Lower Manhattan’s historic neighborhood ‘South of Houston Street’ is known as SoHo. The cast-iron buildings with large windows that line its cobblestone streets once housed garment manufacturers then became cheap artists’ lofts and now serve as expensive homes and luxury retail. In fact, SoHo has become a shopping hub, with unique boutiques and chain stores (the latter being more prevalent these days), art galleries, home décor stores, salons, and spas. Tourists flock to SoHo during the day because of the shops and the cool factor. During the night, however, it is a little quieter.
It also has a thriving dining and bar scene, with restaurants serving Italian, Mexican, Russian, Seafood, Vietnamese, American, Mediterranean, French, Thai, and Japanese cuisine and burger joints and a dozen cafes. There are many bars and lounges to choose from at night, depending on your mood.
It costs money to be cool in Tribeca, as it does in the West Village. For many years, SoHo has been one of New York’s most expensive neighborhoods.
The West Village and Greenwich Village border SoHo on the north, Little Italy on the east, Tribeca on the south, and the Hudson River on the west.