Illustration by Rodica Prato.

• 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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