Where is Café Sabarsky?

At 1048 Fifth Avenue, on the Upper East Side of New York. The nearest station is 86th Street (4, 5, 6).

Which museums and sights are near Café Sabarsky?

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is 250 m away, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is 300 m away, Central Park is 1.2 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

What is Café Sabarsky known for?

The room, The cakes, The museum upstairs. A Viennese coffee house on the ground floor of the Neue Galerie, on Fifth Avenue between the Met and the Guggenheim: strudel, sausages and coffee on a silver tray.

When did Café Sabarsky open?

In 2001. Opened with the museum in 2001.

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Café Sabarsky

The Neue Galerie is a museum of the art of Vienna and Berlin around 1900, and its café is furnished to match. It is the best place to sit down on the whole of Museum Mile.

What it is: Viennese café
Opened: 2001
Area: Inside the Neue Galerie
Nearest museum: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 250 m

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What Café Sabarsky is known for

The room
A panelled drawing room of a Fifth Avenue mansion, set with bentwood chairs, marble tables and lamps after the Viennese designers of the 1900s, looking onto Central Park.
The cakes
Apple strudel, Sachertorte and a dozen other cakes are laid out on a marble sideboard. The coffee comes as in Vienna, with a glass of water.
The museum upstairs
Klimt's golden portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer hangs on the floor above. The café can be visited without a ticket to the museum.

What to know

Opened with the museum in 2001
Named for Serge Sabarsky, the art dealer who planned the museum with Ronald Lauder
No booking during the day: there is usually a queue

Where Café Sabarsky is

Address

1048 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028, United States

Nearest station

86th Street (4, 5, 6)

Museums and sights nearby

Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

A mansion of 1914

The house at the corner of 86th Street was built in 1914 and became a museum of German and Austrian art in 2001. The museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, four blocks away, have announced that they will merge in 2028.

Café Sabarsky: common questions

Where is Café Sabarsky?: At 1048 Fifth Avenue, on the Upper East Side of New York. The nearest station is 86th Street (4, 5, 6).
Which museums and sights are near Café Sabarsky?: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is 250 m away, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is 300 m away, Central Park is 1.2 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
What is Café Sabarsky known for?: The room, The cakes, The museum upstairs. A Viennese coffee house on the ground floor of the Neue Galerie, on Fifth Avenue between the Met and the Guggenheim: strudel, sausages and coffee on a silver tray.
When did Café Sabarsky open?: In 2001. Opened with the museum in 2001.

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4.3

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