The Best of New York · Seasonal · Christmas
The best holiday market food in New York City
Updated September 2026. 8 places.
Every place here is worth your time. How I decide.
Best holiday market food in New York City, 2026
- Baked Cheese HausRestaurant · Bryant Park / MidtownIf you eat one thing at Bryant Park, make it this.
- Bao by KayaRestaurant · Bryant Park / MidtownThis is the one most people walk past, and they’re wrong to.
- Bryant Park Winter VillageMarket · Bryant Park / Midtown
- Coco BredRestaurant · Union SquareIt’s the most interesting savory thing at Union Square and it’s the opposite of the same six sausage-and-pretzel stalls you’ve seen at every market since childhood.
- DoughnutteryBakery · Union SquareA little paper bag of these is the platonic ideal of a walk-and-shop market snack.
- OveliaRestaurant · Bryant Park / MidtownBy your third market snack you will be desperate for something salty and savory, and this Astoria-based Greek vendor is the answer.
- Union Square Holiday MarketMarket · Union SquareUnion Square’s Holiday Market, run by Urbanspace, opens in mid-November and closes on Christmas Eve, tucked into the south end of the park between roughly 14th and 17th Streets.
- Wafels & DingesRestaurant · Bryant Park / MidtownWafels & Dinges isn’t a pop-up chasing a trend.
Baked Cheese Haus
Restaurant · Bryant Park / Midtown
If you eat one thing at Bryant Park, make it this.
Bao by Kaya
Restaurant · Bryant Park / Midtown
This is the one most people walk past, and they’re wrong to.
Bryant Park Winter Village
Market · Bryant Park / Midtown · 42nd and Sixth
Bryant Park’s Winter Village opens in late October (it swung wide on October 24 last year) and the food and holiday shops run through the first week of January, wrapped around the free skating rink at 42nd and Sixth.
Coco Bred
Restaurant · Union Square
It’s the most interesting savory thing at Union Square and it’s the opposite of the same six sausage-and-pretzel stalls you’ve seen at every market since childhood.
Doughnuttery
Bakery · Union Square
A little paper bag of these is the platonic ideal of a walk-and-shop market snack.
Ovelia
Restaurant · Bryant Park / Midtown
By your third market snack you will be desperate for something salty and savory, and this Astoria-based Greek vendor is the answer.
Union Square Holiday Market
Market · Union Square · south end of the park between roughly 14th and 17th Streets
Union Square’s Holiday Market, run by Urbanspace, opens in mid-November and closes on Christmas Eve, tucked into the south end of the park between roughly 14th and 17th Streets.
Wafels & Dinges
Restaurant · Bryant Park / Midtown
Wafels & Dinges isn’t a pop-up chasing a trend.
Best holiday market food in New York City, 2026
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