Where to Eat Near NYC's Movie Theaters

Pre-movie? Post-movie? Solo? With a group? Here are the best spots for a bite.

Hello, and happy almost-Thanksgiving! If you’re already getting hungry, you’re in luck. This week, the Nothing Bogus community chipped in to help create an extensive list of the best places to eat before or after a movie in New York. My own preference is for the latter. I’m always wanting to follow a great movie with a great meal with great friends at a big table at a cozy restaurant. There are some perfect spots for that here. But there are also quick and easy bites to snag before a movie — or between movies. There’s a wide variety of cuisines. Trendy places and hole-in-the-walls. Basically, this list has a little bit of everything and will be a useful tool for anyone who likes movies and also relies on food for sustenance.

And ideally, this list will continue to grow. You can leave a comment or email me at any point (nothingbogus1@gmail.com) and I’ll update this post. And as always, email your weekly production listings to the email above to be included in next week’s newsletter.

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Old John's Luncheonette, pre movie matinee breakfast, scrambled eggs with rye toast, don't get too full so I can eat a large popcorn <3 - Lexi Tannnenholtz, Producer

Utopia Diner after Lincoln Center. It is so quintessentially NYC which makes it so easy to eat alone there. One of the servers loves movies, a tall Egyptian man, and is great to talk to when you’ve seen something that really blows your mind. Congressman Jerry Nadler was there reading the news in a suit after I saw Megalopolis.  - April Goldberg, DP