Photo: Courtesy of pixabay.com
Lower Manhattan offers a truly delectable dining experience for all tastes. Urbanites can travel downtown to find cuisines from all over the world, ranging from hole-in-the-wall to high-end. To celebrate the growing and thriving dining culture in the area, The Downtown Alliance is hosting its 14th addition of Dine Around Downtown on September 30 from 11am to 3pm.
Taking place at 28 Liberty Plaza, Dine Around Downtown will feature dozens of restaurants and cafes from around the area, serving up their signature dishes to hungry festival-goers. The event will be co-presented by Fosun and sponsored by The Seaport District. Additionally, Food Network star/ notable chef Amanda Freitag will be hosting while promoting her new cookbook The Chef Next Door: A Pro Chef’s Recipes for Fun, Fearless Home Cooking. It will also feature two guest participants from Shanghai, China: Lubolang Restaurant and Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant. The National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s All-Stars will also be playing live music for the crowd’s enjoyment.
Prior to the event, city-goers can visit participating Dine Around Downtown restaurants for the rest of September and post a photo of their plate using the hashtag #DINEAROUNDDOWNTOWNNYC on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter for a chance to win two 10-tasting passes to the festival. They can also post and hashtag a picture of their tasty meal at the event itself for the chance to win a two-night stay at the W New York – Downtown.
So head to Liberty Plaza next week and celebrate downtown’s diverse delicacies with fellow food fans. A list of participating restaurants is included below:
Adrienne’s Pizza Bar; ATRIO Wine Bar | Restaurant; The Bailey Pub & Restaurant; Barbalu; Bavaria Bier Haus; Beckett’s Bar & Grill; Bill’s Bar & Burger; The Black Hound; Bobby Van’s Steakhouse; BonChon Chicken; The Capital Grille; City Hall Restaurant; Cowgirl Sea-Horse; Delmonico’s Restaurant; Dorlan’s Tavern & Oyster Bar; The Dubliner; Felice 15 Gold Street; Financier Patisserie; The Growler Bites & Brews; Gunbae; Harry’s Café & Steak; Harry’s Italian; Haru Sushi; Jersey Mike’s Subs; Le District; Les Halles; Lubolang Restaurant; Mad Dog & Beans Mexican Cantina; The Malt House; Morton’s The Steakhouse; Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant; Nelson Blue; OBAO Water Street; The Open Door Gastropub; The Paris Café; Pound & Pence; Route 66 Smokehouse; Smörgås Chef; Southwest NY; St. George Tavern; Stone Street Tavern; Stout Fidi; Suteishi; Trading Post; Trinity Place; Ulysses’ Folk House; Vintry Wine & Whiskey; and Wei West.
-by Johanna Silver
