The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s cherry-blossom festival unfurls this weekend. If the Japanese food and drinks on-site aren’t for you, try these restaurants in nearby Prospect Heights.

The traditional Italian Christmas Eve meatless meal, a.k.a. the Feast of the Seven Fishes, may just be more popular here than in Italy.

Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of the oil lamp and the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem—and provides a great excuse to gorge on latkes.

The Tribeca Film Festival runs through May 1. Where to eat between screenings?

Greeks break their Lenten fast at midnight on April 30, when Easter begins at these restaurants with traditional lamb, dyed eggs, and tsoureki, the braided Easter-egg bread.

One good thing about the cold: great hot chocolate.

Gotta love the French: As soon as you knock off the bûche de Noël, it’s time for a galette des rois—those flaky almond-cream cakes with a bean, or a good-luck charm, hidden inside.

Until your will is crushed by the aroma of a Corner Bistro burger, stick to your New Year’s diet at one of these vegan, vegetarian, or vegetarian-friendly restaurants.

The Gates might be gone, but “Ashes and Snow,” at the Nomadic Museum on Pier 54, has just begun. Which means that West Village restaurants become an even hotter ticket.