Ride around the subway & a world famous p*rn star will see you, take you home, & bang you. At least that's what one poster here would have us believe.
go to east 6th street in the east village for a whole block full of Indian restaurants, tenchi. you can also see Stomp, its also in the East Village at the Orpheum theater. as far as de la guarda, it may be closed by now if not soon.