March 18^th 2009

Spring is in the air!  The temperature has been flirting with 70 degrees the past few days and spending St. Patrick’s Day outdoors on Stone Street made me think of summertime. Since I can never think of places when put on the spot here’s a running list of outdoor dining and drinking in Lower Manhattan (Battery Park, FiDi, Stone Street, Tribeca and the Seaport) to refer to. Please leave a comment if I’ve inadvertently left anyplace off – and if you like this post please add the Downtown Gourmand to your blogroll!

WFC

• Ciao Bella Gelato - 2 World Financial Center
• PJ Clarke’s on the Hudson - 4 World Financial Center
• SouthWest NY - 2 World Financial Center

FiDi

• Cipriani Club 55 - 55 Wall Street
• Harry’s Italian Pizza Bar - 2 Gold Street
• Financier - 35 Cedar Street
• Merchants NY Café - 90 Washington Street
• Picnick, Smoked (lunchtime only) - Corner of Wall Street and South Street
• Suspender’s - 111 Broadway
• Zeytuna (lunchtime only) - 59 Maiden Lane
• Zigolini’s - 66 Pearl Street

Stone Street

• Adrienne’s Pizza Bar - 54 Stone Street
• Beckett’s - 81 Pearl Street
• Burger Burger - 77 Pearl Street
• The Dubliner - 45 Stone Street
• Mad Dog and Beans - 83 Pearl Street
• Smorgas Chef - 53 Stone Street
• Stone Street Tavern - 52 Stone Street
• Ulysses - 58 Stone Steet/95 Pearl Street
• The Vintry - 57 Stone Street
• Waterstone Grill - 79 Pearl Street

Battery Park

• Battery Gardens - 17 State Street
• Gigino (Wagner Park) - 323 Greenwich Street
• Inatteso Pizza Bar - 28 West Street
• Kaijou - 21 South End Avenue
• Liberty View - 21 South End Avenue
• Picnick - East of Castle Clinton in the Battery Bosque
• Steamers Landing - 375 South End Avenue

TriBeCa

(NOTE: Marc Forgione, fka FORGE was intentially left off of this list due to an inexcusable brunch experience involving cold eggs benedict with a price of $22)

• Bubby’s - 120 Hudson Street
• Centrico - 211 West Broadway
• Cercle Rouge French Bistro - 241 West Broadway
• Cosmopolitan Café - 95 West Broadway
• Edward’s - 136 West Broadway
• Flor del Sol - 361 Greenwich Street
• Industria Argentian - 329 Greenwich Street
• Trattoria Cinque - 363 Greenwich Street

Seaport Area

• Acqua at Peck Slip - 257 Water Street at Peck Slip
• Barbarini Alimentari - 225 Front Street
• Fresh Salt - 146 Beekman Street
• Meade’s - 22 Peck Slip
• Nelson Blue - 36 Peck Slip
• Salud - 142 Beekman Street
• SUteiShi - 24 Peck Slip