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The best places to eat near Barclays Center

Updated September 2026. 11 places.

Every place here is worth your time. How I decide.

Antonina PattizWriter and photographer · how I decide

Best places to eat near Barclays Center, 2026

  1. Ample Hills CreameryCafe · Prospect HeightsAnd for dessert on the way back, Ample Hills Creamery at 623 Vanderbilt scoops some of the most over-the-top ice cream in Brooklyn.
  2. Cheryl's Global SoulRestaurant · Prospect Heights
  3. ChukoRestaurant · Prospect HeightsChuko at 565 Vanderbilt is my go-to for a fast, warming, satisfying pre-game meal, and it is only about three blocks from the arena.
  4. EmilyRestaurant · Clinton HillThe wood-fired pies are excellent, and the Emmy Burger, that pretzel-bun, caramelized-onion thing, is one of the more famous burgers in the borough for a reason.
  5. EvelinaRestaurant · Fort GreeneEvelina at 211 DeKalb is a cozy Italian spot with cocktails that punch above the room, and their cacio e pepe is a seriously good version for the price.
  6. Krupa GroceryRestaurant · Park SlopeKrupa Grocery over at 231 Prospect Park West is an all-day American spot facing the park, and it is the kind of unfussy, well-run place I wish every neighborhood had.
  7. Miss AdaRestaurant · Fort Greene
  8. Roman'sRestaurant · Fort Greene
  9. SailorRestaurant · Fort GreeneThis is the splurge on my list.
  10. Saraghina CaffèRestaurant · Fort Greene
  11. Threes BrewingBar · GowanusIt is genuinely one of the better pre-game beers in the area, and it never feels like a tourist trap.

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5 neighborhoods, Fort Greene and Prospect Heights most of all.

Fort Greene

Prospect Heights

Clinton Hill

Gowanus

Park Slope

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