Viand Coffee Shop: The High Rent Diner

http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2011/06/30/viand-coffee-shop-the-high-rent-diner/

"Consider the Viand, on Madison Avenue and 61st Street. It’s near Barneys and Hermes, not the exact provenance of a fried eggs and bacon—unless you’re ordering room service at The Pierre. The Viand is narrow—the booths are only one person wide—and nearly always crowded with one of the more unusual cross-sections of diners in the city. You may sit at the counter next to a high-powered lawyer or a woman who would typically lunch in a far tonier setting. But it’s not always an overly smart crowd, you come across tourists, office workers, shopping Europeans. It’s local and international at the same time, which is to say, it’s a uniquely New York institution."

WSJ: 30 Rock' Star's Favorite Manhattan Hangouts

http://online.wsj.com/video/30-rock-star-favorite-manhattan-hangouts/EB57D719-0E56-4E30-85D6-2114456D0AFB.html

Cool Clubs in NYC -

The Cambell Apartment
The Empire Room
The World Bar
The Carngegie Club

http://www.hospitalityholdings.com/

http://thetrad.blogspot.com/2010/10/not-just-any-train-station-bar.html

Cafe Angelique