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So how about a burger shop hidden (literally a hidden gem) behind a curtain in an unsuspecting hotel lobby? Follow your nose to Le Parker Meridian Hotel in Midtown for a menu that almost exclusively features hamburgers and cheeseburgers before too many other people find out about Burger Joint. While it’s not unusual to stuff your face with a juicy beef patty in New York City, finding a quiet, or at least tourist-free spot in which to do so is rare. Burger Joint in Parker Meridian Hotelīurgers, burgers everywhere. If permitted to enter, a door in the wall opens and you are ushered into an intimate bar for a night of classy cocktails, great eats and, best of all, very cool secrecy. Between 1st Ave and Avenue A, the entrance to Please Don’t Tell is completely unnoticed by passers by only those ‘in the know’ step into a phone box, pick up the phone and buzz once. Hidden bars came into their own during the Prohibition era and, though there’s no longer any need to hide, secret bars are making their way back into the mainstream. Warning: this epic hidden gem causes serious wanderlust. The four floors of the headquarters (an ornate townhouse) are stuffed with treasures and artifacts from wayfaring voyages to all four corners of the globe. Established in 1904, the club was a place for explorers and global adventurers to share their expedition tales and resulting scientific discoveries.

Indulge your inner globetrotter at the intimate and lesser-known Explorer’s Club Headquarters on the Upper East Side with their range of guest speaker events from scientists and adventurers. Stop by at any hour for a burger, a hot slice of the fresh-baked pie or even a cocktail, and leave with a commemorative pic from the photobooth in the basement. Tribecca locals swear the James Beard pancakes (topped with caramelized bananas and toasted walnuts) or the sourdough and blueberry pancakes, but brunch, lunch and dinner are catered for as well. In Lower Manhattan, the menu at Bubby’s friendly eatery celebrates almost everything classically American.

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Large glass windows act like a greenhouse, working with a system that creates steam condensation from rainwater to create a humid mini-ecosystem, keeping the resident tropical plants lush and green. Finding a private slice is more tricky, but hidden inside a Midtown Manhattan office block is a tiny tropical rainforest.

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Hidden Tropical Rainforestįrom Central Park to the New York Botanical Garden and all the little public parks in between, it’s easy enough to find a patch of the great outdoors when you’re bored of the concrete jungle. The museum opens in a different location, pop-up-style, each summer and their newsletter makes sure you’re the first to know where. Spend the afternoon bathing in a river of sprinkles, wandering through the chocolate room and sampling the massive ice cream sundae. The Museum of Ice Cream – also known as ‘heaven’ for visitors with a sweet tooth – provides an interactive and lick-able experience.

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In a city full of famous museums, there’s one that is still hidden from the tourist trail – and it’s the city’s tastiest. Get to know the real New York with our handy guide to finding ten of the city’s hidden gems – recommended by locals in the know. But life in the Big Apple runs far deeper than the tourist attractions and famous sights. Art galleries, history museums and world-class shows on Broadway keep culture-vultures happy, immense department stores tease shopaholics, and the restaurants satisfy globe-trotting foodies. Visitors flock to New York – and famous landmarks like the Brooklyn Bridge – in their masses.

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