My Fourth Trip to NYC, a quick 3 days of food.

This was my first trip to NYC since 2020, and I've probably hit many of the popular food spots in my previous 3 trips, so wanted to try a few different spots this time.

• 1 – Royal Greens (Salad bowl through Wander) – 6.4/10 (bigger than I expected though, ok only for the $15 it cost)
• 2 – Culture Espresso (Cranberry oatmeal cookie) – 8.2/10 (pretty good, their coffee was below par though, but I live in Australia so i'm spoilt)
• 3 – Gotham Burger (Single smashed burger) – 8.3/10 (far better than I was expecting, quick, their chips are pretty bad though but i'm only rating the burger)
• 4 – Funny Faces Bakery (Oatmeal Raisin cookie) – 5.8/10 (overcooked, a little dry, some nice flavour but that's about it – I reckon i've made far better cookies than this)
• 5 – L'industrie West Village (Got their Vodka slice and a spicy salami slide) – 8.4/10 (Vodka slice was much better than I was expecting, spicy salamy slice was slightly worse but still worth a pitstop. Very busy).
• 6 – Levain Bakery (Oatmeal Raisin Cookie) – 8.9/10 (The OG cookie brand, their cookie still stands up to the test of time every trip and is by far the best i've had – I don't eat chocolate so I can only judge on the oatmeal cookies).
• 7 – Minetta Tavern (Black Label Burger) – 8.5/10 (This is a really good burger in a really cool environment. It's very busy if you don't have a booking, but we were seated at the bar in 35 mins. It's $38 though, which is outrageously expensive – if it was cheaper the rating would be higher. I think it could have done with cheese though as a standard, but they don't recommend it).
• 8 – Golden Diner (Single Stack pancake with berry compote) – 9.1/10 (This was really an insanely tasty pancake, one of the best i've ever had. You need to have this with the berry compote though, it completes it – I did the single stack for me. 100% must book, I booked 3.5 weeks in advance and i'm glad I did, I heard people in line saying they came the day before and were told a 4 hour wait time which is nuts).

Questions/Comments welcome!