Just posted in the Covid thread about this since the wife and I were in NYC all last week. You def need to show ID and vaccine card everywhere. Restaurants, museums, broadway musicals, stores, you name it. Wasn’t a big deal and made us feel safer so all good.
We had a great time in the city doing all the touristy stuff like the Empire State Building, 911 memorial, walking Central Park and hitting a few art museums like The MOMA and The Whitney. Also walked the High Line, Little Island and that area which was pretty cool. For food, we didn’t do anything that great as the wife is not a “foodie” and we stayed close to Midtown for meals since we had Broadway tickets on a few nights. A few of the places we ate that were pretty good were Ai Fiori for our anniversary. Food was pretty good but didn’t blow me away. I had a lobster dish that they are know for and it wasn’t all that. The pasta we had as a starter was fantastic though. Hit Becco (Chef Lydia’s Italian place) one night before a show and it was good and also went to Five Napkin Burger before a show and that also was good. Didn’t do the traditional NY Pizza but grabbed a quick lunch at Don Antonio (it was on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives) and the Pizza was really good. Neapolitan style but the pistachio pesto and sausage pizza was quite tasty. Also hit Katz’s Deli for lunch for a pastrami sandwich just to say we did it and it was also pretty good. I have no desire to live in NYC but do love visiting once or twice a year as it is a cool place even though I have to look at Yankees/Jets/Giants shit everywhere.