Eat & Run: 14 Playgrounds with Kid-Friendly Lunch Spots Nearby

With this handy guide, a visit to a new playground comes complete with a great bite to eat because after all of that running, swinging, sliding and climbing, your kid is sure to work up an appetite.

By Anna Knoebel August 27, 2014

New York City parents need playgrounds as much as they need air: to stave off the tedium of our apartments and give kids a chance to roam. But when your closest playground starts to feel like your backyard and your neighborhood starts to feel like your living room, its time to cross some borders. With this handy guide, a visit to a new playground comes complete with a great bite to eat because after all of that running, swinging, sliding and climbing, your kid is sure to work up an appetite.

Play at Underhill Playground, Eat at Stocked

Prospect Height's beloved Underhill playground has both big kid and little kid jungle gyms, tons of donated toys and cars, baby swings and an open cement area for kicking around a ball. After a morning of playing there, head to Stocked on Vanderbilt for lunch. The owners (Union Square Cafe alums) created their seasonal menu of sandwiches and salads with time-strapped parents in mind, and even host sing-alongs on Monday and Wednesday mornings.

Go: Underhill Playground, Underhill Ave. at Prospect Pl; Stocked, 625 Vanderbilt Ave., Prospect Heights