The Definitive Guide to the Meatpacking District

Escape there to: Enjoy the recent refurbishment of the former slaughterhouse and packing plant district, which has seen a return of high-end luxury stores to its cobblestone streets amid the quiet closure of rowdy clubs and bars flanking the west side and southern tip of the High Line.

Stay: Soho House, Dream Downtown Hotel, Gansevoort, Maritime Hotel, The Standard High Line, The High Line Hotel.

Drink: Boom Boom Room, Top of the Standard, Soho House, Bathtub Gin, Catch, The Standard Biergarten, Tao Downtown, Bagatelle, The Chester, Gansevoort Rooftop.

Schmooze: Pastis, Fig & Olive, Dos Caminos, The Sugar Factory, Buddakhan, The Standard Grill, Del Posto.

Shop: Darling, Zadig & Voltaire, Diane Von Furstenberg, Jeffrey, Marlene Wetherell, Nest Interiors, Theory, Hermes, Sephora, Alice & Olivia, Apple.

Explore: The High Line, Sleep No More, The Museum at FIT, Milk Studios, Whitney Museum. 

Wander: Chelsea Market.

Wellness: Y7, Sweat Sessions.

Safari Stop: Covertly snap the bridge & tunnel crowd drunkenly teetering on the cobbled pavement as they blearily search for their Uber after a messy brunch at party hot spot Bagatelle.