Outdoor dining spots

Santo Parque
Restaurants
Williamsburg
There are two types of people in this city: Those who wish to stroll in the park and those who wish to turn brunch into a verb. Ok, there are also some in-betweeners and Santo Parque offers the best of all worlds (across mealtimes) near Williamsburg’s McCarren Park, plus best in class pão de queijo and great drinks.

Maison Yaki
Restaurants
French
Prospect Heights
Sister restaurant to “best of” list mainstay Olmsted, the also highly-regarded Maison Yaki serves a fun roster of skewers like a duck a l’orange meatball and beef short rib in its narrow, colorful dining room, and in the equally intimate backyard. It also offers a bottomless brunch for $40 per person on weekends.

Bandits
Restaurants
West Village
Bandits evokes 1970s style in its 32-seat interior, and it has room for 30 more outside in one of the most stylish NYC street sheds you'll see. Slide in for four types of tots, a wedge salad and a chickpea "tuna" melt, plus plenty of drinks.

Nabila's
Restaurants
Cobble Hill
Newly-opened Lebanese restaurant Nabila's occupies a picturesque corner of brownstone Brooklyn as quaint as a sketch you'd see framed in a neighborhood spot just like this. Arrive on the early side for a chance at its two stretches sidewalk seats, as it's already a popular locale.

Pinto Garden
Restaurants
Thai
West Village
Pinto Garden’s particularly photogenic titular space is enclosed and adorned with blooms and colorful cocktails. Snack on oysters, shish*to peppers and popcorn shrimp for $9 a plate at happy hour, order unlimited drinks for an extra $25 with your Thai baked eggs at brunch and sample the seafood ceviche, crab fried rice and seasonal specials at dinner.

Henry Public
Bars
Lounges
Cobble Hill
price 2 of 4
If you know anything about Henry Public, you know about its showstopping turkey sandwich: a mighty hill of leg meat piled between two substantial slices of bread that only the most accomplished sandwich eaters can conquer sans cutlery. The rest of the brunch and dinner menus are terrific, too, but its hard to keep from returning to this winner, whether you're at the vaguely vintage bar, dining room or out in the confines of Henry Public's handsome, sturdy outdoor dining structure.

Olmsted
4 out of 5 stars
Restaurants
Contemporary American
Prospect Heights
price 2 of 4
Tables at Olmsted have always been hard to come by, but sometimes space in the backyard, where they grow some menu ingredients, is a little easier to snag. Prepare your patience, hope for the best and eventually you’ll be sitting down to its frequently refreshed selections.

Oxomoco
4 out of 5 stars
Restaurants
Mexican
Greenpoint
price 2 of 4
This Michelin-starred modern Mexican restaurant from the Speedy Romeo team spotlights wood-fired dishes like lamb barbacoa tacos, market fish and the best bavette you’ll find in town. They bring the outside in with plenty of greenery in the dining room, but it’s especially intoxicating to sip wine, beer, cocktails and frozen drinks on Oxomoco’s inviting patio.

Kokomo
Restaurants
Williamsburg
We like Kokomo’s outdoor space so much that we honored it with a Time Out Best of the City award last year. Caribbean-influenced menu items throughout its chic spaces include roasted stuffed sweet plantains, flatbread varieties, braised oxtail and jerk chicken.

Maison Premiere
Bars
Cocktail bars
Williamsburg
price 3 of 4
Raw bar items, martinis and absinthe abound at this Williamsburg classic that reopened last year to citywide cheers after a long pause. Its interior garden always feels special, and it's even lovely enough to compete with MP's lovely dining room.

Brooklyn Crab
Restaurants
Seafood
Red Hook
price 2 of 4
Red Hook is one of NYC’s best waterside neighborhoods and Brooklyn Crab towers above its smattering of restaurants. Literally, it spans three stories with outdoor areas throughout. Choose your altitude and dive into tasty crustaceans, bivalves and other creatures from the sea.

Pilot
Bars
Cocktail bars
Brooklyn Heights
price 2 of 4
Boats are inherently romantic, and Pilot is especially so. The 147-foot wooden schooner was built in 1924, and today it’s beautifully appointed in lacquered seaside hues. It does, of course, bear a striking resemblance to sister vessel Grand Banks, but Pilot has a west-facing view of glittering lower Manhattan to accompany the oysters, caviar, lobster rolls and cocktails on the menu.