Times Square is the throbbing heart of New York, thronged from early morning until late at night with theatergoers, thrill seekers, skateboard riders, touts dressed in idiotic costumes, wedding guests, sanitation workers, and just plain tourists. It may come as no surprise that most New Yorkers who don’t have to work in the immediate vicinity avoid it like a plague.
Well, that’s not strictly true. Times Square is home to some of the city’s most desirable eateries at a wide price range — if only you can find them. For this map, we’ve expanded the boundaries to include the Theater District.
For this update: We’ve added Sake Bar Hagi, Thai go-to Chalong, and Charlie Palmer IV. We’ve also trimmed some of the far north restaurants from the last map.
Nadia Chaudhury is a New York-based editor for Eater Northeast, a team that covers NYC, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. The born-and-raised New Yorker finds herself often in the Times Square area because of her Grand Central Terminal commute.
Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region, which covers New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. She has over 20 years of experience in food writing and editing, having worked for Mark Bittman’s Substack and his website on Medium; as restaurant critic for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and at Newsday.