Café Sabarsky - Viennese inspired café at the Neue Gallery (5th Avenue between the Guggenheim and The Met)

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Tucked into the Neue Gallery (5th Avenue between the Guggenheim and The Met) is Cafe Sabarsky, a Viennese inspired cafe serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Seating is first come first serve, but they do take reservations for dinner hours, and I would suggest making reservations if possible, or you might wait for 30-45 minutes.

The restaurant is salon style European with a long side table filled with Viennese desserts.  The menu also includes German Austrian dishes.  This past weekend the specials were white asparagus dishes.

The crowd is a mix of tourist, museum goers, and Upper East Side residents.  If you are looking for something a little different yet so NYC, this is a good choice and convenient if you are doing a day of museum-ing.  

The Mozarttorte (pistachio, chocolate, nougat cake) is very good.

The Neue Gallery also has Cafe Fledermaus which serves the same menu as Cafe Sabarsky, but has limited lunch hours and is a less interesting space.