Great New York Restaurant Week Choices Near New York City Sights

The area right around the Empire State Building is not known as a restaurant destination, but these two nearby Restaurant Week choices are both enjoyable options. Try Ai Fiori if you're interested in Italian cuisine, or go for Artisanal if French bistro fare is more to your liking.

• Ai Fiori
  Phone: 212-613-8660
  Address: 400 5th Avenue 2nd Level
  Cuisine: Italian
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch
• Artisanal
  Phone: 212-725-8585
  Address: 2 Park Avenue (32nd Street)
  Cuisine: French bistro
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner

Whether you're craving steak or seafood when you visit Rockefeller Center, these two restaurants will satisfy you for lunch or dinner during Restaurant Week.

• Sea Grill
  Phone: 212-332-7610
  Address: 19 West 49th St
  Cuisine: Seafood
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner
• A.J. Maxwell's
  Phone: 212-262-6200
  Address: 57 West 48th St. (5th/6th Aves)
  Cuisine: Steakhouse
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner

Central Park is huge, so it's tough to recommend some "nearby" restaurants, but these two New York City restaurants are well located if you want to enjoy a stroll through the park before or after your meal.

• Nougatine at Jean Georges
  Phone: 212-299-3900
  Address: 1 Central Park West
  Cuisine: French
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner
• The Leopard at des Artistes
  Phone: 212-787-8767
  Address: 1 W. 67th St. (Central Park West)
  Cuisine: Southern Italian
  RW Meals Offered: Sunday Lunch and Dinner

If you're heading to the Upper West Side to visit the American Museum of Natural History, you might want to check out these Restaurant Week choices nearby for lunch.

• Dovetail
  Address: 103 West 77th St. (Columbus Ave)
  Phone: 212-362-3800
  Cuisine: American
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch
• Isabella's
  Address: 359 Columbus Avenue (77th)
  Phone: 212-724-2100
  Cuisine: Mediterranean/New American
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner

Visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art can definitely help you work up an appetite. If you want something more satisfying (and relaxing) than a street-cart hot dog after checking out the Met's impressive collection, try out one of these Restaurant Week choices:

• Café Boulud
  Phone: 212-772-2600
  Address: 20 East 76th St. (5th/Madison)
  Cuisine: French
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch
• Orsay
  Phone: 212-517-6400
  Address: 1057 Lexington Ave (75th)
  Cuisine: French
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner

If you're heading downtown to see the Statue of Liberty and/or Ellis Island you're sure to be hungry when you get back from visiting these two New York City attractions, so you might enjoy a late lunch or early dinner at one of these nearby choices:

• Cipriani Wall Street
  Phone: 212-699-4096
  Address: 55 Wall Street (William/Hanover)
  Cuisine: Italian
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner
• Delmonico's
  Phone: 212-509-1144
  Address: 56 Beaver Street (So William)
  Cuisine: Steakhouse
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner

There are lots of restaurants to chose from close to the Museum of Modern Art, but during Restaurant Week, I'd recommend taking the opportunity to dine at Circo or visiting 21 Club, a classic New York City restaurant.

• 21 Club
  Phone: 212-582-7200
  Address: 21 West 52nd St. (5th/6th)
  Cuisine: American
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner
• Circo
  Phone: 212-265-3636
  Address: 120 West 55th St (6th/7th)
  Cuisine: Italian
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner

If you're visiting Grand Central Terminal and want to experience Restaurant Week, you might choose to dine inside of Grand Central at Michael Jordan's The Steakhouse N.Y.C. or head across the street to Pershing Square.

• Michael Jordan's The Steakhouse N.Y.C.
  Phone: 212-655-2300
  Address: 23 Vanderbilt Avenue (42nd)
  Cuisine: Steakhouse
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner
• Pershing Square
  Phone: 212-286-9600
  Address: 90 East 42nd Street (Park)
  Cuisine: American
  RW Meals Offered: Lunch and Dinner