Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched six-week $26 specials with 500+ NYC restaurants and bars during the World Cup period from June 11 through July 19. The deals, called Five Boroughs Winners Specials, are delivered through the New York City Tourism + Conventions bureau. Participating venues offer $26 prix fixe options, food and drink combinations, or drink deals. The program aims to provide reliably priced places to eat and drink for working New Yorkers and visitors while increasing business in neighborhoods across the city. The specials are intended to encourage participation whether watching matches from Jackson Heights, a bar in the Bronx, or a cafe in central Brooklyn.
"Mayor Zohran Mamdani has launched six-week $26 specials in partnership with over 500 NYC restaurants this summer. It has the ambition of the city's biannual Restaurant Week, but it's less expensive (and maybe more fun). The kickoff is timed with the biggest sporting event, the World Cup, starting on Thursday, June 11 and running through Sunday, July 19, with many soccer matches taking place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey."
"The specials come by way of the New York City Tourism + Conventions bureau. Participating restaurants and bars will offer $26 specials - dubbed Five Boroughs Winners Specials - that can take the form of a prix fixe, food and drink combinations, or drink deals. The program is meant to "help working New Yorkers and visitors find a reliably priced place to eat and drink while driving more business into neighborhoods across our city," Mamdani shares via the press release."
""Whether you are watching the match from a restaurant in Jackson Heights, a bar in the Bronx, or a cafe in central Brooklyn, the World Cup should be something every New Yorker can take part in." A rep mentions that nearly 300 restaurants have already signe"
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