There’s a plethora of good eats to make anybody happy at Mad. Sq. Mark’t (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Madison Square Park
Intersection of Broadway & Fifth Ave. between 24th & 25th Sts.
Open daily 11:00 am – 8:00 pm through October 23
Admission: free
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www.madisonsquarepark.org
For the next three weeks, there’s no need to wait on those crazy long lines at Shack Shack if you want to get some fine food in Madison Square Park. The Food Square at Mad. Sq. Mark’t is back for its second year, featuring good eatin’ from more than a dozen specialty booths. You can get a bacon-scallion or truffle-cheddar pretzel from Sigmund, a chorizo taco or Fatty heritage pork and XO sausage dog from Cabrito / Fatty Crab / Fatty ’Cue, a zaatar cheese markook and fried cauliflower from Ilili, an egg and truffle sandwich from Piccolo Café, freshly fired pizza from Roberta’s, a thick-sliced pastrami sandwich on an onion roll from Almond, a chicken biscuit from Pies ‘n’ Thighs, or a gourmet sweet or savory crepe with crispy frites from Bar Suzette. Follow that up with Italian pastry from Stuffed Artisan Cannolis, a chocolate and nutella waffle from Wafels & Dinges, a ginger molasses cookie from Pies ‘n’ Thighs, a chocolate-chip, peanut butter, and pretzel-chunk cookie from Sigmund, apple cider donuts from Breezy Hill Orchard, or other delectable delights. The market, which also includes more than a dozen shops, is open daily from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm on the pedestrian median at the intersection of Fifth Ave. & Broadway at 25th St.