By Gus Saltonstall
In recent days, you might have noticed restaurants once again erecting outdoor dining cafes on the Upper West Side.
The official outdoor dining season in New York City began on Wednesday, April 1. The “Dining Out NYC” program runs until November 29, and restaurants can once again offer seating on both the sidewalk and the roadbeds outside of their storefronts.
Restaurants can provide sidewalk cafes all year long, while the outdoor dining set-ups on the street can only be operated from April through November.
Below is a list of the 101 Upper West Side restaurants that have at least received conditional approval for outdoor dining in 2026.
As of April 1, more than 1,600 restaurants in the five boroughs were eligible to operate a roadway or sidewalk dining option.
Since we are still just a handful of days into the outdoor dining season, there is a good chance that some of these restaurants have not yet fully set up their operation.
10023 ZIP Code (33 restaurants approved or conditionally approved for outdoor dining)
- Arte Cafe: 104 West 73rd Street
- Asset: 329 Columbus Avenue
- Black Press Coffee: 274 Columbus Avenue
- Cafe Luxembourg: 200 West 70th Street
- Dive 75: 101 West 75th Street
- Ella Kitchen & Bar: 249 Columbus Avenue
- El Mitote: 208 Columbus Avenue
- Empire Szechuan Kyoto: 193 Columbus Avenue
- Felice: 240 Columbus Avenue
- Joe Coffee: 187 Columbus Avenue
- Le Botaniste: 156 Columbus Avenue
- Le Pain Quotidien: 60 West 65th Street
- Leyla: 108 West 74th Street
- Made in New York Pizza: 271 Amsterdam Avenue
- Maman: 152 Columbus Avenue
- Manny’s Bistro: 225 Columbus Avenue
- The Migrant Kitchen: 157 Columbus Avenue
- Miriam: 300 Amsterdam Avenue
- The Mermaid Inn: 335 Columbus Avenue
- The Owl’s Tail: 212 West 75th Street
- Pappardella: 316 Columbus Avenue
- Parla: 320 Columbus Avenue
- Playa Betty’s: 320 Amsterdam Avenue
- Pomodoro Ristorante: 229 Columbus Avenue
- P.J. Clarke’s: 44 West 63rd Street
- Sala Thai: 307 Amsterdam Avenue
- Salumeria Rosi: 283 Amsterdam Avenue
- Santa Fe: 73 West 71st Street
- SweetGreen: 159 Columbus Avenue
- The Smith: 1900 Broadway
- Viand Cafe: 2130 Broadway
- Wonder: 2030 Broadway
- Zucker’s: 273 Columbus Avenue
10024 ZIP Code (45 restaurants approved or conditionally approved for outdoor dining)
- 5 Napkin Burger: 2315 Broadway
- Barney Greengrass: 541 Amsterdam Avenue
- Beer Run Columbus: 547 Columbus Avenue
- Bodega 88: 573 Columbus Avenue
- Bodrum: 584 Amsterdam Avenue
- Bella Luna: 574 Columbus Avenue
- Caledonia: 424 Amsterdam Avenue
- Cafe Eighty Two: 2282 Broadway
- Carmine’s: 2450 Broadway
- Chama Mama: 373 Amsterdam Avenue
- Chirping Chicken: 355 Amsterdam Avenue
- Cotta: 513 Columbus Avenue
- Dagon: 2454 Broadway
- Daily Provisions: 375 Amsterdam Avenue
- The Dead Poet: 450 Amsterdam Avenue
- Elea: 217 West 85th Street
- French Roast: 2340 Broadway
- Gari Columbus: 370 Columbus Avenue
- The Gin Mill: 442 Amsterdam Avenue
- Hi Life Bar & Grill: 477 Amsterdam Avenue
- The Hoptimist: 422 Amsterdam Avenue
- Jake’s Dilemma: 430 Amsterdam Avenue
- Joe’s Coffee: 514 Columbus Avenue
- La Sirene: 416 Amsterdam Avenue
- Lokal: 473 Columbus Avenue
- La Pecora Bianca: 359 Columbus Avenue
- Made in New York Pizza: 421 Amsterdam Avenue
- Maman: 429 Amsterdam Avenue
- Mido Sushi: 612 Amsterdam Avenue
- Momoya: 427 Amsterdam Avenue
- Motorino: 510 Columbus Avenue
- Nice Matin: 201 West 79th Street
- Noi Due Cafe: 491 Columbus Avenue
- Sarabeth’s: 423 Amsterdam Avenue
- Song E’Napule: 464 Amsterdam Avenue
- Spice: 435 Amsterdam Avenue
- Tarallucci E Vino: 475 Columbus Avenue
- Tessa: 349 Amsterdam Avenue
- Tiki Chick: 517 Amsterdam Avenue
- The Viand Diner: 517 Columbus Avenue
- Wafels & Dinges: 392 Columbus Avenue
- Water & Wheat: 2418 Broadway
- Westville: 2290 Broadway
- The Wolfe: 425 Amsterdam Avenue
10025 ZIP Code (23 restaurants approved or conditionally approved for outdoor dining)
- Afternoon: 2785 Broadway
- Arco Cafe: 886 Amsterdam Avenue
- Birch Coffee: 750 Columbus Avenue
- Blank Street Coffee: 2461 Broadway
- Bosinio: 203 West 103rd Street
- Broadway Dive: 2662 Broadway
- Cafe Du Soleil: 245 West 104th Street
- The Calaveras: 949 Columbus Avenue
- Dive 106: 939 Amsterdam Avenue
- Dive Bar: 732 Amsterdam Avenue
- Effy’s Cafe: 104 West 96th Street
- The Ellington: 2745 Broadway
- Just Salad: 670 Columbus Avenue
- Kouzan: 685 Amsterdam Avenue
- Little Italy Pizza: 214 West 92nd Street
- Marlow Bistro: 1018 Amsterdam Avenue
- Osteria Accademia: 646 Amsterdam Avenue
- Picky Barista: 667 Columbus Avenue
- Rincon Mexicano: 768 Amsterdam Avenue
- Sapps UWS: 2888 Broadway
- Smoke: 2751 Broadway
- Tom’s Restaurant: 2880 Broadway
- V&T Pizza: 1024 Amsterdam Avenue
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is this really a good thing?
1600 permits citywide and over 100 are on the UWS? This is why some people are frustrated by the congestion these sheds create.
Great to see these come back, but hopefully the city council revises the onerous requirements implemented under the Adams administration. For example, Felice used to have a large and very nice outdoor dining area that fit ~12 people comfortably, now under the new guidelines they have a much smaller and shabbier area that fits maybe 8 people.
Thank you so much. Now if the weather will cooperate…….
We try hard to make and keep The UWS beautiful then allow these eyesores to be erected. Doesn’t make any sense.