Eat & Drink
The Ledger's running guide to Yorkville's tables, taps, and bakery cases — the institutions that made the neighborhood and the newcomers earning a spot. Compiled from public sources and checked before listing; hours change, so confirm before a special trip — and tell us what we missed at [email protected].
Schaller & Weber
Opened by Ferdinand Schaller and Tony Weber to feed German Yorkville; still family-run from the same corner by Schaller's grandson. The wurst case is a neighborhood monument.
Heidelberg Restaurant
The last survivor of the dozens of German restaurants that once lined the neighborhood — pouring boots of beer next door to Schaller & Weber since the Café Vaterland days.
Papaya King
Evicted from its original 86th & Third corner for a condo tower after 91 years, back half a block away since 2024. The recipe survived the move.
Dorrian's Red Hand
Family-run Yorkville fixture with checked tablecloths and generations of regulars.
Ryan's Daughter
Cash-only neighborhood pub on a corner that's held a bar since Prohibition.
San Matteo Pizza & Espresso Bar
Wood-fired Neapolitan pies and panuozzi; a Yorkville standby.
Saperavi
Khachapuri and khinkali a few blocks up from the 86th St Q — one of the neighborhood's more interesting kitchens.
Cafe Maud
All-day café from the team with the East Village original.
Vero Uptown
Full-service Italian from the Barking Dog owners, open late by neighborhood standards.
Barking Dog
Long-running comfort-food room; the weekend brunch line is its own social scene.
Flex Mussels
PEI mussels two dozen ways; relocated here after a fire took the original 82nd St room.
Orwashers Bakery
Founded by Hungarian immigrant Abraham Orwasher when this was the edge of Hungarian Yorkville. Technically a block outside our lines — we claim it anyway.