The Definitive Guide to the West Village

Escape there to: Make like a bohemian artist with a hidden trust fund while sipping dirty martinis and admiring the undercover celebrities wandering past charming brownstones on the neighborhood’s tree-lined streets.

Stay: Marlton Hotel, The Jane Hotel, Walker Hotel.

Drink: The Waverly Inn, Marie’s Crisis Cafe, Sant Ambroeus, Little Branch, Blind Tiger, Employees Only, The Other Room, Slowly Shirley, Fedora, Tea & Sympathy, Minetta Tavern, Anfora .

Schmooze: Sotto 13, Extra Virgin, EN Japanese Brasserie, Magnolia Bakery, Hudson Clearwater, Café Cluny, Joseph Leonard, Jeffrey’s Grocery, Blue Hill, Jack’s Wife Freida.

Shop: Cynthia Rowley, Maje, Intermix, Marc Book by Marc Jacobs, Rag & Bone, Alexis Bittar, Co Bigelow, Considerosity.

Explore: The Comedy Cellar, The Village Underground, Lomography Gallery Shop, Washington Square Park, Blue Note, Cherry Lane Theatre.

Wander: The Halloween Parade, Murray’s Cheese Shop.

Safari Stop: Marvel at the gaggle of aspiring Instagram stars posing in front of Carrie Bradshaw’s Perry Street apartment after lining up for an hour for a pink cupcake from the nearby Magnolia Bakery.