Dua Lipa's List: The Essential NYC

Doing something new with French cafe culture. The pastries are incredible, the natural wine list is thoughtful, and the way the room feels at lunch is just right.

Where I go when I want to feel like I live in New York. Florentine cooking, great Chianti, candlelight. Feels like a place that has been there forever.

A tiny, focused coffee shop that does everything the way I like it. Really good beans, careful brewing, never too loud or crowded. A perfect start to any NY morning.

The steak trompo is extraordinary, but so is nearly everything on the menu. Don't overthink the order — just get into it.

A great spot for cocktails and loitering. The kind of neighbourhood bar you want to stumble into and stay in for three hours without realising.

A vintage resale shop that takes its mandate seriously. Pieces are real, prices are fair, selection turns over constantly. You'll find things here found nowhere else.

Wholly the experience of having their iconic burger in a bar that has looked exactly the same since 1961. That is New York to me.

Where I go when I want to see something I wouldn't know to look for. Been there since 1989 and still programmes with real taste and variety.

Hidden down a backlane in the West Village. NYC's oldest Off-Broadway theater — always something provocative playing and the talent blows me away every time.

One of the more exciting recent openings in New York. The cooking is smart, the room is beautiful, and it already has the feeling of somewhere that's going to last.

A Spanish wine bar that feels like it flew in directly from Madrid. Small plates, great pours by the glass, and the atmosphere builds as the night goes on.