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Burger One Coffee Shop 1150 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10075

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful restaurants that are reasonable in New York City. The burgers and sandwiches here are great.

My favorite is the Cheeseburger Deluxe meal

The Cheeseburger Deluxe with Fries and a Mexican Coke

Yum!

The prices and the service can’t be beat in this small Upper East Side restaurant.

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Burger One Coffee Shop

1150 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY  10075

Phone: (212) 737-0095

Fax: (212) 737-3061

http://www.burger1nyc.com

Open: Monday-Friday-6:30am-8:00pm/Saturday-7:00am-6:00pm/Sunday-8:00am-6:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d550667-Reviews-Burger_One-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

I had passed Burger One a few times when visiting the Upper East Side and this little ‘hole in the wall’ restaurant was very busy feeding the locals who came in for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Their prices are amazing reasonable for all items (especially in a place like the Upper East Side) and they have a nice selection of items for all meals.

The first time I went to Burger One was the first day of walking the Avenues of the Upper East Side (See review on TripAdvisor). The place was humming along with people ordering their lunches and dinners and their delivery guy dashing in and out of the place.

I ordered a Cheeseburger Deluxe (which is a 8 ounce freshly scooped burger)…

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Corrado Bread & Pastry 960 Lexington Avenue @ 70th Street New York, NY 10021 (Closed June 2025)

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful restaurants that are reasonable in New York City.

Corrado Bread & Pastry’s outdoor cafe.

The case line of sandwiches and pastries

The Chicken Salad on a Brioche bun

*Bloggers Note: Corrado’s Bakery closed in early June of this year and is now being replaced by another coffee shop. The Upper East Side loses another great little restaurant.

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Corrado Bread & Pastry

960 Lexington Avenue @70th Street

New York, NY 10021

Phone: (212) 774-1904

Fax: (212) 774-1905

http://www.corradocafeat70th.com

Hours: Monday-Friday-7:00am-8:00pm/Saturday-8:00am-7:00pm/Sunday-8:00am-6:00pm

*Prices are subject to change/Cakes of any size can be made to order, some items require 48 hours.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d1557807-Reviews-Corrado_Bread_and_Pastry-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

I came across Corrado Bread & Pastry shop when I was walking around the Upper East Side for my blog, “MywalkinManhattan.com” and looked in the window to see a large display of pastries and sandwiches and decided I needed a dessert and walked in. What a delicious variety of foods so beautifully displayed and so colorfully placed like jewels in a case. The best part is that everything I tried was delicious and their prices are very fair for the neighborhood.

This indoor/outdoor cafe is a block from the main campus of Hunter College and caters to everyone from the college students up for coffee and pastries between classes…

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The Pho 6

The Pho 6 222 East 51st Street New York, NY 10022 (Closed May 2019)

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful restaurants that will not break the budge in New York City. The Pho 6  closed in 2019 but the other locations are still open.

Pho 6
The best spring rolls around.

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The Pho 6

222 East 51st Street

New York, NY 10022

(917)261-5050

Open: Monday-Friday 11:30am-9:30pm/Saturday & Sunday 12:00pm-9:30pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d17307202-Reviews-The_Pho_6-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

I came across this wonderful little Vietnamese restaurant when I was walking the Turtle Bay neighborhood for my blog, “MywalkinManhattan.com” and was looking for a reasonable meal that evening. I was pleasantly surprised. The food and service were very good and the I had a nice time talking to other guests.

The space for the restaurant is quite tight and it is a long narrow space done in all woods along the walls and in the seating. The kitchen is in the front as you walk in but you can’t see where the cooking is being done. As I walked in at 5:00pm, I must have thrown the staff off as they were eating their lunch when I walked through the door. It was funny because not…

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Tiny Dollhouse

Tiny Doll House 314 East 78th Street New York, NY 10075

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In honor of Small Business Saturday I am sending out merchants I have found on MywalkinManhattan. Don’t miss this unique toy store. A real one of a kind.

