It’s worth pushing your way past the mall crowds to this seafood palace serving freshly-caught oysters, clams, shrimp and lobster, along with the best views going of the Brooklyn Bridge. Read more.
Washington Heights’ woodsy Fort Tyron Park is the setting for this quaint limestone building and garden cafe, which serves an upscale seafood menu featuring oysters on the half-shell and tuna tartare. Read more.
This summertime beer garden is a dirty beach bum’s dirty hipster’s paradise, complete with dirt cheap burgers and hot dogs, and the added lure of Styrofoam cups of beer starting at one dollar. Read more.
New Yorkers of all stripes discovered a new pastime this summer: figuring out ways to sneak into this exclusive rooftop patio at the 60 Thompson hotel. Read more.
This Eastern European-style beer garden offers Williamsburg partiers 55 selections of brews alongside a tasty collection of grilled meats and crispy fries. Read more.
You have to almost start a fight to even get to the front of the line. But no NYC summer is complete without a foot-long by the Atlantic. Read more.
This makeshift beach in Queens is the only sandy shore attainable during a lunch break. Read more.
One of the most relaxing ways to end a crazy city weekend is curling up with a frozen margarita to watch classic movies beamed on the outdoor wall each Sunday night. Read more.
Hit up the park at an off-time – dinner on a weekend, for example – and there’s virtually no wait for the perfect burgers, gooey cheese fries, and thick-thick chocolate milkshakes. Read more.
