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Ditch the Game: 20 Outstanding Reservations Currently Available on Super Bowl Sunday

This two-top at M. Wells Steakhouse could be yours.
This two-top at M. Wells Steakhouse could be yours. Photo: Sarah Silberg/New York Magazine

If you don’t want to spend Super Bowl Sunday watching the game, while possibly devouring a ridiculous takeout spread, you should know that it just so happens to be one of the best restaurant nights of the year: Places that are otherwise all but impossible to access have availability. This year, you’re still out of luck at Sushi Nakazawa, but M. Wells Steakhouse, Carbone, Eleven Madison Park, Per Se, and lots of other A-plus spots currently have free tables for two at prime times. Here are twenty options that will certainly make you consider skipping the game (or just watching it on DVR afterward) — but move fast because we can’t guarantee they’ll stay free for long.

ABC Cocina
(212) 677-2233
Available Times: 9 p.m., 9:30 p.m.

ABC Kitchen
(212) 475-5829
Available Time: 9:30 p.m.

Alder
(212) 539-1900
Available Times: 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m.

Aska
(718) 388-2969
Available Times: 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m.

Babbo
(212) 777-0303
Available Time: 9:30 p.m.

Balthazar
(212) 965-1414
Available Times: 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m.

Blue Hill
(212) 539-1776
Available Times: 8:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m.

Carbone
(212) 254-3000
Available Times: 8:30 p.m., 8:45 p.m.

Charlie Bird
(212) 235-7133
Available Time: 10:30 p.m.

Del Posto
(212) 497-8090
Available Time: 9:30 p.m.

Dover
Available Times: 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m.

Eleven Madison Park
(212) 889-0905
Available Time: 7:15 p.m.

The Elm
(718) 218-7500
Available Times: 7 p.m., 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m.

Gramercy Tavern
(212) 477-0777
Available Times: 6 p.m., 10 p.m.

Lafayette
(646) 442-7850
Available Times: 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m.

M. Wells Steakhouse
(718) 786-9060
Available Times: 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m.

Minetta Tavern
(212) 475-3850
Available Times: 10 p.m.

Per Se
(212) 823-9335
Available Times: 6:15 p.m.

Shalom Japan
(718) 388-4012
Available Times: 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m.

Torrisi
(212) 965-0955
Available Times: 6:15 p.m., 8:45 p.m., 9 p.m.

Ditch the Game: 20 Outstanding Reservations Currently Available on Super Bowl