El Quijote

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226 W. 23rd St., New York, NY 10011 40.744389 -73.996427
at Seventh Ave. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-929-1855 Send to Phone

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Scene: Bar Food, Restaurant & Bar, Theme

Photo by Evan Sung

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Official Website

elquijoterestaurant.com

Hours

Sun-Thu, 11am-midnight; Fri-Sat, 11am-1am

Nearby Subway Stops

C, E at 23rd St.; 1 at 23rd St.

Payment Methods

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Profile

Sancho Panza may have been the drunk one, riding around on a donkey and all. But according to the depictions on the walls here, Don Quixote had an even cooler mode of transport: a flying lobster! That's what you'll be staring at while you work on your $24.95 pitcher of sangria. Never mind that the sangria seems to be made from jug wine and Tropicana fruit punch; it's served by a man in a bow tie, which almost makes it classy. The pitcher will get three people good and drunk. Then you can chat up the diverse crowd of theater folks and middle-aged Hispanic couples chowing down on tapas at the bar. — Ken Miller