All summer long, we’ll be recommending where to eat and drink to take advantage of a New York summer weekend, including great patios, one-time pop-ups, and easy day trips, updated every Friday. Have a pick for us to include? Let us know at [email protected].
Le Bonbonniere: The days of the outdoor dining shed are numbered. The process of petitioning for new, strictly controlled ones ends this coming week, and all the old dining sheds, a prominent fixture of street life since the pandemic, must be dismantled by November.
In many ways, I’ve preferred the ramshackle ones and the shaky but comfy structure at Le Bonbonniere — an ancient diner said to be 95 years old — is as makeshift as they come. Enjoy scrambled eggs and bacon in the morning as the sun shines between West Village townhouses, and garbage trucks groan by inches from your nose. As an added bonus, you may notice that Le Bonbonniere has served as a location for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. 28 Eighth Avenue, near W. 12th St, West Village
Zaab Zaab: Owner Bryan Chunton is rolling out a daytime Zaab Burger Lab from 11 to 5 p.m. Sundays only, offering a rotation of smash burgers at the restaurant’s original Elmhurst spot. It starts this weekend with a pandan onion burger as well as an ode to the Big Mac, the Tuk Tuk burger, with a Zaab Zaab spin. There’s also the most interesting option, a larb ped burger — a duck patty with chiles and galangal, topped with American cheese, cracklin’, and fried intestines (The intestines are a nod to the larb dish in Udon Thani). Burgers are $12 to $24; spots are up on Resy. 76-04 Woodside Avenue, at 76th Street, Elmhurst
Mission Chinese at Cha Kee: Though Danny Bowien’s pop-up was set to run through July 31, it appears via Resy that it has been extended through August, on Sundays and Wednesdays. Critic Robert Sietsema says this iteration “is a throwback to the San Francisco original, with Bowien employing veteran Chinese cooks from Cha Kee.” 43 Mott Street, at Bayard Street, Chinatown
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