NYC Guide
Queens
All of our favorite restaurants and bars near Rockaway Beach and Jacob Riis Park.
Written byTeam Infatuation
NYC Review
Dominican•
Rockaway Park
Brisas Del Mar is a Dominican restaurant a few blocks from the Rockaway Beach shoreline.
Written byNeha Talreja
American•
If you want to order a seafood tower and a bottle of wine after a day on the beach in the Rockaways, go to Margie's in The Rockaway Hotel.
BreakfastSalads•
Rockaway Beach
This counter-service place in Rockaway Beach serves great breakfast sandwiches and the best iced latte on the boardwalk.
MexicanTacos•
What was once called Rockaway Taco is now called Tacoway Beach. The good news? The fish tacos are still the best in town.
Written byAndrew Steinthal
Seafood•
Rockaway Clam Bar is a stand in the Riis Park Beach Bazaar with really good seafood.
Dessert•
Ample Hills has some of our favorite ice cream in the city and they have a seasonal pop-up location in the Riis Park Beach Bazaar in the Rockaway’s.
AmericanBurgers•
Ed & Bev’s is a stand on the Riis Park Beach Bazaar in Rockaway Beach that does classic beach food better than classic beach places do.
Written byBryan Kim
BBQ•
Fletcher’s BBQ at the Riis Park Beach Bazaar in Rockaway Beach is an outpost of their Gowanus spot and they make great pulled pork.
AmericanVegetarian•
If you’re near the Riis Park Beach Bazaar and you want to eat something healthier, go to the Cuisine By Claudette stand and get a cauliflower bowl.
Pizza•
Pizza Moto at the Riis Park Beach Bazaar is where you should be eating pizza in Rockaway Beach.
Tex-Mex•
Super Burrito makes San Francisco style burritos at Beach 97th Street in Rockaway Beach.
High 97 is a concession stand with burgers and fried fish at Beach 97th Street in Rockaway Beach.
Lobster Joint is our favorite concession on the boardwalk at Beach 97th Street in Rockaway Beach.
Bar Food•
Connolly’s is an old-school Irish bar near Rockaway Beach where you should get a piña colada in a styrofoam cup.
AmericanBar FoodWine Bar•
Sayra’s is a nice little wine bar in Rockaway Beach with bar food that’s more upscale than most of the other places in the area.
The Bungalow Bar is a bar in Rockaway Beach with a great view of the bay.
Uzbek•
Uma’s is a lively restaurant in the Rockaways with really great Uzbek food.
Whit’s End is a pizza and seafood place on Beach 97th Street that makes some of the best pizza in the Rockaways.
AmericanBurgersHot Dogs•
Rippers is a Rockaway Beach boardwalk staple serving burgers, hot dogs, beer, and some truly superior cheese fries.