44 Amazing NYC Places That Actually Still Exist
A lot of the amazing places I knew from Chelsea in the 1980's are gone, unfortunately, including the Cuban-Chinese Restaurant, the Spanish House, the really neat fishing store on West 23rd [it's now on 36th St. but not as funky], and the Saigon Pavilion [the only Vietnamese restaurant in NYC at the time].
Sorry, but McSorley's is for the tourists.