I frequently visit New York for work, I usually stay in SOHO
That sounds like fun. I haven't been to New York in quite some time. What is your favorite thing to do there besides work?
I like to go see live music, visit art galleries, eat out quite a bit
Interesting. What kind of food is New York best known for?
I feel restaurants in New York generally reflect the cuisine of it's immigrants such as the early European settlers
That makes sense since New York is such a big melting pot. I heard pizza was brought to New York by Italian immigrants. I am glad they did since it is my favorite food!
Yes, Italian Americans are well represented in New York, especially around Mott Street Manhatten's "LIttle Italy"
I bet there quite a few good restaurants in that district. It is intriguing to me how different ethnicities are clustered in different areas of New York.
Melting pot
The melting pot is a monocultural metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" with a common culture or vice versa, for a homogeneous society becoming more heterogeneous through the influx of foreign elements with different cultural backgrounds, possessing the potential to create disharmony within the previous culture. Historically, it is often used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the United States. 
The melting-together metaphor was in use by the 1780s. The exact term "melting pot" came
something that's really been done — I don't think someone's ever died off-screen and then they've done the funeral on-screen. I think everyone was quite wary because it's quite an odd thing to do to have attended his real funeral and then go back to film it all over again. There was some trepidation about how it was going to work. But as soon as we arrived, it was like 11 years of your life had been wiped out and you'd been there the day before