Blue Note Jazz Club
Make a jazz set the center of the evening on West 3rd Street. Choose the artist and set before arranging dinner around it.
This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.
Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden
A Czech beer garden in Astoria. Pick a table and a meal, and check current entry rules for the day you want to go.
Brooklyn Bowl
A live show, bowling and food under one roof in Williamsburg. Read the individual event’s age and admission rules before buying tickets. Family visits belong to the designated family sessions.
This is a music venue. It is loud when a show is on.
Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain
Ice cream, sundaes and soda-fountain treats on Henry Street. Make this a sweet stop during a Carroll Gardens outing.
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Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden
A Czech beer garden in Astoria. Pick a table and a meal, and check current entry rules for the day you want to go.
Denino’s Pizzeria & Tavern
Thin-crust pizza and a tavern meal on Staten Island. Use the Port Richmond address for this original location.
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Harlem
A barbecue meal near the Hudson in Harlem. Use the Harlem branch menu and address when planning the visit.
Dirt Candy
Vegetables take the lead in a tasting dinner on Allen Street. Request the vegan version when booking if that is the meal you need.
Ellen’s Stardust Diner
A diner meal with singing waitstaff near the Theater District. Come for the performance as well as the food.
Live music some nights. Go before the band starts if you want to talk.
Fraunces Tavern
Make a Pearl Street meal part of a Lower Manhattan day. The tavern and the museum upstairs have separate visitor details.
Hill Country Barbecue Market
Texas-style barbecue on West 26th Street. Check the separate show calendar when music is part of the plan.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
Hometown Bar-B-Que
A smoked-meat meal at the Red Hook original. Check what is serving before making a particular cut the reason for the trip.
Junior’s Brooklyn
Cheesecake and a full restaurant menu at the original Brooklyn location. A slice can be the stop or the end of a meal.
Katz’s Delicatessen
Pastrami and corned beef at the Houston Street deli. Keep your ticket as you move between the counters.
Pete’s Tavern
An Italian-American meal and a drink in Gramercy. The bar and dining room give the evening different rhythms.
Pig Beach BBQ Queens
Barbecue and a large gathering space in Queens. This is the Astoria location, separate from the former Brooklyn site.
Radegast Hall & Biergarten
Beer-hall tables and a grill in Williamsburg. Check the live calendar when a band is the reason for the night out. Minors need a guardian and must leave before the published curfew, which is earlier on Saturdays.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
Serendipity3
Frozen hot chocolate and a playful restaurant setting on East 60th Street. This profile follows the original address.
Smithfield Hall
A pub with a published live-sports schedule in Chelsea. Check the specific match before heading over.
Spicy Moon Bowery
Vegan Szechuan cooking at the Bowery branch. Compare the dishes before choosing how much heat you want.
SriPraPhai Woodside
Thai cooking at the Woodside branch. The current menu helps a group choose a meal to share.
Superiority Burger
Vegetarian cooking in a former East Village diner. Ask about the current vegan dishes rather than treating the entire menu as vegan.
Veselka East Village
Pierogi, borscht and Ukrainian comfort food at the East Village original. This profile follows Second Avenue rather than another Veselka branch.
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