The Village Voice's third annual Best of NYC issue was intended to be published online on September 18. Seven days prior, our beloved city was altered in an attack unprecedented in horror and viciousness. While our shock and sadness remain, we feel an even greater need to celebrate New York—always tough, ever the best. Here, then, are hundreds of ways to toast our town. We wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

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My Perfect Day
Essays by Michael MustoToni SchlesingerLynn YaegerNita Rao
Grace BastidasNat HentoffJosé Germosén
plus Tom Robbins's Best New Yorkers

FOOD CULTURE LEISURE DRINKS
SEX MUSIC SHOPPING
 
illustrations by john hersey