Daytime's denizens name their favorite places to see - and be seen - in the Big Apple. Here are a few reasons why soap stars love New York....

Colleen Zenk Pinter's (Barbara, As The World Turns) favorite dress-down restaurant is Cafe Un Deux Trois. "It is a great place pre-theater, for lunch, with a date or with the family. We've taken the kids there a lot."
Cafe Un Deux Trois
123 W. 44th St. (bet. Bway & 6th Ave.)
(212) 354-4148

To catch a taping of Live with Regis and Kelly, featuring daytime's own Kelly Ripa (Hayley, All My Children), take a chance on the standby line, which forms as early as 7 a.m. Monday through Friday at the corner of W. 67th St. & Columbus Ave.
Live with Regis and Kelly
7 Lincoln Square

When Rena Sofer (ex-Eve Burns, Melrose Place; ex-Lois Ashton, General Hospital) hits New York, she dines at Russian art deco restaurant Petrossian, known for its caviar.
Petrossian
182 W. 58th St. (at 7th Ave.)
(212) 245-2214

David Andrew Macdonald (Edmund, Guiding Light) sups at The Kettle of Fish in Sheridan Square.
Kettle Of Fish
59 Christopher St. (Just East of 7th Ave South)
(212) 414-2278

Finola Hughes (Anna, AMC) frequents Greenwich Village teahouse Tea & Sympathy.
Tea & Sympathy
108 Greenwich Ave. (bet. 12th & 13th Sts.)
(212) 807-8329

When West Coaster David Lago (Raul, The Young and the Restless) does New York, visiting Mars 2112 is on his to-do list. "To get to the restaurant you have to take a UFO ride to Mars - like Disneyland's Star Tours, where the chairs move in front of a screen. Then, the other door opens to all this smoke. You get to the restaurant and it's all done up: aliens, a bar, an arcade. There are bright red lights and rock caves, and the floor's all metal. It looks like a big space station."
Mars 2112
1633 Broadway (at 51st St.)
(212) 582-2112

BROOKLYN Former co-stars and real-life couple Todd Rotondi and Guenia Lemos (ex-Bryant Montgomery and ex-Ruby Frank, ATWT) have a store called Many Colors One Love. Their inventory includes one-of-a-kind, handmade soaps, candles, jewelry and clothing. According to their Web site, they selected the store's name because "There is an underlying message of love in everything we do."
Many Colors One Love
218 North 7th St. (between Driggs & Roebling Sts.)

Jonathan Bennett (JR, AMC) reports that De La Guarda is "the best show I've ever seen. It defies every law of gravity and sanity that we know."
Daryl Roth Theatre
20 Union Sq. East (At 15th St.)
(212) 239-6200

Stock up on your favorite Cat Cosmetics products - or take a makeover class the first Saturday of every month - at Cat Cosmetics New York Makeup Studio, operated by Catherine Hickland (Lindsay, One Life to Live).
Cat Cosmetics
New York Makeup Studio
1045 Madison Ave. (bet. 79th & 80th Sts.)
3rd Floor
(212) 535-3085 (888) 505-4228

Julia Barr (Brooke, AMC): "For any event that requires celebration, I recommend The Four Seasons. Architecturally, it's gorgeous. It has a huge ceiling, there's a rectangular blue wading pool in the middle of the room, and beautiful mesh blinds that move just slightly, continually from floor to ceiling. It's magnificent." 
Four Seasons
99 E. 52nd St. (bet. Lexington & Park Aves.)
(212) 754-9494

Peyton List (Lucy, ATWT): "My favorite shopping places are the Broadway/Houston area in SoHo and South Street Seaport."