Day and Night at Festival
Just look at this place. Name a more gorge space to work from, I’ll wait. This is a remote worker’s paradise! If you’re a freelancer looking for a different location to work from, Festival Cafe might be the prettiest. Located on 61st and 2nd, “NYC’s only farm-to-bar cocktail experience,” offers a “Workday Pass” starting at 12pm, which includes unlimited coffee or tea, a lunch entree offering of soup, salad or what I opted for, flatbread, and a cocktail to close out your day, which to be honest, we all deserve a cocktail for surviving most of our workdays. All of this in addition to wifi and a soundtrack to your day (I would not take any calls from here!) for $30.
The Wild Mushroom, Lemon & Herb Ricotta Flatbread while flavorful, had a little bit of a kick to it, so I opted for the Truffled Potato, Cheddar, Red Onion, Black Pepper and Rosemary Flatbread, which was the exact flavor profile I wanted. This was a huge portion but perfect to snack on in between emails. You can honestly get any item though and you can’t go wrong, the food is exceptional here.
After work we tried the Espresso Martinis and were told that on Saturday and Sunday you can buy two and get one free! That is a steal in the city where nothing is free. My favorite version was the Vanilla Espresso Martini, is made with one of my favorite spirits, Mr. Black. It was so smooth and tasted like a dessert. My guest enjoyed the Grand Oaxacan Espresso Martini, made with Tequila, Grand Marnier and Nixta, which is a corn liquor. We had never had Nixta, but it was really tasty.
In addition to the Workday Pass and Espresso Martini Weekends, Festival has tons of promotions. They’re currently offering a weekly happy hour, half off wine bottles on Wednesday, Festival Fridays, which is a $20 bucket of beer and DJ, bottomless brunch on weekends for $30 and live music on Tuesday and Thursdays. They’ve even opened up their space to the community on Sundays from 5-7 with a reservation.
For more information on all of Festival Cafe is offering, or to book a reservation, please visit https://www.festivalcafenyc.com/.
