Date Spots in New York, NY

Dating in New York

Dating in New York City can start with coffee at The Uncommons, Ferrara, Maman, Seven Grams Caffé, Caffè Vita, Pause Cafe, Coffee Project NY, or Matchaful, then move outdoors to Madison Square Park, Collect Pond Park, Greenacre Park, or The High Line. You can keep it casual with a coffee shop or tea stop, or build toward pizza at Lombardi's Pizza or Joe's Pizza, a deli meal at Katz's Delicatessen, or a steak house dinner at Peter Luger Steak House, Smith & Wollensky, or Delmonico's. The Financial District and Lower East Side give you easy anchors, and the range of cuisines—Italian, seafood, French, new American, Moroccan, American—lets you match the plan to the mood.

Later, drinks at J.G. Melon, Coopers Craft & Kitchen, White Horse Tavern, Death & Company, Public Records, or Black Mountain can shift the energy. Entertainment at Arlene's Grocery, The Bitter End, Rockwood Music Hall, The Stand, The Bell House, Dixon Place, St. Ann's Warehouse, or Perelman Performing Arts Center keeps the night going. For culture, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Museum of Chinese in America, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, The Drawing Center, New Museum, Mmuseumm, South Street Seaport Museum, or Skyscraper Museum can anchor an afternoon. Finish with seafood at The River Café or Italian at Lombardi's Pizza.

Neighborhoods in New York

These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.

• Financial District Coffee Project New York | Financial District is a coffee shop anchor, while Collect Pond Park, Thomas Paine Park, and DeLury Square add outdoor choices.
• Lower East Side The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Museum of Chinese in America, and New Museum offer culture, and Katz's Delicatessen is a deli option.
• South Street Seaport South Street Seaport Museum is a culture stop that can anchor a lower Manhattan date.