I am going to the galleries in Chelsea today and last night I was trying to find a good place to meet a friend for a quick bite. I did a google search and ran across this article from New York Magazine.  It has their recommended places to eat when going to theater, galleries, concert, etc. I thought it was really helpful plus I have been to a few of these restaurants and do think they are really good.

The best places to chow down in the Theater District, near the Garden, and more.

• The Metropolitan Museum Of Art

• Centolire

  1167 Madison Ave., 212-734-7711

  Pino
  Luongo (the Mario Batali of his era) is personally slinging the
  linguine these days, and the food’s better than ever. Do not miss the
  sea-salt roast chicken.

• Shakespeare In The Park

• Onera

  222 W. 79th St., 212-873-0200

  Give
  this modern-Greek kitchen 48 hours notice, and you can feast on the $65
  offal-tasting menu, which includes goat brains and calf’s tongue; but
  refined à la carte dishes like goat-cheese manti, sea urchin with
  haloumi fondue, and braised-goat moussaka are equally impressive.

• Lincoln Center

• Telepan

  72 W. 69th St., 212-580-4300

  Bill
  (Mr. Local) Telepan melds haute-American technique with the hearty
  flavors of his Hungarian ancestry, and his wine director makes the most
  of a deep and intriguing cellar.

• Carnegie Hall

• Yakitori Totto

  251 W. 55th St., 212-245-4555

  Once
  you get over the fact that nothing goes to waste at this friendly
  Japanese skewered-chicken specialist, you’ll marvel at what you’ve been
  missing—namely, nicely charred chicken tail, skin, even “soft knee
  bone,” as well as breast, wing, and thigh.

• Theater District

• Esca

  402 W. 43rd St., 212-564-7272

  Try
  to book your show tickets in conjunction with wild-salmon season (May
  to July). No one has more respect for the genuine article than
  fisherman-chef Dave Pasternack who, along with partner Mario Batali,
  invented crudo as we know it.

• Madison Square Garden

• Camino Sur

  336 W. 37th St., 212-695-4600

  This
  sleeper Pan-Latino restaurant lights up a bleak garment-district block
  with haute arepas, empanadas, a first-rate rib eye with chimichurri,
  and expertly muddled mojitos.

• West Chelsea Galleries

• Tía Pol

  205 Tenth Ave., 212-675-8805

  Because sometimes nothing you see on any walls looks
  as artful as Alex Raij’s seasonally inspired specials.

• Jury Duty

• New Yeah Shanghai Deluxe

  65 Bayard St., 212-566-4884

  We might bolt into Blaue Gans for a quick wienerwurst, but in Chinatown, it’s hard to resist the unctuous lure of Yeah’s glazed-
  and-braised pork shoulder.

• Yankee Stadium

• Feeding Tree

  892 Gerard Ave., the Bronx; 718-293-5025

  An
  estimable curried goat, a toothsome jerk chicken, and a bubbling oxtail
  stew all within out-of-the-park slugging distance of the house that
  Ruth built.

• Shea Stadium

• Sentosa

  39-07 Prince St., Flushing; 718-886-6331

  For
  Malaysian food worth riding the 7 train one stop out of your way: a
  dependably flaky roti canai, a nicely spiced beef rendang, and a bevy
  of shaved-ice concoctions riddled with beans, seeds, and syrups.

• Brooklyn Academy of Music

• Convivium Osteria

  68 Fifth Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn; 718-857-1833

  Thomas
  Beisl is closer, but who doesn’t like to stretch their legs before a
  hefty dose of Scandinavian realism? The tripartite Spanish, Italian,
  and Portuguese menu is as rustic and appealing as the room.

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