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Best Places To Eat And Drink Outside This Summer

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Garth Johnston

Published Apr 29, 2011

Modified Jun 27, 2011

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(Pier i Cafe)Pier i Cafe: Located off of Riverside Park South, this lovely outdoor cafe is a nice place to sit back and stare at the boats on the water (and Jersey). The menu is casual (though the burgers boast Pat La Frieda beef) and the people watching is great. The only problem is that some days it seems like half the Upper West Side can descend on it en masse. It reopens for the season on Sunday.70th Street and Riverside Park South, 212-362-4450

 

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Published Apr 29, 2011

Modified Jun 27, 2011

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The weather is warming up and that voice in the back of the average New Yorker's head telling them to wine and dine outside tonight just keeps getting louder. So, with the Gowanus Yacht Club set to reopen tonight, now seems as good a time as any to again play that always entertaining game, "where to get some fresh air with that fare!" In addition to the many spots we've listed over the past two years, we've collected a few more places (sidewalk cafes need not apply) where we've known a good time or two. And before you start moaning about the places we left out, please do check those older lists, mmkay? Enjoy!

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