The mid-century bedecked dining room offers plenty of prime spots for people-watching as well as tucked away table if you wish to hang back with your group. Michael King runs the kitchen whipping up items like Parker House rolls, thick-cut celery root latkes, short-rib burgers, and seared Maine scallops. Don’t miss the s’mores pavlova or the Concord sorbet (or anything, really) from the talented pastry chef, Danny Alvarez.

This Fort Greene restaurant quietly opened its doors in July 2022, offering pies prepared in an electric oven. Eater critic Robert Sietsema says the pizza here — with toppings like anchovy, greens and ‘roni — is“dazzling.”The room is casual but still atmospheric with its Tiffany-style lamps.

This quick-service restaurant from chef Esther Choi opened in 2017 and has continued to cook up some of the best bites near Barclays. Find Korean fare like galbi dumplings, tteokbokki, and kimchi jigae-style ramen.

Alta Calidad opened on Prospect Heights’ bustling Vanderbilt Avenue in March 2017, serving up creative takes on Mexican food — especially popular with the brunch crowd. The all-day menu has shrimp tempura tacos, duck confit a la plancha with blood-orange marmalade, and pumpkin blossom quesadillas.

For a fancier option post-Barclays, Sofreh always hits a higher-end note. Special occasion dining at Sofreh includes dishes like grilled cabbage with pomegranate seeds, herby ash reshteh stew, and lamb shanks with dill. Leave room for saffron rice pudding.

Comfort food is the name of the game at Patti Ann’s, the latest restaurant from Greg Baxtrom (of Prospect Heights’s Olmsted and Maison Yaki). The restaurant specializes in dishes that harken to Baxtrom’s midwestern roots, like the blooming onion, Salisbury steak, and pigs in a blanket. Plus, the toys and games at the restaurant ensure this spot is very open to customers rolling in with strollers.

Located on Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights, Nuaa Table has some lesser-seen Thai dishes. There’s banana blossom salad with quail eggs, crab curry noodles, and jasmine tea-smoked ribs. The restaurant is pretty reliably easy to get a seat at if you’re trying to cram in a meal before a Barclays event.

Yes, there’s a Shake Shack by Barclays Center. But if burgers are what you’re in the mood for, Harlem Shake, which, yes, first opened in Harlem, has a little bit more personality, styled like a retro diner. The smash burgers here are some of the best in the city.

A standout in NYC’s expansive neighborhood slice joint landscape, Antonio’s has been around for over half a century, popping out some of the best slices not only in Park Slope. Go for the liberally garlic-spiked Grandma pie, topped with a generous shower of torn basil leaves and a sweet tomato sauce.

After fans mourned that this Dominican spot would be shuttering after losing its lease last December, the neighborhood fixture thankfully returnedjust a few months later. Steam trays are filled with chicken, plantains, yellow rice, and beans: It’s easy to be full enough without spending more than $10 on fuel.

Fausto is one of the area’s more tailored spots, especially good for a date before a big game or adinner with the parents. Carbo load on exquisite pastas like orecchiette with fennel braised pork, saffron bucatini, or tagliatelle with veal Bolognese. The restaurant is especially known for its wine list, so be sure to ask for a rec.