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Get a taste of Australia with a “Down-Under” themed restaurant that features kangaroo meat in the form of loins and burgers.

Japanese yakiniku restaurant that pulls their culinary inspiration from all the different parts of the cow, including beef tongue, testicles, and their “Calf’s Brain Cream.”

As the name might suggest, Dirt Candy combines seemingly strange pairings to make delicious vegan and vegetarian creations. The food on the menu includes “Vegan Onion Chocolate Tart with Smoked Almond Ice Cream,” “Broccoli Hot Dog,” and “Vegetable Monkey Bread.”

Jewish-Chinese food that brings “greenmarket sensibility” to “modern and inventive Chinese food.” Features delights such as “Katz’s pastrami egg roll,” “Pac Man dumplings,” and “Yuzu Wasabi Shrimp.”

A secretive Prohibition style bar with a hidden room. Cocktails out of teacups and all.

Modern Mexican cuisine created by Chef Julian Medina based on the flavors of his childhood in Mexico City. Known for their mezcal margaritas and mezcalitas, as well as their grasshopper and corn-mold (huitlacoche) tacos.

Curated by Nelson Molina, a sanitation worker, over a period of 30 years, “Treasures in the Trash Musem” is a secret museum on the second floor of the MANEAST11 garbage truck garage. It is unavailable to the public, but can be seen by scheduling a visit with the NYC Department of Sanitation.

A two-room museum that was once a speakeasy. Learn about Prohibition, Women and Temperance, and the early roots of organized crime.

Non-profit organization dedicated to preserving magic and its allied arts. Maintains and develops “the most expansive collection of conjuring related material in the world.” Features exhibits and libraries, and runs various projects.

A tiny museum (so small it only fits three at a time) in a freight elevator that showcases the “overlooked, dismissed, or ignored.” Past exhibitions include Personal Possessions found in the Pacific, Paper Works found in Copying Machines, and Homemade Weapons of Defense. Sponsored by Kate Spade (of purse fame).