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Where to eat near Times Square
10 places within 11 minutes on foot of Times Square. Start with Tony's Di Napoli, 3 min walk: the tableside Caesar, a chicken parm and one pasta for the table.
The trap to skip
The chain restaurants in the middle of Times Square. Walk two blocks, or over to Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, and eat before or after show times, not right at them.
Source: Explore
A quick bite
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Los Tacos No. 1
Get: Adobada and carne asada tacos
The fastest great dinner in the district. No seats: eat standing and walk to your theater.
From Before the curtain (from The Infatuation)
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All'Antico Vinaio
Get: A schiacciata with mortadella and pistachio cream
Huge sandwiches on Tuscan bread, made in minutes. A few stools, so plan on the sidewalk.
From Before the curtain (from The Infatuation)
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Sushi Sho
Get: Omakase at the Hinoki counter; okonomi add-ons like warm kinmedai skin nigiri; $70 bara chirashi takeaway box
Michelin 3★ (promoted 2025) · Sushi omakase
From Chef Amazing's city guide
Sit down for a meal
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Tony's Di Napoli
Get: The tableside Caesar, a chicken parm and one pasta for the table
Red checks, big platters, everything shared. The move for a group seeing the same show.
From Before the curtain (from The Infatuation)
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Utsav
Get: Dal makhani and butter chicken
A big room where you rarely wait for a table, and the kitchen works as fast as you need it to.
From Before the curtain (from The Infatuation)
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Le Bernardin
Get: The lounge menu
Michelin 3★ (2025; 3★ since 2006) · French seafood · $$$$
From Chef Amazing's city guide, Table for one, The Restaurant 100
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Don Antonio
Get: La Montanara Classica: fried dough, tomato, smoked mozzarella
The dough is flash-fried, then finished in the oven: a Naples street classic most New Yorkers have never tried.
From Before the curtain (from The Infatuation), Chef Amazing's lists
Something sweet
min
Lovely's Old Fashioned
Get: A smashed burger, onion rings and the chocolate pistachio bundt
A 10-seat 1950s counter. In and out on $20.
From Before the curtain (from The Infatuation)
A drink
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Joe Allen
Get: The burger with fries and a dirty martini; banana cream pie if there's time
Theater people's canteen since 1965, with posters of Broadway flops on the walls. Walk in 90 minutes before curtain, sit at the bar and you're out with half an hour to spare.
From Before the curtain (from The Infatuation)
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Bar Centrale
Get: Deviled eggs, a reuben and a classic cocktail
Upstairs from Joe Allen, behind an unmarked brownstone door. Reservations by phone only, and they ask about your show so they can get you out on time.
From Before the curtain (from The Infatuation)
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