3. The Library: New York’s Downtown Best Kept Secret

Image via The Public Theater

The Library at the Public Theater is a restaurants that sits above Joe’s Pub on the mezzanine level.  What used to be the Pub’s casting office now houses an elegant bar and restaurant names after the Astor Library. A backstage lounge for actors to relax in after their shows, the Library in it’s stunning interior provides a comforting and relaxing atmosphere for a nice cocktail or meal created by Chefs Andrew Carmellini and John Ramirez.

It’s one of the city’s best kept secrets for a post-show meal. The room is filled with all kinds of ephemera from the theater’s history and even offers themed midnight showings. Just a few weeks ago a midnight showing was themed an Ethiopian night.

Photo by Shannon Sturgis, courtesy of Joe’s Pub