Dumbo Arts Festival – Where to Eat and Drink

Welcome to the Dumbo Arts Festival! If you haven’t been here before, directions are below, courtesy of Dumbo Arts Fesetival. Full schedule of events are listed on dumboartsfestival.com.

If you’re looking for some food and drink choices, here are some suggestions:

Dining:

  • Almar (v.good Italian dinner and brunch), 111 Front Street
  • Bubby’s (American dining), 1 Main Street
  • Miso Sushi, 40 Main Street
  • Pedro’s Spanish American Restaurant, (neighborhood Mexican bar/restaurant) 73 Jay Street
  • Pub One (Pub dining and bar food), 5 Front Street
  • Rice (pan-Asian), 81 Washington Street
  • Water Street Restaurant, (Southern American), 66 Water Street
  • The Gallery Cafe (Mediterranean cuisine), 108 Jay Street
  • Superfine, (Local/organic American restaurant/bar), 126 Front Street

Pizza:

Coffee/Dessert:

Deli/Grocery:

Bars:

  • 68 Jay Street Bar, 68 Jay Street (at Water St)
  • Almar, 111 Front Street
  • Pedro’s Spanish American Restaurant, 73 Jay Street
  • ReBar, 147 Front Street
  • Superfine, 126 Front Street

The Dumbo Arts Festival spans the neighborhood of DUMBO, Brooklyn between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, including the Waterfront. Parking is scarce and public transportation is encouraged, though if driving, use 45 Main Street as a GPS terminus. Biking or walking over either bridge is also a great way to arrive from the West.

BY SUBWAY
F to York Street
Make a right when exiting the train station. Make a left onto York Street, walk 3 blocks to Washington Street and turn left on Front Street or Water Street

A/C to High Street

Walk downhill toward the Brooklyn Bridge on Cadman Plaza West to Old Fulton Street. Bear left on Old Fulton Street and follow it until it ends at the pier or make a right on Front Street

2/3 to Clark Street
Exit the station and make a left onto Henry Street. Turn left on Old Fulton Street and follow it until it ends at the pier, or make a right on Water Street.

BY BUS
Take the B25 to the corner of Water Street and Main Street.

BY FERRY
NEW YORK WATERWAY’S EAST RIVER FERRY operates to and from the Fulton Ferry Landing from several locations along the Manhattan and Brooklyn waterfronts and Hoboken, NJ. Also, the New York Water Taxi operates from South Street Seaport. Exit the Ferry Landing onto Water Street and walk north

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  • Very surprised last night when my boyfriend and I tried to have dinner at Almar after Dumbo Arts Festival. We are an interracial couple and the hostess told us we would have to wait 2 hours before we could be seated. We were shocked as the place was half empty. She told us she had not been able to clean all the empty tables yet. Then two Asian girls asked to be seated and my boyfriend heard the hostess tell them it would be 20mins. I asked the Asian girls to confirm and yes they were only given a 20min wait time. I confronted the hostess who started to lose her words as she could not come up with a valid excuse, then I asked to see Mr. Almar himself who basically told us to deal with it. I guess the hostess was following his direction. Don’t seat blacks! For the first time I now know what Josephine Baker felt like when she tried to eat in a NY restaurant that didn’t serve blacks.

  • Very surprised last night when my boyfriend and I tried to have dinner at Almar after Dumbo Arts Festival. We are an interracial couple and the hostess told us we would have to wait 2 hours before we could be seated. We were shocked as the place was half empty. She told us she had not been able to clean all the empty tables yet. Then two Asian girls asked to be seated and my boyfriend heard the hostess tell them it would be 20mins. I asked the Asian girls to confirm and yes they were only given a 20min wait time. I confronted the hostess who started to lose her words as she could not come up with a valid excuse, then I asked to see Mr. Almar himself who basically told us to deal with it. I guess the hostess was following his direction. Don’t seat blacks! For the first time I now know what Josephine Baker felt like when she tried to eat in a NY restaurant that didn’t serve blacks.

  • I will support your Ban of Almar.
    Their food sucks anyway.

  • I will support your Ban of Almar.
    Their food sucks anyway.

  • This is absolute garbage. The last time I was in Almar, there were two interracial couples eating at a couple of tables near ours.

  • This is absolute garbage. The last time I was in Almar, there were two interracial couples eating at a couple of tables near ours.

  • G-money, was it a light-skinned, non-threatening white friendly person of color? Cuz you know that makes a difference.

  • G-money, was it a light-skinned, non-threatening white friendly person of color? Cuz you know that makes a difference.

  • No Perry. It was your Mom with JPP. I would make him run some laps next practice.

  • No Perry. It was your Mom with JPP. I would make him run some laps next practice.