Steven Berkoff's New York City I love going to a diner for breakfast. The air's always thick with gossip about movie stars and who's making how much. Then I like to go to Central Park or take a walk all the way down Third Avenue to the Village. The hotel I used to stay in isn't the place it was, but I've heard that the Washington Square Hotel (001 212 777 9515; washingtonsquarehotel.com; doubles from $175/£112 plus tax) is really first class. I spend a lot of time in the Lafayette Street area of town and love the Time Café (380 Lafayette Street; 533 7000; timecafenyc.com). My tipple there is a margarita, the likes of which I have never come across in portion-controlled Britain. I love Brooklyn's famous deli, Junior's (386 Flatbush Ave; 718 852 5257; juniorscheesecake.com) - a favourite with black New Yorkers. I took the entire cast of my show there once, and we had corned beef sandwiches. We put what was left in a doggy bag for the stage management. I like to stroll down to the Lower East Side to Katz's Delicatessen (205 E Houston Street; 212 254 2246; katzsdelicatessen.com), a 24-hour Jewish deli for carnivores and all-night monsters where the portions are gigantic. The sandwiches are guaranteed heart-stoppers and the pickles are fabulous - it's a temple of superb Jewish nosh. The Guggenheim is always good for something completely different and the Metropolitan Museum is absolutely breathtaking. In the summer, there's nothing better than people watching on Coney Island. It's a pretty safe city now because they have a terrific police force, but 42nd Street has become horribly touristy and lost its slightly dangerous funkiness. Everything is so reasonable unlike in rip-off Britain. I usually get something to wear at Macy's - they have sales year round. I wasn't that thrilled with Hull - although the people were wonderful. Steven Berkoff's latest film, 'Shadow of the Sword', is out on DVD tomorrow. His book 'Tales From an Actor's Life' is out now