Hidden in Manhattan

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.