The Taylor Swift Superfan's Guide To New York City

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Before Kansas City (and its football team) stole Taylor Swift’s heart, she was in a long-term, committed relationship with New York City. After moving to NYC in March 2014, she kicked off her album 1989 with a track wholly dedicated to the city’s revitalizing energy, crediting it as “an important landscape and location for the story of my life.”

The days of regularly spotting the Life of a Showgirl singer out and about in Manhattan may have ended, but despite Swift’s recent penchant for the Midwest, she still spends plenty of time in NYC. Of course, after over a decade of living in the city, she has compiled quite the list of go-to spots, from exclusive restaurants to quaint streets.

I’m a longtime Swiftie, but with one exception (more on that below), I’ve never really gone ...