Only 1 Northeast Queens Eatery To Join NYC Summer Restaurant Week 2022

QUEENS, NY — New Yorkers can dine at a discount at hundreds of citywide eateries during this summer's edition of NYC Restaurant Week, but Baysiders looking for a close-to-home deal will find limited options.

La Baraka, a Tunisian-inspired French restaurant on Northern Boulevard in Little Neck, is the sole northeast Queens eatery joining the latest restaurant week, which will run for 30 days from July 18 through August in honor of the event's 30th anniversary (though it's not the event's first five-week-long affair).

The summer 2022 program will offer prix-fixe lunch and dinner meals for $30, $45 or $60.

Bayside's scant showing parallel's the borough's at large: as of Wednesday, just 27 restaurants in Queens are participating in the citywide event, which usually proves to be Manhattan-centric. All told, reservations are open for 642 restaurants this summer.

Notably missing from the summer 2022 program is Donovan's Grill and Tavern, a beloved Bayside pub that routinely participated in the city's Restaurant Week deals but permanently closed at the end of last year.

Neighbors willing to go a bit farther afield have more options in Queens including a handful in Forest Hills and nearly a dozen eateries in Astoria and Long Island City.

Unlike the past two Restaurant Weeks, this one will be the first since the coronavirus pandemic without sweeping masking and capacity restrictions.

"Masks and proof of vaccination are no longer required to dine indoors," the event's site states.
City officials, though, still recommend that people wear high-quality masks in indoor public spaces amid a recent BA.5-fueled citywide spike in COVID cases.

Find a full list of participating restaurants here.

Patch reporters Anna Quinn, Matt Troutman and Nick Garber contributed to this report.