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Tiny Doll House

314 East 78th Street

New York, NY  10075

(212) 744-3719

http://www.tinydollhouseny.com

https://www.tinydollhousenewyorkcity.com/

Hours: Monday-Sunday 11:00am-4:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60763-d17605850-Reviews-Tiny_Doll_House-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

I discovered this store for the first time on my walking project, ‘MywalkinManhattan.com’, when I was walking the Upper East Side. Coming from the Toy Industry (I worked for FAO Schwarz for four years in both main New York store on Fifth Avenue and the Minneapolis store for four months in 1987), I recognized the beauty and fun of the Tiny Doll House.

When I walked in I was greeted by a woman who explaining the store to another customer. One side of the store has all sorts of things to decorate a dollhouse that were all handmade like dolls, food, furniture and accessories that would be the envy of any home. Even the paints to put over a doll house mantle were hand painted (or at…

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Harb's

Harbs 1374 3rd Avenue at East 78th Street New York, NY 10075 (Closed May 2021)

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In honor of Small Business Saturday I am sending out the merchants I have found on MywalkinManhattan. Don’t miss Harbs $22.00 lunch special. It is excellent!

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The BLT Special here is amazing!

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Don’t miss their selection of delicious cakes.

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Harbs

1374 3rd Avenue at 78th Street

New York City, NY 10075

(646) 336-6888

Open:

Sunday-Thursday: 11:00am-9:00pm

Friday-Saturday: 11:00am-10:00pm

Harbs is the first restaurant I have put on the site because it does not quite fit into my ‘DiningonaShoeStringinNYC@Wordpress.com site because of its prices and due to the bakery up front, it is a combination of upscale bakery and cafe.

This Japanese inspired upscale tea and coffee shop/bakery I discovered when walking around the Upper East Side for my “MywalkinManhattan.com” blog site when exploring the Upper East Side (Days 101-104). The restaurants philosophy is to offer the freshest ingredients with a handmade quality to all of their food items. It really shows in the quality of all of the lunches and desserts that I have had there.

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First off, the food and the service are excellent.  Harbs is one of those rare restaurants that has all the components of a…

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The Sutton Clock Shop

Sutton Clock Shop 218 East 82nd Street New York, NY 10028

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In honor of Small Business Saturday I am sending out merchants I have found on MywalkinManhattan.com. Sutton Clock Shop is not only a place to have any type of clock repaired but has a curio shelf of unusual trinkets and baubles to choose from.

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The entrance to Sutton Clock Shop

Sutton Clock Shop III

They can fix any clock imaginable.

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Sutton Clock Shop
218 East 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028
(212) 758-2260
info@suttonclocks.com

Hours: Tuesday-Friday-11:00am-4:00pm

The Sutton Clock Shop is fascinating store that literally runs on time. It is one of the few shops in New York that is strictly for watch repair and sales. When you walk into the store, the walls are lined with clocks of all shapes, sizes, colors and ages. They work on modern clocks with the same precision and care as they would an antique or grandfather clock.

In the front of the store, there are case lines of antique curios and bric-a-brac that includes pieces of jewelry, small table pieces and decor items all displayed with gentle care to show their beauty. The prices are very fair as well depending on the piece. This is run by Knud’s wife, Sonia Laws, who takes special pride in the small trinkets of elegance that line…

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The Institute for the Study of Ancient World

Institute for the Study of the Ancient World/New York University 15 East 84th Street New York, NY 10028

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Institute of Ancient Studies III                                                                                        Don’t miss this little ‘gem’ of a museum down the block from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is fun to discover these small gallery museums that the University’s run.

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World/New York University

15 East 84th Street

New York, NY  10028

(212) 992-7800/Fax (212) 992-7809

http://www.isaw.nyc.edu

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60763-d1572637-Reviews-Institute_for_the_Study_of_the_Ancient_World-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

I just happened to stumble across this museum on the way back from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and saw that they were having an exhibition entitled “A Wonder to Behold: Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon’s Ishtar Gate”. The exhibition is on the craftsman who created the ‘Ishtar Gate’ and the ‘Processional Way’ in the Ancient City of Babylon.

