Colorful and large, Stephen Starr’s no-frills Mexican restaurant is good for a group dinner or post-work drinks at happy hour, which runs Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and features food specials in addition to $10 drinks. Standout dishes include plates of duck mole, lamb tacos, chile relleno, and Baja fish tacos.

Racines is well-known among natural wine drinkers and wine collectors who head to the French wine bar for its by-the-glass specials. An ideal visit here includes a bottle to accompany plates by new chef Diego Moya — steak tartare and grilled cabbage with duck fat — to share with a date or small group.

For happy hour in the neighborhood, the sprawling Brookfield Place location of seafood mini-chain Seamore’s is one of the cheapest options. At 4 p.m., well drinks, draft beers, and house wines go for just $4 and then go up to $5 at 5 p.m. and $6 at 6 p.m. Plus, for the full duration of happy hour Monday through Friday, there are $1 oysters. Weekend brunch brings $6 mimosas, bloody marys, and bellinis or $25 for a pitcher.

The latest outpost of NYC slice stalwart Joe’s serves the usual menu of simple slices. The neighborhood is home to a lot of middling slices, so it’s best to stick with a place as reputable and dependable as Joe’s for an on-the-go, affordable food option.

This family-run pizzeria is a Neopolitan devotee’s dream, where the Caporuscio family is serving more than 20 pie varieties, right alongside its pizza school. It’s hard to go wrong with any pizza, but the margherita with arugula and prosciutto is a stand-by. There’s an entire gluten-free section, too.

This neighborhood restaurant serving Austrian food with Mediterranean touches opened in 2016 and remains a chill option for drinks and dinner. It works for a meeting or for a date, set in a cozy, rustic space with lots of wood. Chef Eduard Frauneder of the East Village’s recently closed Edi & the Wolf cooks up bistro fare like wiener schnitzel and spaetzle.

This go-to breakfast spot is more spacious and bright than its name implies. Avocado toast and flat whites are standout at the Australian cafe, as is the iced coffee come summer. Grab coffee and a bite pre-work and beer, wine, and cocktails post.

Sixty floors up, Danny Meyer’s Manhatta offers some of the best dining views in the neighborhood. Its dining room looks out onto the East River, the Manhattan Bridge, and Brooklyn, and behind the walnut and granite bar, the rest of downtown Manhattan is visible. There’s a three-course prix fixe dinner menu for $88, with dishes like lobster quenelles with trumpet mushrooms as well as morel risotto.

Pearl has stood out since the 1960s in the high rise-ridden Financial District, serving up big breakfast plates in a tiny, quintessential diner space. During the week it opens at 7 a.m., and nearby office workers start filing in soon after for a morning meal. The menu offers more than 40 burgers, but stick to a classic cheeseburger or bacon burger, with fries. Don’t expect frills.

There are plenty of places to grab coffee in FiDi, but Black Fox is one of the top options for its roasts as well as its food. A vegetable-driven menu includes sandwiches, salads, and toasts. Enjoy it to-go or post up with a laptop in its sunny, plant-filled space.

Open for over a decade, Leo’s is the long-standing place for bagels in the neighborhood. All the classics, including lox and white fish, are on hand, and there are also deli offerings like sandwiches, salads, soups, and pastries. It also serves up local Counter Culture Coffee.

This reliable American full-service chain known for its vegetable plates has locations all over the city, and the FiDi location sits near the water. Rotating lunch specials crop up and are usually listed on the restaurant’s website. It’s a dependable option for delivery, too.

This steakhouse has been around since 1972 and serves lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, and a late-night menu in its throwback, recently renovated space. There are several cuts of steak on the dinner menu, as well as pastas, fish, and other meaty entrees like a lamb curry and a kobe burger. A late-night bar menu offers sliders, dry-aged strip steak on toast, and tempura-battered onion rings.

There are over 200 whiskeys and 130 beers and ciders to select from at this long-running tavern with a storied history that dates back to 1762. Ownership has changed hands many times through the years, and at times, its fate has hung in the balance. But it’s still kicking, offering booze and tavern fare like fish and chips, steak and a slow-roasted chicken pot pie in a low-lit, dark-wooded space.

Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry’s multi-level ode to an Irish pub has been consistently winning awards since touching down in 2013. Recently, the bar added even more space to accommodate drinkers. During the week, the after-work crowd files in for the best cocktail option in the neighborhood, and the weekends are an all-day drinking den. Weekdays also usher in dollar oysters from 5 to 7 p.m. on the second floor. Arrive before 6 p.m. to snag space, or head to nearby Cuban-themed sibling bar Blacktail.