Gilded Rooms & Soda-Fountain Stools: An Upper East Side Thursday

Hours and openings change often — double-check each spot is still open before you head out.

The day, stop by stop

1. 1
   9:15 AM 45 min

   Via Quadronno

   A snug Italian café where cappuccino, pastries and polished neighborhood routines set a pleasantly unhurried pace.

   25 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021, United States

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2. 2
   10:30 AM 75 min

   The Frick Collection

   Old Masters meet mansion-scale intimacy: luminous portraits, sumptuous furniture and rooms that reward looking slowly.

   1 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, United States

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3. 3
   12:15 PM 120 min

   The Metropolitan Museum of Art

   Choose one collection rather than chasing the whole world—Egyptian galleries or European paintings work beautifully—then pause for lunch at an on-site café.

   1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028, United States

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4. 4
   2:45 PM 60 min

   Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

   Frank Lloyd Wright’s curling ramp makes the building part of the exhibition. Let the architecture lead, checking which galleries your ticket includes.

   1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128, United States

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5. 5
   4:15 PM 45 min

   Lexington Candy Shop

   Slide onto a luncheonette stool for a milkshake, egg cream or early sandwich supper. The vintage soda-fountain atmosphere is the day’s cheerful counterpoint to all that marble.

   1226 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10028, United States

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