Pride March refreshments: food and drink for every block
Watching the Gay Pride March can be hot and exhausting. Here's where you can fuel up (on food or booze) on every block along the route.
Mandoo Time Out, Beth Levendis
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The NYC Pride March is one of the city's most exciting annual spectacles—it's also incredibly long and the Gay Pride celebrations usually happen on one of the hottest weekends of the summer, so you'd be wise to take some food and drink breaks. Whether you're looking for a quick drink, a sweet treat or a classy Gay Pride date spot, we've got you covered at these restaurants and bars, all a quick walk from all the Pride action on Fifth Avenue.
The Morgan Dining Room
- Price band: 2/4
Try the eggs Benedict with Virginia ham and truffled hollandaise at this elegant museum eatery.
- 225 Madison Ave, (at 36th St)
Franchia
- Price band: 1/4
Though the green-and-white space feels slightly sterile, indulgent eats like crisp tofu in sweet-and-sour sauce feel downright homey.
- 12 Park Ave, (between 34th and 35th Sts), 10016-43
Stout
- Price band: 2/4
Sample 142 beers and devour oysters, or pub grub like shepherd’s pie and fish-and-chips.
- 133 W 33rd St, (between Sixth and Seventh Aves)
Mandoo Bar
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
This wood-wrapped industrial-style spot elevates mandoo, Korean dumplings, above mere appetizer status.
- 2 W 32nd St, (between Fifth Ave and Broadway), 10001-38
Ayza Café and Wine Bar
- Price band: 2/4
Come to this small spot for European eats—from panini to filet mignon—a hefty international wine list and patio seating.
- 11 W 31st St, (between Fifth Ave and Broadway)
Ravagh Persian Grill
- Price band: 2/4
Persian dishes make you feel healthier just by looking at them.
- 11 E 30th St, (between Fifth and Madison Aves)
Resto
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Belgian cuisine had its New York moment a few years back, but this pubby restaurant signals a revival.
- 111 E 29th St, (between Park and Lexington Aves)
Pranna
- Rated as: 2/5
- Price band: 2/4
Most of the sleek venue’s generous square footage is devoted to bar areas where patrons linger over small plates and exotic mixed drinks.
- 79 Madison Ave, (at 28th St)
Waldy’s Woodfired Pizza and Penne
- Price band: 2/4
After receiving heaps of praise for his thin-crust pizzas at Beacon, chef Waldy Malouf opened this 15-seat pizza parlor to properly showcase his beloved pies.
- 800 Sixth Ave, (between 27th and 28th Sts)
Hog Pit New York City
- Price band: 2/4
Brother-and-sister team Damon and Felisa Dell move their barbecue joint to a new home, where patrons can continue to enjoy Southern comfort food in large portions.
- 27B W 26th St, (between Broadway and Sixth Ave)
Hill Country Chicken
- Price band: 1/4
This cafeteria-style joint puts a corporate spin on the fried chicken trend.
- 1123 Broadway, (at 25th St)
Eleven Madison Park
- Price band: 4/4
- Critics choice
Eat Out Award–winning chef Daniel Humm mans the kitchen at Danny Meyer’s vast Art Deco jewel.
- 11 Madison Ave, (at 24th St), 10010
Shake Shack
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
Frozen-custard shakes hit the spot, and there’s beer and wine to boot. It’s worth waiting in line for, if you ask us.
- Madison Square Park, 23rd St, (at Madison Ave)
- 41 E 22nd St, (between Broadway and Park Ave South), 10010-53
- 676 Sixth Ave, (at 21st St)
Boxers NYC
- Price band: 1/4
Pool tables, plasma-screen TVs and pizza give this gay sports bar a sexy-athlete vibe.
- 37 W 20th St, (between Fifth and Sixth Aves)
City Crab and Seafood Company
- Price band: 2/4
The menu includes everything that scuttles—you’ll find an alluring (seasonal) list of stone, soft-shell, Dungeness, king and blue crabs.
- 235 Park Ave South , (at 19th St), 10003
City Bakery
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
Justly famous for its rich hot chocolate, the bustling joint also offers tot-pleasing savories like chicken wings and mac and cheese.
- 3 W 18th St, (between Fifth and Sixth Aves), 10003
Splash Bar
- Price band: 2/4
Everything at this dance bar is big and vivid: carb-free, pectoralicious bartenders; mirrors at every angle; and a full arsenal of body-rockin’ beats.
- 50 W 17th St, (between Fifth and Sixth Aves), 10011
Republic
- Price band: 1/4
After 12 years, this Pan-Asian hot spot, off Union Square, is still packing ‘em in to their sleek, blond, communal tables.
- 37 Union Sq West, (between 16th and 17th Sts), 10003
Mesa Grill
- Price band: 4/4
Jacked-up Southwestern dishes routinely appear on menus around the city, but the party started here when chef Bobby Flay opened this soaring dining room in 1991.
- 102 Fifth Ave, (between 15th and 16th Sts), 10011
Good Stuff Diner
- Price band: 2/4
A retro-style diner brings round-the-clock sustenance to the Village.
- 109 W 14th St, (between Sixth and Seventh Aves)
Vapiano
- Price band: 2/4
This contemporary bi-level restaurant offers Italian standards like pizza, panini and pasta.
- 113 University Pl, (at 13th St)
Jack
- Price band: 1/4
A Village offshoot of the South Street Seaport’s Bridge Café, Jack is a diner—the burger is coyly called a “croque Americaine”—masquerading as a sultry French restaurant.
- 80 University Pl, (at 11th St)
Amorino
- Price band: 1/4
Ice cream "petals" fashioned into rose blooms are the signature of this Italian gelateria.
- 60 University Pl, (at 10th St), 10003
Arte Restaurant
This East Village restaurant offers Northern Italian cuisine in a comfortable setting, which includes fireplaces and a garden.
- 21 East 9th Street, 10003
Otto Enoteca Pizzeria
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
The wine bar at Mario Batali’s hugely popular pizzeria is an attraction in its own right.
- 1 Fifth Ave, (at 8th St), 10003-43
North Square
- Price band: 2/4
Nearly everything here is grilled or pan-roasted—and that simple formula works brilliantly.
- 103 Waverly Pl, Washington Square Hotel, (at MacDougal St), 10011
Gray’s Papaya
- Price band: 1/4
This mini-chain has long ruled the area’s tropical-drink-and-hot-dog market, with crispy-skinned all-beef Sabretts for a price that can't be beat.
- 402 Sixth Ave, (at 8th St)
MoMo Caffe
- Price band: 1/4
Get pastries and organic coffee in the morning or pastas and panini later on at this all-day Italian cafe.
- 50 W 10th St, (between Greenwich Ave and Waverly Pl), 10011
The Stonewall Inn
- Price band: 2/4
Drink at one of two bars, or shake your groove thing on the dance floor upstairs at the birthplace of gay liberation.
- 53 Christopher St, (between Seventh Ave South and Waverly Pl ), 10014
Boots and Saddle
- Price band: 1/4
This old-school, Christopher Street dive has karaoke, DJs, go-go dancers and 30 kinds of bottled beer.
- 76 Christopher St, (between Seventh Ave South and Bleecker St)
Moustache
- Price band: 1/4
This beloved cheap-eats haven serves some of the city’s best Middle Eastern food.
- 90 Bedford St, (between Barrow and Grove Sts), 10009
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