal parm, the rigatoni with vodka sauce
Red-sauce Italian with no reservations and a lot of famous regulars.
A drinkA drink
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Fanelli Cafe
Get: A beer and the burger
A bar on that corner since 1847: the SoHo that was here before the shops.
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