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Brooklyn is a must visit on any trip to New York City, even for first time visitors. And, in the past few years, Brooklyn’s hotel scene has really stepped it up to accommodate those interested to make Brooklyn home base during their trip. All of the hotels we recommend are an easy 5-10 minute subway ride to Manhattan! WILLIAMSBURG The William Vale is a beautiful, 183-room playground. Excellent design, a focus on service and all the amenities you could ever want. Plus, it’s truly a locals hangout AND they frequently have room deals. www.thewilliamvale.com   The 70-room Wythe Hotel is inside a former factory built in 1901. Very chic and well designed. Several rooms and lofts have floor-to-ceiling windows with outstanding views of the Manhattan skyline. The on-site restaurant is fantastic and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch, and…

With over 50 neighborhoods in Manhattan, how does one decide where to stay?! Many visitors to New York City choose Times Square, with an abundance of large, reasonably priced hotels. But after being asked by several first time visitors where we would stay, we put together our top ten hotels based on neighborhood, budget, amenities, service and style. Our recommendations involve boutique hotels or small hotel companies and we chose neighborhoods favorited by locals. STAY TUNED — NEXT WEEK WE COVER BROOKLYN. FLATIRON: The NoMad (which stands for North of Madison Square Park) is a Parisian-inspired luxury hotel housed in a beautiful converted Beaux-art style building. It’s modern meets historical chic. The lobby bar is arguably serving up the best craft cocktails in all of NYC. And, their highly acclaimed restaurant is a must — it’s a very special (and…

OddFellows Ice Cream Co. is a Brooklyn-based, family-owned and operated small business founded by husband-and-wife team Mohan and Holiday Kumar and Chef Sam Mason. They opened their flagship location in June 2013 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. And it’s often the favorite stop for attendees on our Williamsburg Bites Brooklyn Food Tour and Sunday Funday Williamsburg Tour, so we wanted to dig deeper to share their story. Every scoop of their ice cream is made from scratch in the Williamsburg kitchen. According to the website, “We strive to create the highest quality and freshest ice cream available, pasteurizing our ice cream base in-house to concoct the most distinctive and scrumptious flavors ranging from inventive renditions of the classics to the delectably unconventional. Our milk, eggs, and cream are sourced from local farms and, whenever possible, we use all-natural ingredients.” In Brooklyn, they offer…

We received lots of questions about our previous article featuring where to see the best live music in Brooklyn so we decided to do a post about where to see the best live jazz in Manhattan! 1. Blue Note — the quintessential jazz club that books some of the most famous acts when they come…

We came across this article from Australian travel website Traveller and wanted to share our favorite recommendations for ways to experience New York City on the cheap. New York city guide on a budget: The best things to see and do in New York on the cheap By Rob McFarland // Jan 13 2017 The…

Wanna know the real history of pizza in NYC & Brooklyn? Watch this episode of Viceland TV featuring Frank Pinello of Best Pizza (one of the stops on our Williamsburg Bites Brooklyn Food Tour): Dec 26, 2016 — New York is the birthplace of many things, but for our purposes we are sticking to pizza….

New York City is one of the best cities on Earth (if not THE best) and celebrating NYE here should be on everyone’s bucket list. Just make sure you have your transportation plans set (we recommend the subway). Here are our top 5 picks for out of this world parties: 1. Diamond Horseshoe. The venue…

Here is our list of recommended events. And don’t forget about Brooklyn’s own Oktoberfest beer brought to you by Brooklyn Brewery! Saturday, Oct. 1 Oktoberfest Williamsburg Brooklyn Where: Radegast // When: 1pm til late Celebratory Keg Tapping, Pig Roasts, Mug Holding Competitions, Live Brass Bands!! No Cover, Festivities Begin Saturdays at 1pm! Oktoberfest New York…

September 7, 2016 by Kristie Kellahan // In Brooklyn, they go hard. Take it from Jay-Z, you don’t want to miss out on BK. Five boroughs make up New York City, and Brooklyn is one of them. First-time visitors might think Manhattan is all there is, as it’s home to famous landmarks including Times Square,…

Like A Local Tours has won Unique Tour Operator of the Year for Brooklyn in the 2016 Holiday & Tour Specialist Awards! From Luxury Travel Guide: “The awards program selects winners based on their achievements and strengths in the travel industry. We received an overwhelming number of superb nominations this year and the judging panel had the unenviable task of…

LIKE A LOCAL TOURS EARNS 2016 TRIPADVISOR CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Brooklyn, NY – May 25, 2016 – Like A Local Tours today announced that it has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence. Now in its sixth year, the achievement celebrates hospitality businesses that have earned great traveler reviews on TripAdvisor over the past year. Certificate of Excellence recipients include…

The Luxury Travel Guide are pleased to announce Like A Local Tours has been nominated as a potential winner in the 2016 Holiday & Tour Specialist Awards. Over the past 12 months we have been receiving votes for individuals & companies throughout the Americas, with our subscribers, hotel guests, travel agencies and industry experts all…