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A Lovely Day · 7 stops · about 6.9 km on foot

A Lovely Day in Astoria

Breakfast tacos on 30th Avenue, a waterfront sculpture park sculptors built on an old dump, Cypriot meze on Broadway, card games and an ube espresso martini at a Filipino social club, sunset between two bridges at Hell Gate, grilled octopus on Ditmars, then Czech lager in New York City's oldest beer garden.

Best days Avoid Mondays: Bohemian Hall is closed to the public (private events only). Tuesday through Saturday work as written. On Sunday, El Lado Taco's breakfast starts an hour later and Bohemian Hall closes earlier, so keep the 9 AM start and head to the beer garden straight from dinner. Taverna Kyclades takes no reservations, so expect a short wait at 7 PM.

  1. 19:00 AM
    A taco with radish and lime on a dark plate at El Lado Taco in Astoria

    ASTORIA, QUEENS

    El Lado Taco

    A 30th Avenue taco shop that runs a proper breakfast service every morning; order El Buen Dia, spicy longaniza and eggs on a flour tortilla with chipotle salsa, and migas on corn.

  2. about 21 min on foot

    210:30 AM
    An outdoor art installation on the green lawns of Socrates Sculpture Park

    ASTORIA, QUEENS

    Socrates Sculpture Park

    In 1986 sculptor Mark di Suvero and his neighbors turned an illegal dump on the waterfront into this five-acre outdoor studio, where large works are often built on the grounds and shown against the river and the midtown skyline; Sanford Biggers's Unsui is on view through June 2027.

  3. about 14 min on foot

    312:30 PM
    Illustration of a Mediterranean table: grilled fish, olives and saladIllustration

    ASTORIA, QUEENS

    Aliada

    A Cypriot owner opened Aliada on Broadway in 2002 because he missed the food of home; order halloumi grilled until it squeaks, sheftalia (the caul-wrapped Cypriot sausage) and keftedes, then build out a table of meze.

  4. about 3 min on foot

    43:00 PM
    Illustration of a Filipino feast: lechon, sisig and riceIllustration

    ASTORIA, QUEENS

    Barkada Social Club

    Giemay Manuel, who grew up in Astoria and in her parents' kitchen at Kabayan in Woodside, opened this Broadway room in April 2025; share a table (there are card games on it) over sinigang wings and an ube espresso martini or a calamansi margarita.

  5. about 18 min on foot

    5About an hour before sunset
    The Hell Gate Bridge's arch seen through the trees of Astoria Park at golden hour

    ASTORIA, QUEENS

    Astoria Park

    Sixty acres slope to the East River at Hell Gate, where the RFK (Triborough) Bridge vaults over the lawns and the 1916 Hell Gate Bridge arches just upstream; walk Shore Boulevard as Manhattan turns gold beyond the river between the two bridges.

  6. about 16 min on foot

    67:00 PM
    Taverna Kyclades' blue sign and window lit up at night

    ASTORIA, QUEENS

    Taverna Kyclades

    Astoria's standard-bearer Greek seafood house takes no reservations, so put your name in; order a whole fish off the grill with lemon and oil, and the grilled octopus, and a square of galaktoboureko arrives whether you ordered it or not.

  7. about 14 min on foot

    79:00 PM
    The brick entrance of the Beer Garden at Bohemian Hall in Astoria, with its painted sign, glass-block window and Czech and American flags along the garden wall.

    ASTORIA, QUEENS

    Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden

    The Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society opened this hall in 1910, and it survived Prohibition to remain New York City's oldest beer garden, with long communal tables under mature trees; order a Czech or Slovak lager from the taproom.

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