Where to Grab Lunch When Visiting the New York Stock Exchange

Buy or sell? Who knows, but here’s an simpler question: burger or salad? It’s easy to build up an appetite when visiting the New York Stock Exchange (11 Wall St.) in Lower Manhattan, from fighting with tourist crowds to contemplating the vast and complicated architecture delicately holding our nation’s financial system. Here’re your best bets for lunch-investment strategy around the NYSE, for whatever kind of day you and your stocks are having. 

When You’re in the Black 

Higher-end meals for higher-end bank accounts 

SAGA

Crown Shy’s James Kent and Jeff Katz bring fine dining to the top of Art Deco masterpiece 70 Pine. Come for the sensational multicourse seasonal tasting menu, stay for the exquisite views of Manhattan. (70 Pine St., 63rd floor)

Reserve Cut

This steakhouse located in between Federal Hall and the Charging Bull is a more than reliable place to dine: Albert Allaham is the longtime owner of Brooklyn’s meat market the Prime Cut, supplier of first-rate steaks to customers throughout the state. (40 Broad St., 2nd floor)

When You’re in the Red 

Affordable eats for cautious investors 

Eataly New York Downtown (101 Liberty St.)

El Toro Mexican Grill (69 New St.) 

Proper Food (67 Wall St.)

Tacombi (74 Broad St.) 

Blue Park Kitchen (70 Pine St.) 

Pita Press (25 Cedar St.) 

Can’t-Miss Wagers 

Blue chip spots that tourists and locals love 

Xi’an Famous Foods (8 Liberty Pl.) 

George’s (89 Greenwich St.) 

If You Really Take a Bath and Need a Drink 

Grin-and-bear Market 

Irish Punt (40 Exchange Pl.) 

Blarney Stone (11 Trinity Pl.) 

Listings updated on August 21, 2023.

photo: Josh Katz