Lobster, Beer & Art on Thursday Night in NYC’s Seaport
South Street Seaport at dusk. (Photo: Rudy Sulgan/Corbis)
For decades diehard New Yorkers brushed off Manhattan’s South Street Seaport as a land of chain stores and cheesy restaurants that only tourists visited, but recent developments in the years since Hurricane Sandy are starting to make this neighborhood hip again with destination bars, delicious food, intriguing art installations and fantastic people watching. The Seaport is now so happening that it could just take up your entire Thursday night.
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3pm: Smorgasburg
Stroll through Smorgasburg and snack on some delicious Filipino spring rolls from Lumpia Shack. (Photo: Lumpia Shack/Facebook)
Enjoy an afternoon lounging at one of the picnic tables dotting the cobblestoned streets of the Seaport and grab some snacks from eight New York City street vendors at Seaport Smorgasburg. The grilled cheese from Milk Truck and Filipino spring rolls from Lumpia Shack are must eats.
5pm: Seaport Studio
Shop the current crop of designer goods at Seaport Studio. (Photo: South Street Seaport/Facebook)
With your belly full, head over to Seaport Studios for some high fashion shopping. The very well curated rotating pop up shop features some stellar independent brands like Sachin and Babi, Children of Our Town, Heart and Noble, Thaddeus O’Neil and The Jet Set Diaries.
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6pm: Culture District
See the newly opened Portrait Project at the Seaport Culture District. (Photo: South Street Seaport/Facebook)
Few cities on the planet have as many opportunities to enjoy art and culture as New York City. Of course you have options here. You could see a Broadway show, graze the Chelsea art galleries or take in an evening at the ballet. But we promise that the Seaport Culture District will offer you something just a little bit different. This innovative new program takes ground floor retail spaces that were ravaged by Hurricane Sandy three years ago and turns them into cultural installations.
The Portrait Project, one of the activations by Art Start and Arup, is currently set up in Cannon’s Walk, a blink and you might miss it historical alleyway.
Seriously. Don’t miss it.
7pm: Ambrose Beer & Lobster
Beer. Lobster. Live music. We may have just found heaven. (Photo: Ambrose Beer & Lobster)
We hope you didn’t fill up on too many snacks at the Smorg because it’s time for some beer and lobster.
Ambrose Beer & Lobster is a local favorite, and starting at 7pm on Thursdays they play host to local musicians.
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The menu of locally sourced beers is constantly changing so make sure to ask your server what’s on tap. Start with the watermelon and feta salad and then move onto the lobster grilled cheese. It might just be the most unpretentious lobster you’ll have in your entire life.
9pm: Fresh Salt
Imbibe at Fresh Salt. Stay for a night cap or close out the bar. (Photo: Fresh Salt)
A night at the Seaport just wouldn’t be complete without hitting the local watering hole, Fresh Salt. The bar is named for the antique advertisement on the front of the building which operated as a smokehouse until the turn of the 20th century. It was indeed a place to get fresh salt and smoked fish.
These days it is a great place to pull up a bar stool and throw back a few. Most bars in these parts still close relatively early, but Fresh Salt goes strong until about 4 am.
The drinks here are delicious, but they won’t break the bank. In fact, they’re downright cheap for a bar on the island of Manhattan. The clientele is composed mostly of regulars who have been frequenting this bar for years, but they aren’t snobs. If you’re having ball here, they will welcome you with open arms. Stay as long as you want. After all……it’s Thursday night.
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