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Manhattan Business Thrives on Hell’s Kitchen Restaurants Row

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One the historically rich areas, located close to Midtown district containing many of the Manhattan business, hotels and restaurants is the form stomping grounds for the most unsavory and downright characters that color the past history of New York.  This is Hell’s Kitchen and I stayed here for a few nights with my friend Robert.  Robert has lived all over the city, and each time I visit, I encounter a different aspect and a different vibe than before.  Due to Robert’s bohemian nature, I learn a bit more each time I go.

At one time the home to many of the Irish-Americans and the members of the various, notorious Five Point gangs, this is now becoming quite a funky and unique neighborhood.  There are boutique stores for dogs on every corner it seems, many different choices of restaurants offering food from different ethnic communities, along with a vast array of interesting and varied shops.  When one visits Hell’s Kitchen one really must take a walk done Eighth Avenue.

This is close to the Port Authority and is one of the busiest streets in the neighborhood.  Again, the variety of shops and merchants is overwhelming, from discount stores for hardware and electronic supplies, to gift shops and clothing boutiques.  The area is also known to be one of the best places in the city to find small, out of the way–a bit hole in the wall in nature, restaurants and bistros.  For some friends of mine who tend to take “food tour vacations” this would be the perfect destination.

The stretch of 46th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues is known as Restaurant Row.  It reminded me a lot of the stretch of Division Street, between the Avenues of Western and Damen in Chicago.  Just one restaurant after another.  And as is the same with both of these areas in different cities in the United States, there was a time not long ago where walking the streets at night would have been dangerous.  This is not long so for Division Street, and it is no longer so for this area of Hell’s Kitchen.  It’s a wonderful place to get a true feel for all that is the city of Manhattan.

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Tags: Division Street, hotels, Manhattan business, Restaurant Row

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