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Glazed brick art from the ‘Processional Way’

The small exhibition contains many examples of clay bricks that were used to build the decorative walls and pathways, artwork from the ‘Processional Way’ were displayed as well as smaller decorative art pieces from the time period.

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Some of the works in the exhibition

The exhibition also showed tablets from the time period, information on…

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Lester's

Lester’s 1534 Second Avenue New York City, NY 10021 (Closed January 2023)

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Don’t miss the seasons at Lester’s, a true Upper East Side Institution.

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Lester’s is perfect for the Preppie set and the Sleep Away Camp group.

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Lester’s
1534 Second Avenue
New York City, NY 10021
(212) 734-9292

https://www.lesters.com/

Open: Monday-Friday 10:00am-7:00pm/Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm/Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm

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I came across Lester’s, a clothing store for children’s, teens and adults when I was walking around the Upper East Side on ‘Day One Hundred & Four’ on my blog “MywalkinManhattan” when I walked this section of the Upper East Side. I saw crowds of school kids coming in and out of the store with their parents and stopped in for look.

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Don’t miss the children’s section

What I discovered was a store that almost sets the tone for what most people would think the Upper East Side teen might want for school, summer camp and casual wear. The store was stocked with all sorts of jeans, tops and shoes for the toddler to teens alike. There are Layette sets for infants…

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Cotelac

Cotelac 983 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10021

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Don’t miss this wonderful little French Ready to Wear shop on the Upper East Side. See further write-up in “MywalkinManhattan.com”. Happy Shopping!

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I love the beautiful clothing here.

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Cotelac

983 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY  10021

(212) 288-0400

http://www.cotelac.com

Open:

Monday-Saturday: 10:30am-6:30pm/Sunday: 12:00pm-5:00pm

I came across this unique clothing and accessories store when walking the lower part of the Upper East Side for my project “MywalkinManhattan.com”. I was attracted by the beautiful clothing designs in the windows. It just lured me in with classic tailored look and vibrant colors and patterns to the clothes.

Cotelac

Clean elegant store with vibrant colored clothing

When I walked into Cotelac, I was taken by the clean lines and elegant displays that I thought was unusual for this part of Lexington Avenue. I thought this shop would be located on Madison Avenue or maybe in SoHo. The clothing had a sporty, casual elegance to it and the motives of the clothes were different from the other stores in the area. The prices were also not outrageous as they might be on Madison Avenue…

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Lorenzo and Maria's Kitchen

Lorenzo and Maria’s Kitchen 1418 Third Avenue New York, NY 10028 (Closed May 2021)

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Don’t miss this delightful little gourmet food shop on the Upper East Side for homey entrees.

Lorenzo and Maria's Kitchen

I love the window displays here.

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*This great little take out food market closed its doors during COVID and never reopened. The store is now pad-locked down when I visited it in February 2024.

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Lorenzo and Maria’s Kitchen

1418 Third Avenue

New York, NY  10028

(212) 794-1080

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lorenzo-Marias-Kitchen/244532482288020

Open: Sunday Closed/Monday-Saturday 10:00am-7:30pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d480996-Reviews-Lorenzo_and_Maria_s_Kitchen-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

Sometimes there are stores that just don’t fit into any category or they fit into many categories. Lorenzo and Maria’s Kitchen is one of the those stores. It is not a restaurant but more of a upscale, homey gourmet shop selling all sorts of entrée items that are displayed like jewels in the window and when you go inside there are more wonderful things to see and smell when you walk through the door.

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Lorenzo and Maria’s Kitchen at 1418 Third Avenue

The store itself it a hark back to the old days of the Silver Palate and Dean & Deluca when they were in their heydays and had not gotten so frou-frou with their food and the customers and were more neighborhood shops that catered to…

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