The best Broadway restaurants for a bite, beverage — and an A-List celeb sighting

The champion portion of venturing retired into jam-packed Times Square successful nan engaged spring?

Venturing wrong into a somewhat little jam-packed barroom aliases edifice for a repast and a martini. 

With nan Tony Awards cut-off accelerated approaching, 12 caller shows unfastened connected Broadway this period alone. 

I’m astatine nan theatre astir nights during nan highest season, and truthful these eateries go my 2nd agency — albeit an agency that serves booze and charges maine to beryllium there.

After nan curtain falls, they’re wherever I spell to nosh, drink, gossip, find celebrated faces and get angry glares from producers.

Here are immoderate of my regular stops — and nan stars who emotion ‘em.

“It’s been very busy,” Sardi’s bartender Jeremy Wagner, a 24-year vet, told maine connected Friday night. 

“Springtime is here, flowers are blooming, shows are opening and Sardi’s is bustling.”

It’s true. The West 44th Street Grand Poobah of theatre territory spots — it turns 100 successful 2027! — has been much mobbed than I’ve seen it successful years. And pinch an unusually fresh-faced crowd.

Especially nan barroom upstairs, wherever you get fantabulous views of nan marquees of “Boop” and “Hell’s Kitchen.”   

The formed of “Purpose,” including prima Jon Michael Hill, has been hanging retired up location aft their astounding play adjacent door.

Recently, truthful was Alicia Keys, who threw a statement astatine Sardi’s connected Friday for “Hell’s Kitchen.” 

If you want to do immoderate discreet and prestigious prima spotting, you can’t do amended than Bar Centrale, nan sexy speakeasy steps supra sister restaurants Joe Allen and Orso. 

George Clooney has been relaxing location after his Edward R. Murrow play “Good Night and Good Luck” astatine nan Winter Garden. 

Recently I’ve besides seen Julianna Margulies, Patti LuPone, Darren Criss and “Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz tucked distant successful booths, but there’s personification celebrated successful each azygous night.

Downstairs astatine Italian edifice Orso, bid nan liver. That was Elaine Stritch’s favorite, and mine.

Joe Allen (get nan burger), Centrale and Orso person been thronged earlier and aft shows each period long.

“It’s ‘Just In Time’ to person ‘Good Luck’ pinch truthful galore ‘Smash’ hits,” wide head Mary Hattman joked to me, angling for my job.

“In each seriousness, we are truthful grateful for nan awesome play ahead.”

So, those are nan classics. But nan barroom du jour for young Broadway is Hold Fast connected 46th Street. 

Tom Francis, Nicole Scherzinger’s co-star successful the superb “Sunset Boulevard,” is simply a fan. So is Heidi Gardner from “Saturday Night Live.”

A bonus: Because it’s connected nan westbound broadside of Restaurant Row, a barstool is easier to travel by than astatine nan guidebook-friendly places. There’s thing astir visitors and Ninth Ave.

I’ve seen engaged Broadway stars Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney having cocktails astatine nan sleek Civilian edifice connected 48th, which has a dreamy pavilion that’s unfastened during nan summer.

And you tin often find belty “Shucked” Tony victor Alex Newell at nan Glass House Tavern a artifact way.

Where successful nan area do your favourite Post writers for illustration to go? That’d beryllium Langans connected 47th Street. 

Des O’Brien’s watering spread (with very bully corned beef) conscionable reopened successful freely caller digs aft 7 years away, and it’s nan champion spot to caput to if you’re seeing adjacent “Real Women Have Curves” aliases “Glengarry Glen Ross.” 

On opening nighttime of that Kieran Culkin play, Liev Schreiber, Tony Goldwyn and David Krumholtz each swung by. So has Bobby Flay.

Gallagher’s connected 52nd is cleanable for a steak and old-world ambiance. I sat crossed from “Late Show” neighbour Stephen Colbert past week.

And Osteria Al Doge connected 44th is your champion stake for pre-show pasta.

Right crossed nan street, nestled betwixt nan Belasco (“Maybe Happy Ending”) and nan Hudson (“The Last Five Years”) is Cafe Un Deux Trois, nan 48-year-old French bistro that counts Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane and Jonathan Groff arsenic patrons.

During nan tally of her drama “Plaza Suite,” Parker would travel successful almost each nighttime and generously chat pinch “Sex and nan City” obsessives.

You tin besides often find yours genuinely and Daily Snooze theatre professional Chris Jones location bickering successful nan area astir nan deed aliases flop we’ve conscionable seen.

Speaking of which, should you oculus maine astatine immoderate of these terrific establishments, popular by and opportunity “Hello!”. 

Or “Screw you!”, specified arsenic nan lawsuit whitethorn be.